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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2019
Apr
21
KILLING EVE By David Bianculli
 
 
In the first two episodes of Season 2, Villanelle (Jodie Comer) has been struggling to survive since being stabbed, quite seriously, by her adversary and secret crush, Eve (Sandra Oh). But while fighting back from near death, Villanelle has managed to increase her personal body count by one victim per week: a mercy killing (as she saw it) in the season premiere, and the offing of a Misery-like creepy captor last week. As she left that latter crime scene, Eve was just entering it, but the two hav
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Apr
21
GAME OF THRONES By David Bianculli
 
 
Last week’s final-season premiere was indeed satisfying – just the dragon flight scene alone made the episode a winner. But the alliances and betrayals are being shifted early and often – and, as always, it pays great dividends, on this series, to pay particular attention to the women, who are as devious and dangerous as they are powerful and ambitious.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Apr
21
BILLIONS By David Bianculli
 
 
Last week’s Billions showed Axe at his most resourceful, and perhaps at his most ruthless. Tonight, one of Axe’s former proteges sets out to demonstrate similar attributes, with Axe himself as the target. Oh, and Chuck and Wendy continue to negotiate their relationship after he betrayed her by publicly acknowledging their private bedroom predilections.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Apr
21
BARRY By David Bianculli
 
 
The last scene of last week’s Barry had the protagonist meeting, face to face, his acting school girlfriend’s former boyfriend, Sam, who had choked and abused her. The expression on Barry’s face indicated that Sam may not be in many more episodes after tonight’s.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Apr
21
VEEP By David Bianculli
 
 
Selina Meyer is usually seen making the wrong move at every turn, like a political Basil Fawlty. But last week, during a televised presidential debate, she stumbled accidentally on a right move, by, in a frustrated and unchecked moment, telling her younger female competitor to quit whining and “man up.” Not a politically correct thing to say, which was precisely why it seemed to resonate – and may have saved Selina’s campaign.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Apr
20
MOANA By David Bianculli
 
 
Auli’i Cravalho provides the singing and speaking voice for the central character in this wonderful 2016 Disney animated musical film, and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda provides her signature song, the inspirational “How Far I’ll Go.” Equally impressive, though, is the performance by Dwayne Johnson as Maui, the demigod who gets to sing some pretty memorable songs of his own.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Apr
20
BLACKKKLANSMAN By David Bianculli
 
 
Spike Lee’s 2018 movie comes to HBO tonight, starring John David Washington in the true but improbable tale of police officer Ron Stallworth, who in the 1970s went undercover and infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan. How? With lots of help from Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), a fellow officer who became the white face to Stallworth’s disembodied phone voice. And somehow, it worked…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Apr
20
THIS IS SPINAL TAP By David Bianculli
 
 
TCM is showing this 1984 cult film at 10:15 ET tonight – but it should have waited 45 minutes longer. This Is Spinal Tap is the kind of satirical movie that deserves to be played all the way up to 11…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Apr
20
IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN EVERYBODY By Eric Gould
 
 
In what’s become one of our favorite holiday treats, here is Michael Keaton’s 2015 creepy rundown of what’s in his Easter basket – a stuffed bunny, a DVD of the movie Friday and some Jordan almonds, among other delights. Keaton seems equally happy to share as he is white-knuckling the whole thing...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Apr
19
HULU PRESENTS A REFRESHING TAKE ON BEING A MILLENNIAL MUSLIM IN AMERICA WITH 'RAMY' By David Hinckley
 
 
Being a good Muslim and a good Millennial at the same time can be a really hard juggle...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley