With the acclaimed movie Dunkirk landing in theaters this week, it’s a good moment for another, earlier British perspective on that remarkable drama...

2017

Jul

FROM CHARLENE FRAZIER STILLFIELD TO MELANIE BIRD: JEAN SMART ON THE MANY CHARACTERS SHE’S BROUGHT TO LIFE By David Hinckley

Noah Hawley says one of his primary inspirations for writing the FX sci-fi series Legion was Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. But Jean Smart suggests she was more inspired by another classic rock band of that era: Blind Faith...

2017

Jul

‘WEEKEND IN HAVANA’ EXPLORES THE COMPLICATED AND BEAUTIFUL ISLAND By David Hinckley

PBS’s Weekend in Havana special makes at least two valuable points. The first, and most significant, assures viewers that Havana deserves a spot on almost everyone’s travel wish list...

2017

Jul

A NEW SEASON OF ‘SHOOTER’ ARRIVES WITH A ROAR By David Hinckley

USA’s Shooter returns with a bang. Make that many bangs. The action adventure thriller wastes no time when it returns. It does, however, waste several characters.

2017

Jul

AMC LAUNCHES AN ENTERTAINING TECH COMEDY WITH ‘LOADED’ By David Hinckley

You could look on Loaded as a good-faith attempt by AMC to make up for every dark show with which it has cost us a good night’s sleep over the last two decades...

2017

Jul

‘FRIENDS FROM COLLEGE’ IS A SECOND-RATE REUNION By David Hinckley

The new Netflix ensemble comedy Friends From College takes a familiar premise and doesn’t quite know what to do with it...

2017

Jul

‘HOOTEN & THE LADY’ BRING THEIR RISKY ESCAPADES TO THE CW By David Hinckley

Imagine a lite version of Indiana Jones condensed into an hour each week...

2017

Jul

CBS BRINGS US THE END OF THE WORLD – AGAIN – WITH AN INTRIGUING ‘SALVATION’ By David Hinckley

If it’s summertime, CBS must be breaking out a new drama about how we’re all going to die...

2017

Jul

‘SUITS’ RETURNS WITH A NEW START FOR THE FIRM By David Hinckley

USA’s Suits starts Season 7 with a game of musical chairs...

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David Hinckley

David Hinckley first grasped the power of television when, at the age of 8, he bullied his parents into buying a basset hound like Cleo on The People’s Choice. He named her Cleo. Somewhat more recently, he worked for 35 years at The New York Daily News, the last seven covering television.

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