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2014
May
25
 
 
Last week: the séance. This week? Who knows? Showtime didn’t send out previews past this series’ first two episodes, so I’ll be watching tonight like a TV civilian. But I will be watching. Timothy Dalton, Eva Green star.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
25
 
 
You have to set your recorders late, or early, to catch this 2007 HBO documentary, but you should. James Gandolfini, hot of The Sopranos, used his clout and followed his heart to make this intimate profile of men and women soldiers who had faced death in Iraq, and, against all odds, lived. The documentary explores their stories, their memories, their attempts at physical and emotional rehabilitation, and their post-deployment perspectives. And it’s all driven by Gandolfini, who, without ca
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
24
 
 
RED was so much fun, it cried out for a sequel – and here it is. This 2013 follow-up allows Helen Mirren, Bruce Willis and John Malkovich to reprise their roles as retired but still deadly superspies, working with handler Mary Louise Parker. And this time, they’re sharing screen time with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Anthony Hopkins and others.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
24
 
 
In 2007, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez teamed up for an ambitious, just-for-fun movie named Grindhouse, a double-feature drive-in-style treat that included “Let’s all go to the lobby” ads, coming attractions for movies that didn’t exist, as well as two action mini-movies, Tarantino’s Death Proof and Rodriguez’s Planet Terror. After the joint Grindhouse release, the directors released separate expanded versions of the films under their own titles &ndas
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
24
 
 
All weekend long, TCM is showing war movies in honor of Memorial Day. Tonight in prime time, 1967's The Dirty Dozen is an obvious highlight, starring Lee Marvin as an officer who leads a group of convicts on a seeming suicide mission to target Nazi officers at a remote location, with the promise of a full pardon for the convicts should they complete both their training and their mission, and return. But also, set your recorders for 1:30 a.m. ET, and catch 1970’s Kelly’s Heroes,
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
24
 
 
Patrick J. Adams of Suits guest stars. But who needs guest stars when Tatiana Maslany can co-star opposite herself? Tonight, Maslany takes a road trip – and, in another clone identity, she’s her own co-pilot.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
24
 
 
I don’t know how Norton gets his guests to do the things he does, but tonight, somehow, veteran comedienne Dawn French and survivalist-TV host Bear Grylls kiss, Spider-Man style.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
24
 
 
Don Rickles is getting his own grilling in a special tribute on Spike TV’s One Night Only on May 28. Here, in a 1968 Kraft Music Hall Friars Club broadcast, "The Merchant of Venom" is roasting Johnny Carson...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
23
 
 
Here’s a same-week repeat of last Monday’s new episode. Talk about tough love: Margot (Michelle Fairley), the terrorist who’s the Big Bad of at least the first part of this rebooted, condensed 24 series, learned from her daughter Simone (Emily Berrington) that Simone’s husband was refusing to pilot the commandeered American drones in a ruthless attack on London targets. So to ensure his cooperation, after he defiantly told Margot that nothing she could do to him would mak
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
23
 
 
I know at least one person who will be watching this 2013 documentary in a state of fan bliss (hi, Sarah!) – but this concert film about the One Direction boy band could prove interesting to other viewers as well. Of particular note: the “origin story” sequences, which include the group’s formation, and its rise to stardom on Great Britain’s original version of The X Factor.