This 2005 movie, reportedly based on a true story, provided the unlikely inspiration for a Broadway musical that’s just now on the Great White Way, with music by Cyndi Lauper and book by Harvey Fierstein. It’s about a man who inherits an unprofitable shoe company, and tries to reverse its fortunes, and his, by specializes in fetish footwear. What a heel!

2013

Apr

THE ENTERTAINER By David Bianculli

Tony Richardson directed this 1960 movie adaptation of the John Osborne play, which stars Laurence Olivier as fading vaudeville star Archie Rice. Written specifically for Olivier, it’s a demanding role, and a spectacularly shaded performance. Because Olivier is TCM’s Star of the Month, a full night of other Olivier movies follows, including 1957’s The Prince and the Showgirl at 1:30 a.m. ET.

2013

Apr

SUPERNATURAL By David Bianculli

It’s a geekapalooza episode, again, as genre darling Felicia Day returns for another guest spot as Charlie, a big fan of the Winchester brothers. Day, of course, came to prominence in one of the geekiest genre success stories of all, as the leading lady in Joss Whedon’s Internet sensation, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, starring Neil Patrick Harris.

2013

Apr

NOVA: "MONSTERS" By David Bianculli

Once, while traveling to Australia and whiling away the absurdly long flight by reading Bill Bryson’s Down Under travel book In a Sunburned Country, I startled nearby passengers by laughing out loud – suddenly and almost convulsively – when Bryson claimed to have learned about a certain kind of local poisonous jellyfish by “browsing through a fat book titled, if I recall, Things That Will Kill You Horridly in Australia, volume 19.” Well, tonight’s Nova c

2013

Apr

THE AMERICANS By David Bianculli

Elizabeth (Keri Russell, pictured), Phillip (Matthew Rhys) and Stan (Noah Emmerich) are all pushing hard to get intel from their respective contacts in this episode – and time is of the essence, at least in terms of this season’s story arcs. Next week is the show’s Season 1 finale.

2013

Apr

MARON IN SPACE By Christy Slewinski

IFC and Funny or Die have teamed up to produce a five-episode web series, Maron in Space...

2013

Apr

THE KILLING FIELDS By David Bianculli

Made in 1984, this fact-based movie about Cambodian leader Pol Pot’s bloody attack on some of his country’s “less desirable” citizens is horrifying, mesmerizing, and impressively well acted. Sam Waterston, John Malkovich, Haing S. Ngor, Julian Sands, Spalding Gray and Craig T. Nelson star. What a cast. What a film.

2013

Apr

THE DUST BOWL By David Bianculli

PART 1 of 2. It’s a same-season repeat of one of Ken Burns’ most recent documentaries, and this one’s especially impressive, both in its scope (starting a century before the dust storm we think of when we think of the “Dust Bowl”) and its insights (the true culprit, in this story of “natural disasters,” may surprise you). Well worth a second view – and certainly, if you missed it last time around, a first. Check local listings.

2013

Apr

TREASURE ISLAND By David Bianculli

This is the 1950 Disney version of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson story. Not the best of movies, or most polished, certainly – but if you saw it as a kid, wow, was it enthralling. Maybe, to very young eyes today, it still is. A pirate and a parrot? How do you beat it? Robert Newton steals the show, pirate-like, as Long John Silver. Parents, beware: This film is rated Aaargh!

2013

Apr

30 FOR 30: "ELWAY TO MARINO" By David Bianculli

This newest entry in ESPN’s 30 for 30 series of documentaries centers on the NFL draft – in particular, the year 1983, when the crop of quarterbacks joining the pro ranks was considered exceedingly rich, from John Elway to Dan Marino. Ken Rodgers of NFL Films presents this look back at the class of ’83 – and 30 years later, when the 2013 draft is held later this week, the quarterback pickings look a lot slimmer.

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