Justin Timberlake’s fifth time hosting SNL, this past weekend, was another personal triumph for him – a great episode of a series that, this season, sorely needed one. And Timberlake isn’t through with New York, or producer Lorne Michaels, or former SNL players, just yet – all this week, he’s the resident guest, musical and otherwise, on Jimmy Fallon’s late-night talk show. They’re calling it “Timberweek,” and it starts tonight. Please, pleas

2013

Mar

CALL THE MIDWIFE By David Bianculli

Season 2 of this excellent series – if you liked Downton Abbey, you’ll like this drama just as much, I suspect – is just around the corner. So as a recap, and a public (TV) service for those arriving late to this clever show about maternity nursing care in the rough East side of London in the 1950s, PBS is repeating Season 1, beginning this week with the first three episodes shown tonight. Jessica Raine stars. Check local listings.

2013

Mar

SONG BY SONG By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: This new series, based on a handful of specials about specific Johnny Cash songs, now becomes a regular Ovation TV feature, beginning with a series of shows devoted to the music of Dolly Parton. It’s an unusual choice, but an interesting one – the half-hour shows presented in prime time tonight, at 8 and 8:30 p.m. ET, are devoted to the writing and recording of I Will Always Love You (which Parton wrote, long before Whitney Houston also recorded it) and 9 to 5. For a

2013

Mar

THE GOOD WIFE By David Bianculli

Last week’s episode moved several pieces on this law firm’s chess board – and for things with candidate Peter (Chris Noth) as well, who recovered midway through a bad political debate by phoning his formerly shunned adviser Eli (Alan Cumming) for advice. The advice worked, and Eli is back. Meanwhile, Alicia (Julianna Margulies) continues to adjust to her new position as law partner – a position that has Cary (Matt Czuchry) and Kalinda (Archie Panjabi) adjusting as well. A

2013

Mar

THE WALKING DEAD By David Bianculli

The promos for this week’s show have revealed enough to make it an even more anticipated episode than usual: Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and the Governor (David Morrissey) agree to meet face to face. That doesn’t mean, however, they’re going to see eye to eye. Or eyes to eye, as the case may be.

2013

Mar

GIRLS By David Bianculli

This is the penultimate episode of Season 2 for Girls, and there’s a hint that Hannah, with everything else that’s going on, may be taking a step backward – into the orbit of her ex-boyfriend Adam, played by Adam Driver.

2013

Mar

ALIENATION AND IDLENESS IN PARADISE By Eric Gould

Sari Gilman's new documentary King's Point is a loving but unblinking look at the trade-off retirees make for warm winters and a relaxed lifestyle...

2013

Mar

ZOMBIELAND By David Bianculli

Bill Murray plays himself – as a zombie – in this wild, entertaining 2009 zombie comedy action movie. He’s not the star, though: Jesse Eisenberg is, handling narration and the central role the year before he starred in The Social Network. He plays opposite Woody Harrelson, as another hardy survivor of this particular zombie apocalypse, and Eisenberg isn’t the only future star whose talent is obvious in this clever cult film. Also featured is Emma Stone (pictured) –

2013

Mar

PROJECT X By David Bianculli

This is not a recommendation, except as a peek into a particularly unsettling social phenomenon. This 2011 movie is a celebration of underage hedonism, and tells of three high-schoolers who plan to throw the party to end all parties – a party that gets even more out of control than they imagined. Why am I pointing this out? Because with all the hundreds and thousands of films out there in the cyberverse, before and since, Project X has the distinction of being the most pirated film of 2012

2013

Mar

RIPPER STREET By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: This final episode of the season takes its investigating very seriously, and very close to home – with one of the investigators following a trail that leads very high up in the police department.

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