This 2019 low-budget movie is getting lots of buzz and momentum heading into this year’s Oscar race. I’d say it’s a dark horse candidate, but, given the context, that would be udderly ridiculous. First Cow just won the New York Film Critics Association Award for best picture of 2020, and is directed and co-written by Kelly Reichart, who explored a similar time and place in her 2010 movie Meek’s Cutoff, starring Michelle Williams. Set in the pre-stateho

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THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL By David Bianculli

This 1952 film stars Kirk Douglas as a movie producer with few scruples (or is that redundant?), which isn’t exactly new territory for a Hollywood movie. But director Vincente Minnelli’s drama does structure itself quite unusually, by teaching us about this movie producer by listening to (and watching) the very biased and personal perspectives of three people caught within his web – a writer, a director, and an actress. Lana Turner is a standout as the actress, and t

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30 COINS By David Bianculli

In tonight’s Episode 7 of this weird imported horror series, the last of the Judas “blood money” coins find their way to the village – which, perhaps not too coincidentally, is immediately enveloped in a scary shroud of fog. I remain somewhat intrigued by the odd tone of this miniseries, so I’m still watching. HBO, play misty for me…

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1979: 'LITTLE WOMEN' HAS LITTLE LUCK ON NBC By TV WW

On this day in 1979, NBC attempted to turn the two-part movie Little Women into a weekly series...

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2000: MARY AND RHODA REUNITE IN AN ABC TV MOVIE By TV WW

On this day in 2000, Mary Tyler Moore and Valerie Harper reprised their roles from the '70s sitcom, The Mary Tyler Moore Show...

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PUPPY BOWL XVII By David Bianculli

Animal Planet has been conducting its miniature bowl games, featuring various breeds of puppies (and other animals) cavorting with toys on a tiny football field, for 17 years now. You’d think it’d be old by now. Then again, when the first Puppy Bowl was held, Tom Brady already was playing as a pro football quarterback. So time is relative… and this annual special continues to provide the paws that refreshes.

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KITTEN BOWL VIII By David Bianculli

If you’re more of a cat person than a dog person, then you may find that this kitty-come-lately Puppy Bowl ripoff, begun by The Hallmark as an annual event less than a decade ago, will, uh, mews you.

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SUPER BOWL LV By David Bianculli

This really could be one of the best Super Bowls ever played. The Kansas City Chiefs, led by young superstar QB Patrick Mahomes, are defending their title from last year. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, led by old superstar QB Tom Brady, are the first team in Super Bowl history, all 55 years of it, to be playing in their home stadium. But with a COVID-reduced attendance, that may not be that huge a factor. But the QB matchup, a true generational battle, certainly is. And because Mahomes already won la

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THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE GREATEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH By David Bianculli

Was it only this week that the Democrats in the House of Representatives, joined by fewer than a dozen Republicans, voted to strip incoming Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee seats? And is it only a few days from now when Donald Trump will face an impeachment trial in the Senate for a second time? Yes and yes. All of which makes this as-it-happens Showtime political documentary series a must-record. I’d say must-see, but we’ll all be watching the Super Bowl

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