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2016
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SERIES PREMIERE: This new series stars Ben Wishaw, from The Hours, as a young man whose lover dies mysteriously. When he seeks to investigate his lover’s death, he finds himself investigated, and more, by what turns out to be a whole cabal of spies. One twist in this telling of what sounds like a familiar tale is that the lover is male – and many of the other twists spin out from that revelation. Jim Broadbent co-stars. For a full review, see David Hinckley’s All Along the Watc
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jan
21
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: One of the executive producers of this new Zach Galifianakis series is Louis C.K., which makes perfect sense: Baskets, starring Galifianakis as a sad sack of a guy whose ambition is to be a clown in the best comedic tradition, is as much character study as comedy. But it’s fascinating. Galifianakis plays Chip Baskets, a young man who borrows money from his mom (a bizarrely cast, yet instantly endearing, Louie Anderson) to go to clown college in Paris. But he doesn’t
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jan
21
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: This half-hour documentary series, each week, looks at different aspect of what is called the “deep web” – the stuff most people can’t or don’t access, and what’s available and happening there. Proceed at your own risk – but, if you’re curious, definitely proceed.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jan
20
 
 
“With this show, you have to find the balance,” said Galifianakis. “But in sadness, there are things that are funny. Sadness itself can be very funny. Laughter and crying are cousins..."
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jan
20
 
 
More audition rounds make the rounds tonight – and, if the trend continues, more women than men heading to Hollywood for this final year.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jan
20
 
 
Part 2 of 3. The Hunger Hustle looks at the devious, sometimes desperate things animals do to survive, in terms of attracting, locating, and/or capturing their prey. What these animals do is nuts... among other things. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jan
20
 
 
Just like the end of A Few Good Men, when Jack Nicholson takes the stand and reveals his true self by saying we need him on that wall, this 1954 movie ends with just as iconic a revelation. In this one, it’s Humphrey Bogart on the stand, and he’s not talking about the wall. He’s talking about… strawberries.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jan
20
 
 
In tonight’s episode, a media story uncovers and disseminates details of what really happened at the party where Taylor allegedly was assaulted – and the revelations make it difficult for many people to deal with them, including Taylor and his mother.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jan
20
 
 
Samuel L. Jackson is excellent in Quentin Tarantino’s 2015 The Hateful Eight – and if he had been nominated for an Oscar, as he should have, then maybe the Academy wouldn’t be under such fire right now. In any event, you can go see The Hateful Eight in theaters tonight. Or you can stay home and watch Tarantino’s 1994 masterwork, in which Jackson and John Travolta, as a couple of eccentric hit men, saw their careers vault to unexpected and formerly unattained heights.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jan
20
 
 
Martha Kelly can say that working on the new FX drama Baskets was “the most magical time of my life” without betraying even a hint of an expression...