SERIES PREMIERE: Jenji Kohan, whose Weeds recently ended an enjoyable if overly lengthy run on Showtime, joins the ranks of writer-producers taking their wares to Netflix. Based on the memoir by Piper Kerman, Orange Is the New Black stars Taylor Schilling as Piper, a middle-class white woman ratted out by a former lover in a plea bargain, for her complicity in a one-time money-smuggling crime a decade earlier. She turns herself in for an 18-month stint in prison, with her new fiancé promi

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UNDERCOVER BROTHER By David Bianculli

This 2002 comedy qualifies as being ahead of its time, especially with a subplot that brings to mind Herman Cain and scene-stealing supporting performances from both Dave Chappelle and Neil Patrick Harris. But this spoof of blaxploitation films is funniest as an “equal time” attack on white culture as seen through a black prism. Aunjanue Ellis and Eddie Griffin play secret agents working against “The Man,” and Denise Richards – in what probably is the best role of h

2013

Jul

JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS By David Bianculli

This 1963 movie (pictured) kicks off tonight’s five-film salute to the late, great Ray Harryhausen, whose stop-animation movie work inspired not only several generations of filmmakers, but just about every action videogame ever made. Other films in tonight’s tribute, all featuring Harryhausen’s stop-action work: 1973’s The Golden Voyage of Sinbad at 10 p.m. ET, 1977’s Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (midnight ET), 1956’s Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (2 a.m. ET

2013

Jul

BURN NOTICE By David Bianculli

Jack Coleman, as Michael Weston’s CIA handler Andrew Strong, shows up uninvited at Fiona’s place, to persuade Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar) not to follow through on her plans to skip town. And as fans of this show are well aware, he can make a very Strong argument when he’s so inclined.

2013

Jul

HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Jane Lynch hosts this new casual game show, with the fist night’s guest list including Lisa Kudrow, Martin Short, Kristen Bell and Matthew Perry. One thing you have to say about a new prime-time game show: At least it’s not a new prime-time reality show.

2013

Jul

INCARCERATE YOURSELF FOR 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' By Ed Bark

Based on the first six of 13 episodes, Orange is the New Black has passed virtually every test with flying colors...

2013

Jul

FX'S 'THE BRIDGE' CONNECTS DARK, BUT INTRIGUING, SIDES By Eric Gould

There are plenty of unpleasant things going on, and around, a bridge connecting El Paso and Juarez, but there's a lot of good storytelling, and great acting, to go around, too...

2013

Jul

TO ROME WITH LOVE By David Bianculli

This 2012 Woody Allen movie may not have captured attention like its immediate predecessor, Midnight in Paris, but as a cleverly written and performed love letter to another global city, it’s nearly as endearing. Among the standout plots and performances, watch for Roberto Benigni as an ordinary Italian citizen who suddenly is celebrated and hounded by the media and surrounded by all the trappings of stardom, for no discernible reason. It’s Allen’s most overt take on celebrity

2013

Jul

GASLAND PART II By David Bianculli

Just another urging to watch Josh Fox’s follow-up to his 2010 documentary about the history and impact of the natural-gas mining technique known as fracking. The conclusion asserts strongly that we’re all about to become victims of an international, multi-generational scam, committing nationally to the procedure of allowing companies to pursue fracking to generate natural gas as a domestic alternative to buying foreign oil – then turning around and selling that natural gas, at

2013

Jul

FUTURAMA By David Bianculli

Imagine the SPF sunblock number Fry and company have to use here: In order to take a job involving miners on the inside of the sun, our animated heroes have to spray themselves with a protective coating. Considering that this is one of two Matt Groening TV cartoons, it’s worth noting that the spray-on color employed here is somewhat… Simpsons-esque. I’m just saying.

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