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2018
Jul
27
GET OUT By David Bianculli
 
 
This wonderfully unpredictable 2017 sleeper hit thriller is written and directed by Jordan Peele, who surprised and thrilled audiences with a movie that could have played as an extended installment of The Twilight Zone. Daniel Kaluuya stars, and gives a riveting, empathic performance, in a thriller that also benefits from great work by Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener, Allison Williams, Lakeith Stanfield, Stephen Root, Betty Gabriel and others. If you still haven’t seen Get Out, now&rsqu
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
26
TRIAL & ERROR: "LADY, KILLER" By David Bianculli
 
 
It’s summer, and Thursday nights are especially thin, TV-wise, so I’ll mention this series again. It premiered for the season last week with a double helping, and offers up two episodes again tonight. Kristin Chenoweth stars as this season’s accused murderer, and she’s fun, but this is no Pushing Daisies. If there’s a joke you don’t see coming a mile away, you’re not watching. Or you’re not awake.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
26
SWEDISH DICKS By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Perhaps because it premiered in the U.S. on the Pop network, this Swedish-U.S. co-production completely eluded me when it surfaced last year. But here it is for Season 2, with 10 new episodes of a dark comedy series co-created by and starring Peter Stormare. (Think the woodchipper from the original Fargo movie.) Stormare plays one of two unlicensed Swedish private eyes trying to find, and solve, cases in Los Angeles, and supporting players and recurring co-stars include such sur
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
26
WILL 'NASHVILLE' END ON A HIGH NOTE? By David Hinckley
 
 
Even if I didn’t like Nashville, which I do, I would watch Thursday’s series finale just to see if they can possibly wrap everything up...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
26
BIG NEWS FROM THE TCA SUMMER PRESS TOUR 2018: THE 'DEADWOOD' MOVIE IS A GO By Roger Catlin
 
 
At a time when reboots are now a solid part of TV schedules, HBO’s Quentin Schaffer opened the TV Critics Association summer press tour here Wednesday by pointing out, “We’ve been asked a Deadwood question for eleven consecutive years.”...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
25
HULU'S 'CASTLE ROCK': A UNIQUE FLING WITH STEPHEN KING By Ed Bark
 
 
Screen adaptations of Stephen King’s work long ago entered the realm of countless. Ah, but Hulu’s Castle Rock turns out to be a frightmare apart...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
25
'BURDEN OF TRUTH' IS A CANADIAN IMPORT THAT VIEWERS OF THE CW SHOULD SALUTE By Ed Bark
 
 
The premise is timeworn, but the execution, casting, and storytelling make Burden of Truth a compelling serial drama with a paucity of false steps...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
25
STEPHEN KING FANS WILL WANT TO WATCH 'CASTLE ROCK' By David Hinckley
 
 
Some shows offer what are trendily called Easter eggs. Castle Rock serves up a whole Stephen King omelet...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
25
CASTLE ROCK By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: The name of Stephen King, attached to this new series, lends some anticipation, as does the name of executive producer J.J. Abrams. And the premise is indeed a winner: the mythical town of Castle Rock, one of the most familiar New England locations from many King stories, is the setting and mood-setter for a season-long anthology series, with one extended narrative told each season. Think of it as FX’s Fargo, with the inspiration being the novels and stories of King rather
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
25
SUITS By David Bianculli
 
 
Katherine Heigl, as the newest cast member of Suits, makes her presence even more known in tonight’s episode – and not every reaction, from those people still at the unorthodox law firm, is a welcoming one.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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