SERIES PREMIERE: The original Das Boot drama, based on the same Lothar-Gunther Buchheim novel, was released as a movie in 1981 – a gripping, powerful film directed by Wolfgang Petersen, telling of life (and death) aboard a German U-boat submarine during WWII. Petersen was so good at both the action sequences and the character development, and especially at filming in confined spaces to relay a feeling of claustrophobia, that he eventually was embraced by Hollywood, making such simila

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BOMBSHELL By David Bianculli

This 1933 Hollywood comedy is a pre-Code production, which means it was written and produced just before the newly appointed censors clamped down on movie content. Hence, there’s a lot of double entendres in this satire of Hollywood stardom – and many single entendres, too. Jean Harlow plays Lola Burns, the blonde bombshell of the title, who is weary of her parasitic relatives, surrounded by an ever-present entourage, and increasingly at odds with her show-biz agents and handle

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THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN By David Bianculli

James Corden takes his Late Late Show back to his country of origin this week, presenting, once again, a series of shows emanating from London. The last time he did this, he pulled off a stunningly successful “Carpool Karaoke” segment with Paul McCartney, driving the former Beatle around Penny Lane. This time, he’s got similarly audacious surprises in store, beginning with former First Lady Michelle Obama heading team USA in a celebrity pickup dodgeball game against the United

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HULU'S 'DAS BOOT' IS A WELL-CRAFTED SEQUEL TO THE 1981 FILM By David Hinckley

Simone Strasser is the sort of admirable female character we’ve met in dozens of movies and TV shows over the years...

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DON'T TAX YOUR BRAIN, JUST ENJOY WITH 'GRAND HOTEL' By David Hinckley

We all know television’s shopping cart is overflowing with guilty pleasures, so don’t think twice about throwing ABC’s summer soap Grand Hotel into the basket...

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NO NEW HEIGHTS BUT A STEADY CLIMB IN SHOWTIME'S 'CITY ON A HILL' By Ed Bark

A showy command performance by Kevin Bacon won’t be taking City on a Hill to new heights. It’s enough, however, to give Showtime another Ray Donovan in terms of watchable, serviceable, jut-jawed crime hours...

2019

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2019 FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP FRANCE By David Bianculli

I apologize for not listing, in Best Bets, the previous game featuring the U.S. women’s soccer team at this year’s World Cup. What can I say? I dropped the ball – and I shouldn’t have been holding it in the first place, because I’m no goalie. In that first match, the U.S. squad beat Thailand like it was a scrimmage, winning by an absurdly dominant 13-0. Some say the Americans piled on; others say not to keep playing, and celebrating, would have insulted the other te

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2019 U.S. OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT By David Bianculli

The final day of this year’s U.S. Open, from Pebble Beach, begins with Gary Woodland (pictured) holding on to his lead, but only barely. After three days of play, he’s still atop the leader board, but by only one stroke. He’s at 11 under par, with Justin Rose right behind at 10 under. Other players not far behind include Brooks Koepka, who with a victory would match a feat accomplished by only one other golfer in history by winning his third straight U.S. Open, starting the day

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LUTHER By David Bianculli

The current season of Luther keeps getting better – and bloodier. And Alice (Ruth Wilson), as expected, is right in the middle of things. The plot thickens. So does the blood-spatter pattern.

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THE GOOD FIGHT By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Well, it’s the series premiere on CBS, anyway. This series, an excellent spinoff of the also excellent CBS series The Good Wife, began not on the CBS broadcast network, but on its streaming sister site CBS All Access, which also offers new iterations of Star Trek and The Twilight Zone. But you have to pay for them – while, if you wait long enough, apparently, you might get them for free via CBS, as with tonight’s first two episodes of Season 1 of The Good Fight

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