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2018
Apr
8
 
 
Tonight’s third episode is called “La Dolce Vita.” Considering what’s already happened to the Gettys given their “good life” lifestyle, I’m guessing the title is meant more than a little ironically.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
8
 
 
Last week, in its second episode, Barry managed to stage a credibly dramatic scene as well as several funny ones, during a torture scene that was almost as uncomfortable as Dustin Hoffman’s dental discomfort in Marathon Man. And yet the comedic scenes land squarely, too, a testament to Bill Hader’s direction as well as his acting. And tonight, the juggling act continues, as Hader’s Barry, a recently retired hit man, is forced to carry out one more murder.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
8
 
 
Last week on Last Week, the closing segment about the kiddie court – with preschoolers as judges and lawyers, staged to represent the foolishness of preschoolers asked to act as their own legal representatives in certain immigration court proceedings – was sheer brilliance. Whatever Oliver comes up with this week on Last Week, I’ll be watching. And, most likely, laughing loudly.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
8
 
 
The accolades have been appropriately coming this week on the passing of Steven Bochco (1943 – 2018), producer and creator of two series– Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue – that changed the tone of broadcast and cable dramas to came after them... in this clip, Bochco reveals the conflicts amongst cast and producers of Hill Street Blues and how he perservered...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
7
 
 
One of the great coaches in college football history, Penn State’s Joe Paterno, couldn’t figure out how to handle the last play of his own game...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
7
 
 
Having dispensed with cutthroat lawyer Roy Cohn, death-dealing Dr. Jack Kevorkian and convicted murderer Phil Spector, HBO’s most famous repertory player is back with another real-life portrayal -- and also with the TV performance of the year thus far...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
7
 
 
In making films about actual people “we don’t make a replica, but we try to see if we can come close to a sense of the character,” Pacino said...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
7
 
 
You may be seeing double in the return of Trading Spaces (TLC, Saturday at 8 p.m. ET), the granddaddy of the home improvement shows which is returning a decade after it went off the air...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
7
 
 
The good news for Tiger Woods fans is that he made the cut, and will be around to play for the weekend in today's Round 3 – a feat he’s accomplished, over the years in all but one of 21 appearances at the Masters. The bad news: His score for Friday was a three-over-par 75, his ninth straight round over par in a major tournament. The leader after two rounds? Patrick Reed, who shot a six-under-par 66 on Friday. This is only his fifth Masters, and only his third time to make the cut for
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
7
 
 
Al Pacino is back on HBO, and back with Barry Levinson as director, for a docudrama about two very tumultuous weeks in the life of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. The drama centers on the widespread controversy about Paterno assistant Jerry Sandusky, charged with dozens of accounts of child molestation and rape over a lengthy period. Pacino is subtle and excellent, and the story is structured to avoid showing much of Sandusky at all, much less any of his alleged criminal behavior. This ma