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2013
Apr
30
 
 
ABC’s Family Tools is to comedy what a chainsaw is to birthday cake cutting. It doesn’t work well and makes a mess...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
30
 
 
Given the recent Boston Marathon bombings, the HBO documentary, Manhunt — about the CIA's hunt for Osama bin Laden — is not only timely, but illuminating...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
29
 
 
It’s the bachelor party for Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) – which has a good chance, given his insanely over-the-top hedonistic character flaws, to be legen – wait for it… – dary.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
29
 
 
The title of this 1953 movie is more famous, and more memorable, than the movie itself. But it has some definite claims to fame, including a story (and co-screenplay credit) by Ray Bradbury, and the fact that it’s one of the era’s biggest efforts in a then-popular cinematic gimmick known as 3-D. Ah, how silly Hollywood was 60 years ago, thinking that a gimmick as obvious as 3-D could actually bring people into theaters!
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
29
 
 
SEASON FINALE: The producers of this show are promising a finite, and dramatic, solution to this first season’s story line. It could end with the deaths of the villainous Joe (James Purefoy), the heroic Ryan (Kevin Baker), either of whom could exit this series without ending it – or some less operatic, and less satisfying, option C. Meanwhile, one member of Ryan’s team was last seen buried alive and screaming or help, in what Joe’s favorite author, Edgar Allan Poe, would
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
29
 
 
This second episode, starring Aden Young as a convict released after 19 years on Death Row, really solidifies the unpredictable, unsettling nature of this character drama. Instead of making choices about what to do with his new life, Young’s Daniel merely accepts or rejects the offers of those he encounters. And those offers, whether innocent or intimate, begin to define his life as it now is. Very unusual – and, if you go with the flow, very, very interesting.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
29
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Last season’s cliffhanger ended with an evilly-possessed Artie (Saul Rubinek) unleashing a plague upon the world. This new season begins with one pair of warehouse agents setting out to save the world, with the other trying to save Artie – from himself. Along for the entertaining ride? Two genre favorites as guest stars: James Marsters (pictured) from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Smallville, and Polly Walker from Caprica and Rome. 
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
29
 
 
Two years after making the disaster-movie spoof film Airplane!, Jim Abrahams and David and Jerry Zucker turned to the small screen for a weekly satire of TV detective shows. They made only six episodes before ABC canceled Police Squad!, but what an inspired, loony comedy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
28
 
 
As part of a lengthy, well-deserved buildup to this fall’s 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, tonight BBC America presents one of many salutes to the many incarnations of the Doctor. In this special, the fourth Doctor, played by Tom Baker, is being celebrated – scarf and all. And it’s followed by one of Baker’s 1975 adventures, The Pyramids of Mars. It’s a trip back in time – which, for Doctor Who, seems entirely appropriate.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
28
 
 
Walt Disney released this full-length animated feature in 1950 – but, like the fairy tale that inspired it, it remains pop-culture catnip for every generation of young girls, no matter how p.c. they’ve been raised. Walt Disney World has just completed a major expansion at the Magic Kingdom, adding several new attractions for Disney Princess fans just behind Cinderella's castle. Watch this 63-year-old movie, and understand why.