This 2009 Pixar animated film is a great movie, with one of the funniest cartoon dogs ever. But what killed me the first time I saw this movie, and continues to devastate me (in a good way) every time since, is the opening. I won’t say more, if this is your first time with Up. But watch it, and be prepared for a deeper emotional experience than you get with most live-action films. Ed Asner provides the voice of the elderly, cranky man who finds himself on an unexpected voyage wit

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THE WEIGHT OF GOLD By David Bianculli

Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympics athlete in history, narrates this one-hour documentary, and is one of its executive producers. It’s about the costs, emotional even more than physical, of athletes training to compete as the best in the world in their respective sports. Phelps and other Olympic athletes, including Apolo Anton Ono, Sean White and Sasha Cohen, are interviewed – some who stood atop the podium, some who fell short. And rather than being inspirationally upbeat,&

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MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. By David Bianculli

With a handful of episodes remaining in this final season, the team from S.H.I.E.L.D. continues to fight not only for survival, but against a rival team whose aim is to alter history by affecting the timeline. This battle takes place in the past – in lots of pasts, actually, as both teams jump through time as they try to counter one another – and tonight, after a sad sacrifice by one of the S.H.I.E.L.D. members, settles down in 1983. It’s a time that, among other things, requir

2020

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'THE WEIGHT OF GOLD': THE STEEPEST COST OF BEING AN OLYMPIAN ISN'T ALWAYS FINANCIAL By David Hinckley

Almost everyone knows the feeling of a letdown after a big event ends. You've been focusing on it for so long that once it actually happens, there's an inevitable after-sense of "okay, what now?"...

2020

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PBS KICKS OFF TCA'S SUMMER PRESS TOUR – ONLINE By Mike Hughes

The world may be in a slow-down, shutdown mode, but you can't prove it by PBS. The network – now in a three-day stretch of Zoom press conferences with the Television Critics Association (TCA) – somehow seems busier than ever...

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MAXXX By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: This new British import is a really unlikely, yet really delightful, comedy series, about a former boy band star trying to mount a comeback. One reason it’s so unlikely is that its creator is O-T Fagbenie of The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian drama that isn’t exactly loaded with laughs. Another unlikely element is that Law & Order: SVU veteran Christopher Meloni, playing a music-industry mogul (pictured), is so hilariously slithery, he wou

2020

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20/20: "REGIS PHILBIN: THE MORNING MAESTRO" By David Bianculli

NEWS SPECIAL: Good for ABC. 20/20 is presenting a special hour devoted to Regis Phibin – who, as host of the network’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, completely reversed ABC’s fortunes at the start of this decade. And long before that, he established himself, on his live talk shows, as one of the premiere natural broadcasters and casual conversationalists in TV history. Despite this special’s title, Regis had a resume, and a legacy, that stretched far

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CARL REINER TRIBUTE By David Bianculli

Carl Reiner received many tributes about his TV work when he died last month – but now comes TCM’s tribute, which focuses on Reiner’s movie career as a director. It starts at 8 p.m. ET with 1967’s Enter Laughing, whose stars include Elaine May, Jack Gilford, Don Rickles, Jose Ferrer, and Shelley Winters. Reiner directs, and wrote the original novel and collaborated on the screenplay. At 10 p.m. ET comes 1984’s All of Me, starring Steve Martin and

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TELL ME A STORY By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Actually, it’s only a premiere if you don’t subscribe to CBS All Access, which produced and streamed this series beginning in 2018. But as the old tongue-in-cheek slogan goes, “If you haven’t seen it, it’s new to you!” Tell Me a Story is a drama transposing, updating and braiding together several fairy tales into one ongoing narrative. Season 1, for example, which is repeated beginning tonight on the CW, takes on The Three Littl

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FRONTLINE: "UNITED STATES OF CONSPIRACY" By David Bianculli

Michael Kirk, one of the best Frontline filmmakers, presents this very timely documentary about the spreading of conspiracy theories emanating from the current administration and its supporters and allies – a topic confirmed earlier this week by a retweet from President Trump himself. Check local listings. For full reviews, see Mike Hughes' Open Mic and David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

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