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2013
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In tonight’s episode, Robin asks Barney to sell his bachelor pad, so they can live in a place with fewer of his conquest-specific … memories. Good move, but Barney doesn’t agree.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
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18
 
 
MINISERIES PREMIERE: Jane Campion co-wrote and co-directed this seven-part miniseries, which stars Elisabeth Moss from Mad Men as a New Zealand detective who returns home to visit family, only to be asked to help solve a local mystery. It’s a strong series of character studies – as full of angst as The Killing, but done the Kiwi way. Holly Hunter co-stars, but the standouts here are Moss (what a performance!) and, playing the menacing father of a girl who goes missing, Peter Mullan (
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
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18
 
 
Every time I visit this 1996 Tim Burton comedy, its imaginative design, and so many of its playful performances, make me smile, from Jack Nicholson’s dual role to Martin Short’s smarmy one. And the aliens are perfect: Ack! Ack! Ack!
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
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18
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: Freddie Highmore plays a young Norman Bates, and Vera Farmiga is his mother Norma, in this prequel to 1960’s Psycho that ignores timeline logic by setting this earlier chapter of Norman’s life in the present day. But give it a chance, because eventually, it starts to gel. See Ed Bark's full review in Uncle Barky's Bytes.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Mar
18
 
 
Will Ferrell and Betty White are this week’s guest on David Steinberg’s intimate talk show about comedy, about which I have two major complaints. One: It should be shown earlier by Showtime, because it’s certainly entertaining enough. Two: each installment should be an hour, not 30 minutes. I know you want to leave the audience wanting more, but it seems Steinberg and his guests, each week, are barely getting started.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
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18
 
 
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho still stirs the blood, quickens the pulse and generates sequels, remakes and now, a "contemporary prequel"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Mar
17
 
 
There have been so many good shows vying for attention on Sunday nights, this ABC series has sort of slid beneath the Best Bets radar – but it’s still on my weekly list of shows to record and watch. Season 2 has enriched, rather than diluted, the overall high concept of this fairy-tale-gone-sour series – and this year, with the evil Regina continuing to play with the hearts and dreams of those around her, things have gotten even nastier, thanks to a series of increasingly enlig
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Mar
17
 
 
PBS continues to rerun episodes of Season 1 of this show, setting the stage for the almost imminent arrival of Season 2. And so long as PBS repeats them, I’ll tune in and re-watch them. If you were caught up in Downton Abbey, this show should grab you like a riptide. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Mar
17
 
 
If there were an Emmy category for Best Overall Use of Guest Stars, this series would be among the prime contenders. Each week, the list and quality of guest performers would be great enough to staff at least one other entirely different series. But on Good Wife, they keep on coming – and returning. Tonight, to name just one example, John Shea (see here in his previous appearance on the show) returns as Cary’s harsh, distant father.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Mar
17
 
 
The sit-down stand-off last week, between Rick (Andrew Lincoln, pictured) and the Governor (David Morrissey) was the most tense meeting of its type since Mags Bennett sat down across the table from Raylan on Justified. On Walking Dead, though, both of the participants walked away to live, and fight, another day. And this new episode, quite clearly, marks the beginning of those other days.