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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
Dec
8
BOUND By David Bianculli
 
 
Here’s a cinematic love story that’s far from the norm: It’s a modern film noir love triangle, which isn’t unusual at all, but in this case two of the three corners of the triangle are occupied by women. This beautifully photographed and cleverly written movie was concocted by the Wachowski brothers, who now are a different type of sibling team: He’s still Andy, but his sibling is now Lana.  Joe Pantoliano plays the low-level mobster, Jennifer Tilly plays his s
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
8
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli
 
 
Jamie Foxx is tonight’s guest host, and Ne-Yo is the musical guest. Foxx is an old hand at sketch comedy: In addition to hosting SNL once before, he also clocked three years on Fox’s In Living Color in the early Nineties. Ne-Yo, on the other hand, is a relative Ne-Yophyte.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
8
1980: HOWARD COSELL ANNOUNCES JOHN LENNON'S DEATH ON 'MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1980, Howard Cosell announced the tragic death of musician John Lennon on Monday Night Football... 
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
8
A QUICK CHAT WITH TOM FONTANA: I’D BE SURPRISED IF THIS 'BORGIA' By David Bianculli
 
 

After a New York screening Wednesday previewing the upcoming Season 2 of Borgia: Faith and Fear, available in the U.S. on Netflix, series creator Tom Fontana and I had a quick chat…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
7
2009: TNT INTRODUCES 'MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 2009, TNT debuted the original series, Men of a Certain Age...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
7
BACHELOR PARTY By David Bianculli
 
 
This 1984 comedy isn't very good, but it does capture two performers at pivotal moments in their career. It stars Tom Hanks, the same year he made Splash, as a guest of honor at a wild party on the eve of his marriage to his devoted girlfriend. Said girlfriend is played by Tawny Kitaen. It was an early break for both performers, but for Hanks, it was only the beginning. For Kitaen, it ended up being her career zenith.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
7
FRINGE By David Bianculli
 
 
In tonight’s episode, Peter (Joshua Jackson) exhibits more of the behavior of the Observers, into which he appears to be metamorphosing. But Olivia (Anna Torv) is on the case, and there’s someone new on the horizon who may be able to help. Or not.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
7
RESTLESS By David Bianculli
 
 
MINISERIES PREMIERE: Part 1 of 2. Concluding next Friday, this Sundance Channel and BBC-1 co-production teams stars from two of the boldest, most disturbing sexual dramas ever filmed: Charlotte Rampling of The Night Porter and Michael Gambon of The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover.  Here, their roles are less overt than covert. Rampling plays a former Russian refugee and British spy who fears her real identity is at risk of being discovered decades later; Gambon plays her former hand
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
7
HUNTED By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: Just because Sam (Melissa George) has her back against the wall, and appears to be trapped and facing imminent death, doesn’t mean you should give up on this series, or on her. After all, that’s the way this series starting – and, quite literally, that was only the beginning.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
7
SEXY BABY By David Bianculli
 
 
This high-concept 2012 documentary, by director Ronna Gradus, examines sexual identity by looking at how pop and music stars, and pornography and social media, are perceived by three very different representative female viewpoints. One’s a former porn star, another is a young adult with what she considers abnormal private parts, and the third is an impressionable 12-year-old girl.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley