At first glance, you wouldn’t think Arthur Miller, one of the most successful American playwrights of the 20^th century, would resemble his most famous character, Willy Loman from Death of a Salesman...

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KEEPING ALAN CUMMING ON CBS WITH 'INSTINCT' By David Hinckley

If you watched The Good Wife and thought Alan Cumming’s Eli character was so much fun he deserved a show of his own, it seems CBS agreed...

2018

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THE WINS AND LOSSES IN LIFE ON 'STRIKING OUT' By David Hinckley

Striking Out, an imported Irish legal drama, focuses on the small stuff...

2018

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'TRAUMA' IS A GRIPPING AND DARK DRAMA By David Hinckley

The latest TV show called Trauma feels almost like a stage play. A tense, uneasy, riveting stage play...

2018

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OUR COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP WITH MEDICATION IS THE THEME OF THE DOCUMENTARY 'TAKE YOUR PILLS' By David Hinckley

Maybe the biggest hurdle in discouraging people from taking drugs is that in most cases, drugs work...

2018

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NBC'S 'RISE' RISES ONLY SO FAR By David Hinckley

The real-life story behind NBC’s new Rise could make a wonderfully inspiring documentary. Whether it seeds a compelling weekly series could be a different question...

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'JANE' IS A LOVE STORY - OF NATURE, AND OF HUMAN NATURE By David Hinckley

This is far from the first Jane Goodall film, but it has something the others did not: excerpts from hundreds of hours of footage shot by Goodall’s soon-to-be husband Hugo Van Lawick during her early years in Africa...

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ABC'S 'DECEPTION' ISN'T VERY MAGICAL By David Hinckley

The best magic tricks seem to be effortless. ABC’s new drama Deception, which revolves around an illusionist, too often feels like it’s working too hard...

2018

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NETFLIX'S 'COLLATERAL' DELIVERS INTRIGUE ALONG WITH ITS PIZZA By David Hinckley

At first it seems like the most random murder of the whole TV season: A South London pizza deliverer is shot twice in the chest as he leaves the building where he made the delivery. Collateral, a four-part closed-end Netflix miniseries that becomes available Friday (March 9), weaves a much more complex story...

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A BLEAK 'MARVEL'S JESSICA JONES' HITS NETFLIX FOR SEASON 2 By David Hinckley

If you thought the death of her worst adversary and the passage of two and a half years would brighten Jessica Jones’s world by even one milliwatt, you have not been paying attention...

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