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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive

2019

May

'GOOD OMENS' IS A BAD NIGHT OF VIEWING By David Hinckley

Good Omens, despite a good cast, is not especially good television...

2019

May

IN PRAISE OF 'DEADWOOD: THE MOVIE' By David Hinckley

The long-awaited Deadwood: The Movie answers the question of how you finish off a show that had one exquisite ending already...

2019

May

ON NBC'S 'INBETWEEN,' SHE SEES DEAD PEOPLE – HAVEN'T WE SEEN THIS BEFORE? By David Hinckley

Turns out zombies aren’t the only people who can be dead but not quite gone...

2019

May

THE STORY OF ALBERT EINSTEIN ON 'LIGHT FALLS' By David Hinckley

If you’re looking for a breezy bit of TV candy to kick off the summer, PBS stands ready to serve...

2019

May

FINALE FEVER – EXPECTED AND UNEXPECTED By David Hinckley

If you’re looking for a proposition that can bring a polarized nation together, here’s a candidate: No one likes to see his or her favorite TV show end...

2019

May

'WHAT/IF' BRINGS AN EVIL RENÉE ZELLWEGER TO THE SMALL SCREEN By David Hinckley

Renée Zellweger stars in What/If as venture capitalist Anne Montgomery, a woman who lives to wield power...

2019

May

'PITCHING IN' ON ACORN IS A GUILTY PLEASURE By David Hinckley

Pitching In is a breezy, lightweight tale that pokes around in the familiar dramas of family and makes a small village in North Wales look like one of the most beautiful places on Earth...

2019

May

JOHN TURTURRO SHINES IN 'THE NAME OF THE ROSE,' A DARK TALE OF RELIGION IN MEDIEVAL TIMES By David Hinckley

Almost four decades after the publication of Umberto Eco’s revered and dark novel The Name of the Rose, someone finally took a deep breath and adapted it for a television miniseries. It’s bold and ambitious, and it mostly works, thanks in no small measure to the brilliant move of casting John Turturro...

2019

May

'BLOOD & TREASURE' IS NOT THE SUMMER GEM CBS IS HOPING FOR By David Hinckley

If you’re in the mood for a whirlwind travelogue of exotic upscale destinations, mostly in Europe and the Middle East, CBS’s Blood & Treasure is your new summer show. You should be aware, though, that the travelogue is sporadically interrupted by a plot...

2019

May

THE FILM VERSION OF 'CATCH-22' LOOMS LARGE OVER CLOONEY'S WONDERFUL EFFORT ON HULU By David Hinckley

The new TV miniseries version of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 – call it the extended remix – may lead casual viewers and even devoted fans to consider the possibility that more is less...

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