Last week’s episode contained a very bloody resolution to Jax’s decision to stand firm against further gun trafficking. And tonight, in order to seek retribution and protect his own, he and his club seek out some very unexpected allies.

2013

Oct

KINSEY By David Bianculli

If you’re watching and enjoying Showtime’s new Masters of Sex series (and you should be, on both counts), you might want to check out this 2004 movie, a biography of another pioneer in the field of scientific research about human sexuality. Liam Neeson stars as Prof. Alfred Kinsey, whose study of male sexual behavior was published in the 1940s, and caused a major scandal, predating the work of Masters & Johnson dramatized in Masters of Sex. Among the co-stars featured in Kinsey:

2013

Oct

2013 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS By David Bianculli

All eight postseason teams take the field today, in four games televised back to back: the first on MLB Network, the others on TBS. At 1 pm. ET, the American League’s Detroit Tigers and Oakland Athletics, tied in the series at 1-1, play Game 3 in this best-of-five series at Detroit. At 3 p.m. ET, the action switches to TBS, where the National League’s St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates play Game 4, with the Pirates enjoying a 2-1 edge. At 6 p.m. ET, it’s Game 3 of the A

2013

Oct

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER By David Bianculli

In last week’s cliffhanger, Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) let it be known that he saw his fiancé Robin and best friend Ted embracing on Central Park’s carousel. Tonight, the two old bros have it out, hoping to clear the air in the days before Barney and Robin are supposed to get married.

2013

Oct

POV:"BROOKLYN CASTLE" By David Bianculli

This sweet film, by Katie Dellamaggiore, looks at a program at one junior-high school in Brooklyn that has excelled in producing nationally competitive chess players. You might come to this POV program expecting a chess version of Fame, with driven students fighting their way to Nationals. But what you get, in addition to that, is a story about dedicated teachers, parents who inspire and sacrifice to help their kids do well, and federal and state politicians and programs that drain these program

2013

Oct

THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY By David Bianculli

Tonight is Part 6, which, like the others, has an absurdly long title: 1953-1957 – The Swollen Story: World Cinema Bursting at the Seams. And it has a swollen focus to boot, trying to cover, and explain, a global explosion of innovative cinema, including several from France and Japan. In the latter country, the films of director Akira Kurosawa, including his landmark 1954 movie Seven Samurai (pictured here), proved massively influential on a world scale.

2013

Oct

THRONE OF BLOOD By David Bianculli

This 1957 Japanese movie (pictured) is one of two classics by director Akira Kurosawa shown tonight by TCM, both starring Toshiro Mifune, presented tonight by TCM as a tie-in to its latest Story of Film: An Odyssey documentary series entry. Also tonight, at 3 a.m. ET: Kurosawa’s 1954 classic, Seven Samurai.

2013

Oct

60 MINUTES By David Bianculli

Lara Logan, for years, has been among the very best of the modern generation of TV news correspondents. Tonight, on a new 60 Minutes, she provides another impressive exclusive: a 20th-anniversary story on the mission in Somalia against al-Qaeda that was dramatized in the movie Black Hawk Down. Included in her report: military surveillance footage, broadcast on TV for the first time, shot during the actual ill-fated mission.

2013

Oct

THE SIMPSONS By David Bianculli

Annoyingly early for Halloween, but welcome in all other respects, comes Treehouse of Horror XXIV – a numerical reminder of just how long The Simpsons has been entertaining us with these anything-goes dark twisted versions of the Springfield universe. This time around, the opening credits alone are worth tuning in to see, and I’m not exaggerating: it’s a segment that’s super-sized, inventive, and truly creepy. And here’s why: the nearly three-minute opener was conco

2013

Oct

THE GOOD WIFE By David Bianculli

Alicia (Julianna Margulies) and Cary (Matt Czuchry) go to court, together, to defend a controversial client – one who wants to sue the National Security Agency.

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