After two nights of Democratic debates featuring presidential hopefuls, Bill Maher hits the stage for a post-mortem monologue, and a conversation with tonight’s scheduled guests – who include MSNBC anchor Joy Reid, author Max Brooks, Seth MacFarlane, and one of the presidential aspirants who made the cut for the first set of Democratic debates, Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who’s likely to get more screen and talking time tonight on Real Time than she did in real time on

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Jun

THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW By David Bianculli

When James Corden did a week of shows from London recently, he began with Tom Hanks – who shows up here as well, coming to play with the very playful Graham Norton, whose all-guests-seated-together format is one that Corden has “borrowed.” And on Norton’s couch tonight, Hanks shares couch space with, among others, Gwyneth Paltrow and the movies’ latest Spider-Man, Tom Holland.

2019

Jun

MYRA BRECKENRIDGE By David Bianculli

This controversial 1970 screen adaptation of Gore Vidal’s bestseller made room for cinematic sex symbols from the past, present and future. Mae West represented the past (and among her on-screen conquests here is a pre-Magnum, P.I. Tom Selleck ), a pre-Charlie’s Angels Farrah Fawcett represented the future – and Raquel Welch, playing the gender-bending, transitioning titular character, was very, very present throughout.

2019

Jun

THREE TO SEE: THE BEST RECENT NORDIC NOIR ON NETFLIX By Alex Strachan

Every so often, a Nordic noir series comes along that’s so compelling and emotionally wrenching, it almost takes the breath away...

2019

Jun

FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP SOCCER 2019 By David Bianculli

The first of the 2019 World Cup quarterfinal games is played today, with England, one of the pre-tournament favorites, facing Norway. England won all three of its games in Group D to win that division, while Norway went 2-1 in Group A, finishing behind tournament host France. It’s a big enough game to be shown on Fox, so here it is…

2019

Jun

IZOMBIE By David Bianculli

In tonight’s episode, Liv (Rose McIver) consumes the brains, and the personality, of a murdered teen contestant in a Miss Teen Seattle beauty pageant. That may or may not speed up the investigation into the girl’s death – but it certainly explains Liv’s peppy new fashion sense.

2019

Jun

2020 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DEBATE By David Bianculli

Last night’s debate had one leader in the current polls, Elizabeth Warren, on the 10-person stage – which allowed enough room for others, including Julian Castro and Amy Klobuchar, to break through. Tonight’s debate, by contrast, is top-heavy, with Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg, all elbowing each other for time and attention. And if those on the other end of the political familiarity spectrum in tonight’s debate are ever to make a dent in the

2019

Jun

MY COUSIN VINNY By David Bianculli

This 1992 comedy is such a funny, enjoyable legal comedy, it’s easy to overlook how dependent it is on the broad comic talents of its two stars, Marisa Tomei (who won an Oscar for her portrayal) and Joe Pesci (who perhaps should have). He plays the title character, a newly minted New York lawyer defending his cousin, who is accused of murder in rural Alabama. Oh, and give credit, too, to Fred Gwynne, who plays the judge who has a problem with Vinny’s wardrobe, attitude, and accent. &

2019

Jun

YELLOWSTONE LIVE By David Bianculli

All this week, National Geographic Channel has been filming in Yellowstone National Park, augmented freshly filmed pieces with live telecasts, and following different creatures at different parts of the park. Some of the more breakout natural stars, all week, have been hidden inside a beaver lodge: a quartet of young, weeks-old kits, photographed with their mother with an infrared camera mounted inside the lodge itself. All this week, I’ve been making animal puns – but for this final

2019

Jun

2020 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DEBATE By David Bianculli

The numbers for this year’s field of Democratic hopefuls competing for the party’s 2020 nomination for the presidency is so swollen, the Democratic National Committee and the NBC family of networks established an unprecedented series of stipulations and guidelines for these first debates of the 2020 election process. The 20 hopefuls who met the guidelines, regarding either percentages in certain polls or political donations in a certain number of states, get to take place in a televi

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