The trail of the armored car robbers heats up, and leads to several different directions – some of which are dangerous, others of which are almost comic. Considering the way this particular crew of robbers has handled itself to this point, that sounds about right. And Kevin Bacon, as a tough and sometimes shady FBI guy on their trail, hits both serious and comic notes in almost every scene.

2019

Jul

FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP SOCCER 2019 By David Bianculli

Tomorrow, The U.S. and the Netherlands will compete in the World Cup Final – but today, the teams they vanquished respectively to get to the final, England and Sweden, play today in a game to determine third place, or the bronze, for the 2019 contest. Karen Carney, a Debra Messing lookalike who has represented England in her fourth straight Cup appearance, announced yesterday that this bronze match in 2019 would be her final appearance, at age 31, before retiring from the sport.

2019

Jul

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY By David Bianculli

Rami Malek, while between seasons on Mr. Robot, played Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in this 2018 biopic, and won an Oscar. He is the champion…

2019

Jul

HOTEL ARTEMIS By David Bianculli

Jodie Foster, who’s fairly choosy about her film roles, stars as The Nurse in this 2018 twisted action thriller – as much character study as violent mystery, with a bunch of killers taking refuge in a safe house of sorts that proves anything but.

2019

Jul

MOVIES OF 1939 By David Bianculli

Every Friday this month, TCM runs with the generally accepted thesis that 1939 was one of the best years ever in the history of cinema – with, just for starters, Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and The Wizard of Oz all released that year. Eighty years later, try and build a comparative, competitive roster from the movies of 2019. But that quartet of classics is just the glittery tip of a cinematic iceberg. Starting at 6 a.m. ET and running a

2019

Jul

MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. By David Bianculli

The cliffhanger ending to last week’s episode had the team reunited under a familiar leader, squaring off against another galactic enemy – except though the leader looks familiar, and is played by the same actor (Clark Gregg), he’s a different, darker guy altogether. But he’s proven his worthiness to lead them into battle, so here we go…

2019

Jul

JETT By David Bianculli

Last episode included a flashback to Jett’s time in a women’s prison, when she defended a newbie prisoner against a vicious group of predatory inmates. This series has jumped backward in time so many times, in fact, that I’m pretty sure we’re now watching Jett (Carla Gugino) live through a flashback within a flashback within yet another flashback. Not even the Austin Powers movies did that much leapfrogging flashbacking…

2019

Jul

STRANGER THINGS By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Now that HBO’s Game of Thrones is gone, Netflix’s Stranger Things probably holds the crown right now as the TV offering most anticipated, and most rabidly consumed, by today’s genre enthusiasts, especially of the younger generation. Season 3 is unveiled today, in a full-season burst of episodes that the show’s most fervent fans might well consume in toto before the arrival of tonight’s fireworks. And anyone else sampling the firs

2019

Jul

YANKEE DOODLE DANDY, 1776 & THE MUSIC MAN By David Bianculli

Tonight at 8 p.m. ET, TCM presents a triple feature of patently patriotic movies – all of them glorifying, in various degrees, the flag, the country, and small-town America. First up is James Cagney’s portrayal of showman George M. Cohan in this 1942 musical biography, where Cagney steamrolls through every scene with a crackling overdose of energy. The 1972 musical 1776, starring William Daniels as John Adams (pictured) in a tuneful exploration of the writing of our country&rsqu

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