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2019
Jan
21
 
 
When writers start running down the list of all the musical styles that influenced rock ‘n’ roll, even the most learned often stop before they get to the music of Native Americans. They shouldn’t,..
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jan
21
 
 
You take it for granted – at least I do – that there are many movies that remain part of the cultural conversation, that have been seen by virtually everyone of adult age. Except, as I keep teaching young adults year after year, I find that supposition to be somewhat shaky. The ways young people used to absorb TV and films from prior generations, such as afternoon TV syndication and late-night movie showcases, no longer exist as such, or are viewed far less by younger audiences. So i
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jan
21
 
 
This is the second episode of this new Fox vampire series, and enough happens tonight that it’s fair to say the plot thickens – or maybe even coagulates. The interesting wrinkle in The Passage is that the science-created vampires have psychic powers, and the best element is that it has, at its core, a compelling relationship between a rogue government agent (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and the gifted young girl (played by Saniyya Sidney). This relationship is very human, which makes all the
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jan
20
 
 
Two-and-a-half years removed from a five-season run on Showtime’s House of Lies, Don Cheadle barely segues to another rapacious deal-closer in the network’s Black Monday...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jan
20
 
 
Thirty-one years should clear the statute of limitations for making a comedy about a devastating stock market crash...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jan
20
 
 
Last week, the New Orleans Saints defeated the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, and today face the Los Angeles Rams, with the winner advancing to this year’s Super Bowl LIII. For both the Saints and the Rams, winning this game will go a long way towards proving that their resurgent play of late has been a trend, not an anomaly.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jan
20
 
 
It’s a tale of two quarterbacks: New England Patriots reigning veteran Tom Brady on one side, Kansas City Chiefs wonder boy Patrick Mahomes on the other. But today’s game also is a tale of very cold weather – though today’s forecasts have walked back on the threats of snow, so passing game may be very much in play. But it’ll be very, very cold.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jan
20
 
 
Last week, the Season 3 premiere had the French king retreating to Victoria’s palace for protection – but by the end of the episode, her walls were being surrounded as well. And her water was breaking, too… Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jan
20
 
 
Season 3 continues, at a similarly slow pace, but with much better characters and a story line, than Season 2. Mahershala Ali stars, playing a dedicated detective in three different time lines.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jan
20
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Pete Holmes returns with his comedy series about a standup comic trying to make it – a sort of male, current Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, with a self-deprecating edge and a more realistic sense of the comedy club world than most shows of this type. Judd Apatow is involved, so that’s not surprising. But when Pete returns from the college tour to New York, his trajectory is surprising…