Brilliant 1980 movie by Stanley Kubrick, based on the Stephen King novel, this is one of the scariest films ever made. But also, in other parts, one of the slyest and most darkly comic. Jack Nicholson stars.

2016

Jun

‘RAY DONOVAN’ RETURNS AS ONE OF THE SMALL SCREEN’S SMARTEST, SHARPEST, MOST SATISFYING DRAMAS By Alex Strachan

Ray Donovan isn’t just any detective drama. Los Angeles may be the most filmed city on the planet, and yet Donovan’s deft use of shadows and light makes the familiar look like no place on Earth...

2016

Jun

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CARING By David Bianculli

MOVIE PREMIERE: This Netflix movie, one of the new programming avenues with which it’s experimenting, streams beginning today, starring Paul Rudd as a man who takes a six-week course and sets out to become an at-home caregiver. His first potential patient is a young invalid with muscular dystrophy, played by Craig Roberts, whose initial entrance, a few minutes into this gentle comedy-drama by Rob Burnett, ought to persuade you to stick around and settle in. Burnett, former executive produc

2016

Jun

BBC WORLD NEWS By David Bianculli

There are many days when I slide over to watch BBC World News, now available several times a day on the BBC World News America channel (search for it). But today, starting at 10:30 a.m. ET, everyone should watch, because British coverage of its own stunning Brexit decision – with voters in England voting to leave the European Union – is going to be something to watch. And already, it’s being called by some British pundits as a sign that the same global discontent will sweep Don

2016

Jun

WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION By David Bianculli

More wonderful Billy Wilder-directed movies are shown today on TCM, starting at 8 p.m. ET with 1958’s Witness for the Prosecution, a delightful mystery movie starring Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton. Also tonight, don’t miss 1959’s Some Like It Hot (10:15 p.m. ET) and 1960’s The Apartment (2:45 a.m. ET), both starring Jack Lemmon. That’s three classics in three years, an amazing stretch.

2016

Jun

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

With the House of Representatives sit-in, the U.S. Supreme Court 4-4 “non-decision” blocking some of President Obama’s immigration reform executive orders, and England’s astounding vote to remove itself from the European Union, this is one hell of a news week. And Maher’s guests this week include Paul Begala, Michael Steele, and The Nightly Show host Larry Wilmore.

2016

Jun

'QUEEN OF THE SOUTH': A SOAP FOR ADRENALINE JUNKIES By David Hinckley

Outrageous excess is the least we expect from USA’s new drama Queen of the South, and to its credit, the first episode delivers...

2016

Jun

BBC’S ‘THIRTEEN’ EXPLORES REENTRY OF A LONG-MISSING CHILD By David Hinckley

Television’s fascination with disappeared children takes a dark, intense turn in Thirteen...

2016

Jun

WEST SIDE STORY By David Bianculli

The Movie Musical Thursdays celebration continues this month on TCM, and tonight offers another great event, starting with two of the best wide-screen musicals ever filmed. First up is 1961’s West Side Story, at 8 p.m. ET – followed at 10:45 p.m. ET by 1962’s The Music Man. In both cases, the films are loaded with iconic set pieces, and TCM, which shows the movies without editing for image ratio or length, is a great place to watch them.

2016

Jun

THIRTEEN By David Bianculli

MINISERIES PREMIERE: This new five-part import stars Jodie Comer as Ivy, a young woman who is shown, in the opening scene, running to a payphone and begging for help, claiming that she’s escaped from captivity after being imprisoned in a cellar for 13 years (hence the show’s title). Think of it as a variation on the theme already explored in ABC’s The Family, if you like, but here it is. For a review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

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