One ESPN writer, in trying to put tonight’s winner-take-all Game 7 in perspective, wrote, “This is as big as sports gets.” On the one side: The Golden State Warriors, led by Stephen Curry, whose confident, long-distance style of play has changed the game of pro basketball. The Warriors are the defending NBA champions, having beaten LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers in six games last year, and also are coming off the best regular season in basketball history. The Warriors

2016

Jun

BRAINDEAD By David Bianculli

This is Episode 2 of BrainDead, the clever new summer series from Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King. And whether or not you saw last week’s premiere, don’t sweat it: Tonight’s episode is preceded by a theme song and montage that’s actually a musical “previously on…” recap. It’s one of the cleverest, goofiest TV ideas in years and the really should tune in to experience and enjoy it. And then, of course, stay tuned and do the same thing f

2016

Jun

THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: Tonight Starz offers a double-header season finale of its Girlfriend Experience series, in which Riley Keough, Elvis Presley’s granddaughter, plays Christine, a woman who finds herself embroiled in the world of high-class escorts. In previous weeks, Christine was drummed from her “vanilla” job as an intern after videos of her having sex with her boss hit the Internet, and she was trying to rebuild and rebound from a very low and vulnerable place. Well, tonight he

2016

Jun

GAME OF THRONES By David Bianculli

Tonight’s episode is called “Battle of the Bastards.” To readers of the original books, that may signal something. To me, it’s just an ironic choice for an episode televised on Father’s Day.

2016

Jun

PENNY DREADFUL By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: Two episodes are shown back to back as tonight’s season finale – and since it amounts to a battle in which the team of friends bands together to do battle with Dracula, and save Eva Green’s Vanessa, I’d highly recommend watching them both.

2016

Jun

STAR TREK – THE ORIGINAL SERIES: THE COMPLETE SERIES By David Bianculli

This new Blu-Ray release will not be the final word on the classic Star Trek series this year, since September marks the original show’s golden anniversary... A few months from now, Paramount/CBS is scheduled to issue a mega-box set, including not only the 79 episodes from the classic Star Trek series that are here on Blu-Ray, but also the Star Trek movies featuring the original TV show cast members...

2016

Jun

TED 2 By David Bianculli

If you wanted more of Seth MacFarlane’s talking teddy bear from Ted, here it is: 2015’s Ted 2, with Amanda Seyfried taking over as the new female lead. And putting a whole new spin on the concept of Ted Talks.

2016

Jun

MOTHER, MAY I SLEEP WITH DANGER? By David Bianculli

James Franco has been promoted heavily as the ostensible “auteur” behind this remake of the 1996 tacky telemovie starring Tori Spelling. But he’s neither the writer nor the director here, just a supporting actor and the guy who contributed some story ideas – like, I’m guessing, wouldn’t it be interesting to turn the witches in a stage production of Macbeth into lesbian vampires? If you’re curious, you decide. Spelling is back in this one – but play

2016

Jun

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE By David Bianculli

This 1940 movie is the most famous of the many screen adaptations of this Jane Austen classic. Greer Garson stars as Elizabeth Bennet, with Maureen O’Sullivan as one of her sisters, and Laurence Olivier as the spongeworthy neighbor, Mr. Darcy.

2016

Jun

O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA By David Bianculli

MINISERIES CONCLUSION: This documentary series concludes with a look at the years after O.J. Simpson’s criminal trial, bringing things up to date with how he ended up behind bars, and what his life has been like since.

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