SEASON PREMIERE: Whale Wars, one of Animal Planet's highest-rated shows, starts its fifth season tonight. The controversial reality series follows the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's ongoing struggle to end Japanese whaling using any means possible. At 8 p.m. ET, Animal Planet offers a special one-hour recap of Season 4.

2012

Jun

THE PERFECT STORM By David Bianculli

George Clooney stars in this 2000 adventure, based on the same-name non-fiction book by Sebastian Junger. The film, which tells the story of the ill-fated crew of the Andrea Gail, depends on special effects for its dramatic, aquatic climax, but solid acting for everything else. The outstanding supporting cast includes Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, John C. Reilly, Cherry Jones and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Bravo repeats the film at 11:38 p.m. ET.

2012

Jun

HANNA By David Bianculli

This 2011 movie, half action thriller and half psychological character study, ends as abruptly as it begins, and with the same punctuating visual. But in between is an impressively, unusually involving drama about a teen girl raised in isolation to be a very effective offensive weapon. Saoirse Ronan stars in the title role, and the photography, especially in the remote winter lands, is stunning.

2012

May

THE CW'S 'BREAKING POINTE' MORE LIKE 'WAN LAKE' By Ed Bark

The CW's Breaking Pointe, an unscripted summer series about a Salt Lake City-based ballet company, is already toe-tagging itself in its premiere episode...

2012

May

TOUCH By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: In the two-part season finale, the Aster Corporation's interest in Jake is increasing. Martin and Abigail (Catherine Dent) agree to join forces and get closer to finding connections between Jake and Ameilia. Meanwhile, the situation becomes more crucial when Lucy, a mother whose daughter shares the same gift as Jake, becomes involved in the mission. Of course, as we've learned, seemingly unrelated events are somehow tied together...

2012

May

SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE By David Bianculli

Could you spell humuhumunukunukuapuaa? That's reportedly one of the words most popular with this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee contestants. Six-year-old spelling phenom Lori Anne Madison, the youngest-ever contestant, stumbled on the word "ingluvies" in Thursday's semi-finals and didn't make it into tonight's round, but fifty other kids from around the country will take the stage to compete in the finals.

2012

May

BADLANDS By David Bianculli

Badlands is writer/director Terrence Malick's first film, and exhibits all the essential qualities that would go on to appear in his later projects, including the incomparable award-winning Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line and most recently, The Tree of Life — meditative voice-overs by the main characters, mesmerizing camera movements, and the shifting, dreamy light and sounds of natural landscapes. There really are no other film sensibilities like Malick's. This 1973 release stars a

2012

May

APOCALYPTO By David Bianculli

Maybe it takes Mel Gibson's certain level of, shall we say — volatility — to envision and marshal a replication of the Mayan empire that is so provocative and so effective. And so chilling. However you feel about the writer/director/producer and his allegiance to historical fact, you simply can't deny the ambition and the craft of the project. It's a simple tale of one man being forced to rebel against the corrupt, sadistic oppressors over him -- and the physical sacrifices

2012

May

MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD By David Bianculli

If you've ever wondered what it was like to be on deck on a 19th century war ship with cannon balls tearing through everything in their paths, here's your chance. It might be a slow night for new shows, but a great one to catch up on some masterworks of film, and Master and Commander fits that bill. In one of Russell Crows many great performances, he plays the English Captain "Lucky Jack" Aubrey of the H.M.S. Surprise, on a chase across the high seas to hunt down and capture his French countep

2012

May

DOGS IN THE CITY By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: CBS is going to the dogs — for new summer programming, that is. But it's hard to say if they're barking up the right tree with Dogs in the City, a new reality show featuring a "therapist" who treats man's best friend. It's not popular with contributor Ed Bark's feline companions — read his review HERE — and since the TVWW mascot is a cat (specifically my cat, Bane) a ringing endorsement from me would mean, at best, strategically-placed furball land mi

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