If you're getting a little tired of shows like The Walking Dead taking the Zombie Apocalypse so doggone seriously, Daybreak might be your antidote...

2019

Oct

DAYBREAK By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: This new Netflix series is an odd curiosity – or a curious oddity – that you may consider worth a look. Imagine the Mad Max post-apocalyptic universe, and the deadly tribal fiefdoms of The Warriors, transplanted to a group of futuristic high school cliques. The bomb has dropped, all adults are dead or zombie-ish, and the teens left behind are fighting for supremacy, Lord of the Flies style. How did all this come about? The hero, a former

2019

Oct

THE BIG CHILL By David Bianculli

On a slow night, curl up with a classic character comedy-drama that defined a generation. Lawrence Kasdan wrote and directed this 1983 movie, which examined Baby Boomers reuniting while reflecting on their own relationships, directions, and personal meanings. And my, what a cast: Glenn Close, Kevin Kline, William Hurt, Jeff Goldblum, all young and dynamic and somewhat adrift. Oh, and the music. Watch for the actors. Listen for the music.

2019

Oct

THE GOOD PLACE By David Bianculli

Last week, it was revealed that Janet (D’Arcy Carden) wasn’t the team’s familiar, friendly Janet, but a “bad Janet” impersonating her in order to sew discord. Tonight, there’s a rescue mission, to find and return the good Janet to the Good Place – or whatever place they’re in right now.

2019

Oct

EVIL By David Bianculli

Trick or treat? Tonight’s episode is titled “October 31,” but arrives one week before Halloween – and involves a possession and a potential exorcism, with spooky terrors behind closed doors. Based on this series so far, I’d say… Treat!

2019

Oct

2019 WORLD SERIES By David Bianculli

Last night’s Game 1 featured several lead changes, some tense duels between pitchers and batters, some outstanding defensive plays, and a few amazing swings of the bat. All in all, a great beginning to what could be a terrific, and anything but anticlimactic, World Series. The Washington Nationals prevailed over the Houston Astros in Game 1, with a final score of 5-4. Tonight, played again in Houston, it’s Game 2.

2019

Oct

DUCK SOUP By David Bianculli

I’m used to going to Turner Classic Movies to look for Best Bets – but tonight, in prime time, TCM is showing three comedy films that represent the best from some of cinema history’s very best comics. This tremendous triple feature begins at 8 p.m. ET with what I consider the Marx Brothers’ very best movie, 1933’s Duck Soup. It’s about the absurdity of war – well, it’s about the absurdity of everything, basically – but in

2019

Oct

THE BANK DICK By David Bianculli

The second of three TCM comedy classics shown tonight, this is W.C. Fields’ 1940 masterpiece, The Bank Dick. It’s about a town drunk who accidentally prevents a pair of bank robberies, and is rewarded with the job of bank guard. The humor begins with the inebriated central character’s name: Egbert Sousé.

2019

Oct

SONS OF THE DESERT By David Bianculli

After the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields, what else do you need for a perfect evening of comedy? How about Laurel and Hardy? And here they are: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, in a movie made the same year as Duck Soup in 1933. Sons of the Desert has our less than dynamic duo trying to sneak away from their wives to attend a lodge convention. How funny is that? In their hands, very, very funny indeed…

2019

Oct

THE CRY By David Bianculli

This miniseries was shown already on Sundance’s streaming service, Sundance Now – and I reviewed it very positively then, because of both its clever mystery plot, and its spellbinding central performance by Jenna Coleman, who charmed me as Clara in Doctor Who, then wowed me as a young Queen Victoria in Victoria. Now the miniseries gets an encore showing on Sundance Channel itself, which should bring The Cry, deservedly, to a larger audience. Coleman

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