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2012
May
26
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS By David Bianculli
 
 
As part of its "War Heroes Weekend" of programming, AMC premieres Clint Eastwood's 2006 adaptation of Flags of Our Fathers, the non-fiction book by James Bradley and Ron Powers that tells the stories of the five Marines and Navy corpsman who raised the flag on Iwo Jima, and the effects the event had on their lives. The film — told from an American point of view — is followed at 11 p.m. ET by Letters from Iwo Jima, Eastwood's equally-compelling 2006 film told from the Japane
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
26
AVATAR By David Bianculli
 
 
FX paid a reported $25-$30 million for the cable re-broadcast rights to James Cameron's 2009 epic revolving around a former marine who's sent to a distant planet to establish a human settlement among the indigenous humanoid species, so you can expect to see it pop up on the cabler's programming schedule quite regularly. Still, on a holiday weekend, when relaxation is the ultimate goal, this visually-stunning sci-fi adventure provides an entertaining escape. Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
25
'HATFIELDS & MCCOYS' DOES FAMILY FEUD JUSTICE By Ed Bark
 
 
History Channel's down-and-dirty epic Hatfields & McCoys may be the best made-for-TV western saga since AMC's 2006 Broken Trail...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
25
KIDMAN COMMANDS HBO'S 'HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN' By Ed Bark
 
 
Pretty as a picture, but sometimes too much of a still life, HBO's Hemingway & Gellhorn is a lengthy ode to star-powered, old time filmmaking...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
25
ANTHONY BOURDAIN EATS THE WORLD By Eric Gould
 
 
No Reservations' Anthony Bourdain is a gourmand who knows his food and an intrepid adventurer — a Paul Theroux-meets-Hunter Thompson essayist willing to go anywhere for an authentic experience and a great story...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
25
TVWW'S NEW SUMMER SERIES SNEAK PEEK: PART II By Diane Werts
 
 
Our TVWW tour of new summer shows continues with sneak peeks of ABC's competition show, The Glass House, FX's Charlie Sheen sitcom, Anger Management, and Aaron Sorkin's HBO drama, The Newsroom...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
25
THE ABSOLUTE FINAL WAKE FOR 'AWAKE' By Eric Gould
 
 
The success of last night's Awake series finale may depend on how you feel about endings, in general...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
25
IT'S HARD TO BUY WHAT AMC'S 'THE PITCH' IS SELLING By David Sicilia
 
 
Some professions seem accessible to amateurs — the less we know about it, the more we think we can do it just as well as the so-called experts. Nothing in AMC's The Pitch suggests otherwise...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
25
THE DIRTY DOZEN By David Bianculli
 
 
Based on E.M. Nathanson's best-selling 1965 novel, The Dirty Dozen, this 1967 film's cast includes several actual World War II vets: Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Webber, Robert Ryan and Clint Walker. It's also the film that famously ended the football career of Cleveland Browns running back, Jim Brown. When Browns' owner Art Modell forced 29-year-old Brown — who had appeared in the western Rio Conchos and an episode of I Spy before being cast in Dirty Dozen&
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
25
STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE By David Bianculli
 
 
This is the film that started the entire Star Wars phenomenon, and tonight Spike presents the 20th-anniversary re-edit of George Lucas' blockbuster space saga. But that's not all. If you want to plan your own Star Wars weekend, tune into Spike tomorrow at 8 p.m. ET for Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, and Sunday - same time - for Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. May the force be with you.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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