The longer you hang around, the more you realize that few socio-political battles are won for good. There's almost always someone trying to push you back to where you were. That applies to women's rights, among many other things, and frankly, it sounds like a depressing premise...

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GET OUT By David Bianculli

This 2017 movie, written and directed by Jordan Peele, is fabulous. Peele is as smart about the horror in this film as he is about the humor, and both of them really, really land. And the performances – wow. Daniel Kaluuya is great as the guy who begins to suspect all is not as it seems regarding his girlfriend’s family and their friends. And Allison Williams as the girlfriend, Catherine Keener and Bradley Whitford as her parents, and Stephen Root as one of their friends – agai

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FILTHY RICH By David Bianculli

If you haven’t seen this Fox sitcom yet, try it. It’s still trying to find itself – but so far, it’s gotten both more political, and less predictable, than I expected. And Kim Cattrall, as the matriarch of a family running a televangelist empire, already is finding ways to get deeper than the basic caricature.

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2003: NBC QUIETLY ENDS 'THE LYON'S DEN' By TV WW

This day in 2003 marked the last official broadcast of NBC's Rob Lowe vehicle, The Lyon's Den...

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1993: MTV PRESENTS 'THE JON STEWART SHOW' By TV WW

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Hugh Grant wants to take all those beloved, cheerful, endearing rom-com characters that he's been playing forever and toss them into the dustbin of cinematic history...

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60 MINUTES By David Bianculli

You’ve seen the bootleg, courtesy of the Donald Trump camp. Now see the official release: President Trump’s 60 Minutes interview with Lesley Stahl, on which he walks out before completing. The leaked portions of the interview’s rough footage were supposed to make Stahl and 60 Minutes look bad – but had the opposite effect. And tonight’s “authorized” final cut, I believe, will attest even more to Stahl’s persistence and interview

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2020 WORLD SERIES By David Bianculli

This may end up being my favorite World Series since 1960. The first three games of this 2020 series were won by whichever team scored first. The Los Angeles Dodgers did it twice, the Tampa Bay Rays once, and neither team surrendered the lead once establishing it early. But then came last night’s remarkably tense Game 4. Runs scored in eight consecutive half-innings. Four lead changes in all. And in the bottom of the ninth, with the Dodgers leading 7-6 and the Rays down to the final at-bat

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

This past week included the final presidential debate, the leaked 60 Minutes interview with President Trump and Lesley Stahl, the start of early voting in several states, and… well, let’s just start there. Right, John Heilemann?

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