This story, in two parts, features several of Tarantino's basic film ingredients coming together in one place: a B-grade martial arts story, noir-meets-comic book dialog and a worthy female adversary (namely the fearless Uma Thurman, in a yellow track suit). The Kill Bill films also helped to revive the career of David Carradine, much like Pulp Fiction brought back John Travolta. As a filmmaker, Tarantino is like an abstract painter swinging a wild brush — or in this case, a Samurai's

2012

Jun

NBA PLAYOFFS: SPURS AT THUNDER By David Bianculli

The Oklahoma City Thunder ended San Antonio's 20-game winning streak Thursday with a 20-point lead, ending the Spurs' hope for a series sweep. The Thunder's dramatic win re-energizes the Western Conference Final contest and turns on the heat for tonight's Game 4 in Oklahoma.

2012

Jun

THE IDES OF MARCH By David Bianculli

George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon's brilliant political drama — an adaptation of Willimon's 2008 play, Farragut North — about a young, idealistic campaign manager (Ryan Gosling) and his initiation into the darker side of politics. The stellar supporting cast includes Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei and Max Minghella.

2012

Jun

TINY FURNITURE By David Bianculli

This is the 2010 indie film about a college grad's struggle to find direction that launched the career of phenom writer/actress/filmmaker/producer Lena Dunham and ultimately led to her current HBO series, Girls. The film — which won best narrative feature at 2010's South by Southwest — co-stars Dunham's real-life mother, artist/photographer Laurie Simmons, and her younger sister, Grace.

2012

Jun

1981: WALTERS TO HEPBURN: "WHAT KIND OF TREE ARE YOU?" By Christy Slewinski

On this day in 1981, ABC aired one of the most remembered — or, perhaps, most misremembered — episodes of The Barbara Walters Special. The telecast featured interviews with Lauren Bacall, Nancy Reagan, and Katherine Hepburn. It was during Walter's sit-down with Hepburn, on the set of Broadway's The West Side Waltz, when Hepburn said: "I'm a very strong, I've become a sort of, you know, thing," says Hepburn...

2012

Jun

SERIES PREMIERE: LONGMIRE By Eric Gould

LONGMIRE — One of the better summer series, Longmire, premieres Sunday, June 3 at 10 p.m. ET on A&E. It's a contemporary western crime thriller based on Craig Johnson's best-selling mystery novels...

2012

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2009: CONAN O'BRIEN TAKES OVER 'THE TONIGHT SHOW' By Christy Slewinski

On this day in 2009, former Late Night with Conan O'Brien host Conan O'Brien took the reigns of the storied late show, The Tonight Show, from Jay Leno...

2012

Jun

MAD ABOUT THOSE ‘MAD MEN’ WOMEN By David Bianculli

Sunday’s episode of AMC’s Mad Men gets us even closer to the season finale — but last week’s episode got us closer to the three women at the heart of this year’s stories…

2012

Jun

CAPOTE By David Bianculli

Philip Seymour Hoffman won an Academy Award for his role as Truman Capote, the narcissistic author of the groundbreaking true crime novel, In Cold Blood, and brilliantly captured Capote's legendary egoism and his obsession with the Clutter family murders. Catherine Keener co-stars as Capote's childhood friend, Harper Lee.

2012

Jun

THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW By David Bianculli

Karl Pilkington presents his views on capital punishment, and reveals how he would deal with a hostage situation. Karl, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant also discuss the Ten Commandments. Thou shall find it hysterical...

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