This 2010 restoration of Fritz Lang’s silent classic takes the 1926 original, with one of the cinema’s first visions of a dystopian urban future, and lovingly, painstakingly pieces together as much of the film as possible – including descriptions of long-missing scenes as described in the final screenplay version. Metropolis is a fascinating movie to watch – expressionistic, futuristic and fantastic all at once. And Brigitte Helm, in the dual role of worker-heroine Maria

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INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS By David Bianculli

Entertainment, A. Spelling, F. This 2009 Quentin Tarantino film is one of the most playfully entertaining WWII films since Kelly’s Heroes – and leapfrogs that movie by rewriting history even as it revisits it. And Christoph Waltz, in this movie, gets the role of a lifetime, and the role that he seems born to play.

2014

Jul

ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK By David Bianculli

When John Carpenter directed and co-wrote this 1981 movie, he imagined a frightening future in which Manhattan has been repurposed as a maximum-security prison – and in which planes can be shot out of the sky. (In this case, it’s Air Force One, and the President is taken down and held prisoner by rioting convicts, necessitating a government-sanctioned rescue mission by Kurt Russell’s one-eyed Snake.) That’s all plenty weird – but what’s really scary about this

2014

Jul

ALMOST ROYAL By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: In tonight’s hour, faux royals Georgie (Ed Gamble) and Poppy (Amy Hoggart) go to Nashville, where Poppy wants to try her hand, and her voice, at becoming a crossover country music star. And Georgie meets Dukes of Hazzard star Catherine Bach, and tries to tell her how much her series wardrobe meant to him – and his father.

2014

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SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK By David Bianculli

Friday nights are good times to nestle into the couch and watch a good movie on TV – and tonight, The Movie Channel presents a very good one indeed. This 2012 movie, directed and adapted by David O. Russell from a partly autobiographical novel by Matthew Quick, is a gem. The performances – especially but not exclusively by Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence as the seemingly mismatched central couple – are honest, credible and unexpectedly volatile. And, in support, Robert De

2014

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PULP FICTION By David Bianculli

Quentin Tarantino went from cult darling to cinematic hotshot thanks to this complicated, audacious, dizzyingly ambitious film, which crackles with inventiveness and freshness even 20 years later. And check out his use here of Uma Thurman in a small supporting role – Tarantino would see something in her he’d want to revisit in depth, as the star of his two-movie Kill Bill epic.

2014

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AFTERNOON DELIGHT By David Bianculli

This 2013 movie didn’t make much of a box-office dent, but its premiere on cable TV, on a slow Friday night, makes it a contender. Kathryn Hahn from Parks and Recreation stars as a married woman whose dormant love life is overshadowed by a new interest: the young nanny (Juno Temple) she hires, who has a past that includes being a stripper.

2014

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REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

Physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the guests on tonight’s show – and he’s so entertaining and interesting and quoteworthy, it’s not necessary to list any other guests. Just tune in.

2014

Jul

THE EXORCIST By David Bianculli

This movie, directed by William Friedkin, was released in 1973, which means it’s now more than 40 years old. But despite the limits of special effects at the time, The Exorcist remains one of the flat-out scariest movies ever made. Here’s a “Before” picture of Linda Blair as young Regan, the girl who undergoes some truly frightening behavioral changes. Tune in tonight to revisit the “After.” The power of Best Bets compels you…

2014

Jul

WELCOME TO SWEDEN By David Bianculli

Greg Poehler, as an American willingly transplanted to Sweden to experience the land and lifestyle of his Swedish girlfriend, is very droll and funny here – and Josephine Bornebusch, playing the girlfriend, is one of the most pleasant surprises of the summer TV season. Together, they make a very sweet TV couple. And in tonight’s episode, even in this remote location, Welcome to Sweden finds room for another guest star: this week, it’s Aubrey Plaza, from Parks and Recreation.

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