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2015
Apr
13
 
 
I don’t know what to call this show’s return after a brief hiatus, because it already came back at midseason after one break. Is this the mid-midseason? The pre-summer season? The fall of the house of Fox? Whatever it is, Gotham is back tonight – and according to the previews, Jim Gordon is returning with a vengeance.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Apr
13
 
 
What a fun film this is, after all these years. This 1933 movie had special effects that were state of the art at the time, and part of the enjoyment of watching today is of imagining how amazing it was to see this more than 70 years ago, only a few years after the invention of the motion-picture talkie. Part of the humor, too, is noticing how the scale models keep changing King Kong’s scale, or how herbivorous dinosaurs become man-eating killers. But hey – they did that in 1925, too
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Apr
12
 
 
Young Jordan Spieth continues to lead the pack going into the final day, having added a 2-under-par third round to his sizzling first two rounds of 8-under and 6-under. But other golfers had an even better Saturday, with Justin Rose and Phil Mickelson shooting 5-under-par for the day, and Rory McIlroy and the getting-his-groove-back Tiger Woods shooting a four-under. After three days, today’s championship round begins with Spieth at 16-under-par for the tournament – four shots ahead
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Apr
12
 
 
Last week’s episode ended with an accusation of voter fraud against Alicia (Julianna Margulies) and her camp – one that, if it sticks, could jeopardize not only Alicia’s newly acquired status as State’s Attorney, but drag down her husband, the Governor. And there are other accusations of misconduct in this week’s episode as well – ones that don’t bode well for the future of Kalinda (Archie Panjabi), whose doctored email evidence was found and submitted i
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Apr
12
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Is this series starting its new season with strength, purpose, direction and confidence? You betcha. And while there’s no “Red Wedding” in this season opener, there’s certainly a reduction in the population figures before the episode is over. And when Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) makes his first appearance, safely absconded from the palace after last season’s climactic act, both he and Game are very welcome returnees. And Lena Headey as Cersei, and Emili
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Apr
12
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Season 7, this show’s final season, begins tonight with Jackie (Edie Falco) having to climb out from her deepest hole yet: she’s arrested, out of a job, and seemingly without friends. But she’s more than proven her resourcefulness over the years, so you know she’ll be back, working at the hospital again somehow. (And I know it, too, because I’ve previewed the episode.)
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Apr
12
 
 
Part 2 of 6. In last week’s premiere of this meticulously filmed and slyly adapted miniseries version of Hilary Mantel’s novels about intrigue in and around the court of King Henry VIII, we barely saw the king at all. The central figure in this drama, and the reason it seems so fresh a take on the subject, is the usually maligned Thomas Cromwell, the royal advisor played by British stage actor Mark Rylance. Tonight, though, King Henry VIII, played by Homeland star Damian Lewis, gets
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Apr
12
 
 
Last week’s midseason return, a beginning of the end for this final cluster of Mad Men episodes, began by dropping hints and defying expectations – with the faces that were seen, the faces that weren’t (at least for now), and, on most men but Don Draper, the faces with silly-looking moustaches, such as John Slattery’s Roger Sterling. Still, most of the midseason premiere episode set the scene for things to come – and tonight, we get to see some of those very things.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Apr
12
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: The news broke recently that Veep series creator Armando Iannucci has left the series after four seasons – replaced by David Mandel, who worked with series star Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Seinfeld, and also was an executive producer, writer and director on Curb Your Enthusiasm. Here’s hoping the transition will be a smooth one, because the first Season 4 episodes, beginning with tonight’s premiere showing Louis-Dreyfus’ Selina Meyer settling in as President o
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Apr
12
 
 
So-called “event television” is seldom as advertised. But with HBO's Game of Thrones, this might be an understatement...