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2018
Jun
9
 
 
Tom Cruise, looking almost supernaturally youthful, stars in this 2017 fact-based action film by Doug Liman.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
9
 
 
In this 1958 movie, Kim Novak plays a witch who, with her cat familiar and her familiar catlike eyes, bewitches James Stewart. And every time I watch this romantic comedy, her spell works on me as well.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
9
 
 
MINISERIES FINALE: The fifth and final installment in this emotional, sometimes painfully funny (and other times just painful) semi-autobiographical story by Edward St. Aubyn, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is televised tonight by Showtime.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
8
 
 
DOCUMENTARY SERIES RETURN: Long before public radio’s This American Life caught the public imagination in 2014 with its Serial podcast examining a murder case in depth, and HBO captivated viewers with its 2015 documentary series The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, this French miniseries demonstrated both the appeal and the impact of taking a deep dive into a real-life mystery. The Staircase, in its original form, was televised as a multi-part documentary miniseries by France’s Canal
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
8
 
 
SERIES FINALE: The Wachowski siblings’ Sense8 sci-fi series was cancelled by Netflix after two seasons, but returns, after a considerable break, with this made-for-TV movie-length finale intended to give the story, and the fans, a sense of closure. It began as the story of eight people, from very diverse backgrounds and locations, who found themselves psychically and mysteriously linked. And starting today on Netflix, it’ll end that way…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
8
 
 
Big week: On Maher’s show tonight, the scheduled opening guest is Michael Eric Dyson, the mid-show guest is Fareed Zakaria, and the roundtable panelists include John Heilemann.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
8
 
 
Is it possible to be both shaken and stirred at the same time? I know that feeling today...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
8
 
 
The shock, surprise, and sorrow continue to flood across the internet today, June 8th, the day it was reported Anthony Bourdain was found dead of a suicide in France...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
7
 
 
When I mentioned to my wife that the new Paramount sitcom American Woman is rooted in the story of a Real Housewives participant, she replied, “Isn’t that a little like a dog chasing its tail?” It’s hard to argue her point...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
7
 
 
When they give out the awards this year for the weirdest superpowers in the Marvel Comics universe, Cloak and Dagger has to be a serious favorite...