Damien Lewis and Paul Giamatti are strong, individually, in this new series, which basically sets them up as dogged adversaries on Wall Street – one an opportunistic tycoon, the other a vengeful government prosecutor. Yet don’t underestimate the woman between these two men: Maggie Siff, who’s more than tough enough to stand next to them. Or, when she’s playing S&M sex games, on top of them.

2016

Jan

LIPPY, QUIPPY, VAIN AND URBANE, THE DEVIL GETS A PART-TIME POLICE GIG By Ed Bark

Lucifer's gotten tired of the whole Hades thing after a few centuries and has decided to take a “vacation” in L.A. He's now doing quite nicely as the owner of Lux, a ribald, upscale nightclub...

2016

Jan

DISEMVOWELED By Eric Gould

So, with some of the TVWW crew in The Olde Towne, the Late Night with Seth Meyers spoof on Boston film tropes in a trailer for a fake picture called Boston Accent was especially loved. Like wicked pissa...

2016

Jan

FOX'S 'LUCIFER': BORED WITH HELL, FINDS L.A. IS JUST THE FIT By David Hinckley

Like its title character, the new Fox drama Lucifer is having an identity crisis. That’s not fatal...

2016

Jan

CHELSEA DOES By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Chelsea Handler’s new Netflix documentary series, Chelsea Does, drops today: all four episodes, each devoted to a separate topic: marriage, racism, drugs, and technology. If you’re a fan of Chelsea Lately, you know what to expect. If not, expect some rather freewheeling conversations, especially on this uncensored streaming platform.

2016

Jan

SESAME STREET By David Bianculli

Just a reminder: If you’re looking for Sesame Street, you can find new episodes here, and, for a while, here only: Saturday mornings on HBO. Today’s show is brought to you by the letter “P” – for Premium, as in cable, or Privileged, as in viewership.

2016

Jan

ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES By David Bianculli

Alan Rickman, who died last week at age 69, was most famous for playing villains – and among those villains, most famous of all for opposing Bruce Willis in the first Die Hard and for playing Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films. But here’s another example, where he plays an excellent villain in a less than excellent movie: 1991’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, in which he plays the Sheriff of Nottingham to Kevin Costner’s Robin.

2016

Jan

WHITNEY CUMMINGS: I'M YOUR GIRLFRIEND By David Bianculli

Whitney Cummings, after starring in one broadcast network series (NBC’s Whitney) and creating another (CBS’s 2 Broke Girls), gets her first HBO special. Given the quality level of her other two vehicles, let’s see what she does with this one. Hopefully, a bit more…

2016

Jan

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli

One of my two wishes for this show, which is hosted by former UFC bantamweight champion Rhonda Rousey, is that Tina Fey will show up to play Sarah Palin in a spoof of the real Palin’s endorsement this week of Donald Trump. My second wish is that, after the snowstorm, I’ll still have power to be able to watch it. Musical guest: Selena Gomez.

2016

Jan

'THE X-FILES' RETURNS — AND THIS SHOULD BE THE LAST TIME By Ed Bark

This is looking like a bad idea at best, particularly after a thoroughly ridiculous, serio-comic third episode squanders any carryover suspense let alone a reason to exist anew...

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