Yesterday, the U.S. women’s team bested England, 2-1 in regulation, to advance to the World Cup finals as defending champions. The opponent in that final will be the victor of today’s game, which is a semifinal Dutch treat: Sweden vs. the Netherlands. Sweden is a familiar opponent, especially to the U.S. women’s squad, at the World Cup, but this is only the second time the Dutch team, the Netherlands, has qualified for World Cup play – so to be this close to a final is, f

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NORTH BY NORTHWEST By David Bianculli

I was having an editorial meeting with a member of the TVWW staff recently (okay, it was a phone call, with Linda), and I insisted that, no matter whether I owned a DVD of a film or had seen it dozens of times, whenever I recommended a film in Bianculli’s Best Bets, I was likely to watch it again that night on TV. Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 masterpiece of whimsical mystery, starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint, is repeated tonight at 8 p.m. ET on TCM – and even though

2019

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FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP SOCCER 2019 By David Bianculli

This first semifinal game of the 2019 FIFA women’s World Cup pits the U.S.A. against the England team, which means three of this tournament’s four top scorers will take the field at the same time: forward Ellen White for the England team, and Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe for the U.S. squad. Each of these women has scored five goals thus far in the tournament – and it’s likely at least one, in today’s highly anticipated game, will add to her personal total.

2019

Jul

30 FOR 30: "THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE HUNGRY" By David Bianculli

July 4 is just around the corner, which means so is the annual competitive food-bingeing competition, Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest. This new 30 for 30 documentary widens the definition of sports by following the rivalry, a dozen years ago, of Takeru Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut, two of competitive eating’s most memorable masticators.

2019

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A TRIP TO THE MOON & METROPOLIS By David Bianculli

Tonight TCM presents a double feature combining two silent movie masterpieces, each of which is a dizzyingly inventive and pioneering work of science fiction. First is George Melies’ 1902 short film A Trip to the Moon, basically the first sci-fi film ever made. Then, at 8:30 p.m. ET, comes Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterwork Metropolis, with one of cinema’s all-time most famous robots: the Maschinenmensch, played by Brigitte Helm in both human and mechani

2019

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SEASON 3 BRINGS ON THE FALLOUT OF 'DIVORCE' By David Hinckley

For those who might see the termination of a marriage as a means of making life less uncomfortable and stressful for all concerned, HBO’s Divorce continues to argue that it doesn’t necessarily work out that way...

2019

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SEASON 2 OF 'THE SIMPLE HEIST' IS AN IMPROVEMENT By David Hinckley

The Simple Heist asks us to be a bit more tolerant of its indulgences in Season 2, which happily doesn’t make it any less fun...

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Jul

MASTER OF DISGUISE By Eric Gould

You might assume most TV spy tropes — fake passports, wigs, sunglasses — work well… on TV. But here’s a fascinating look at TV spycraft with former CIA Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez, who runs through clips of The Americans, 24, Alias and many others and says why some are the run-of-the-mill plot contrivances, and how others are credible CIA techniques...

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YEARS AND YEARS By David Bianculli

Two things, in particular, fascinate me about this imported miniseries, which says a lot about our global society and concerns today by imagining their counterparts of tomorrow. What happens politically, in the U.K. and the U.S., in this hypothetical future is so oppressive and depressing, it’s less a speculative drama than a horror film. And creator Russell T. Davies, who resuscitated Doctor Who for the modern era, has had so much fun imagining the technology of the near future,

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