Television continues to play its part in the drive to reduce our attention spans to zero. Fortunately, some of the mini-content is not uninteresting...

2020

Apr

THE CAPTIVATING STORY OF 'NORMAL PEOPLE' WEAVING THROUGH EACH OTHER'S LIVES By David Hinckley

Normal People might be the most revolutionary series on television this spring. Violating every rule of what viewers are said to crave these days, it’s a story about, get this, normal people...

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THAT'S A NO FOR 'TIGER KING' AND ME By David Hinckley

Saying you weren’t riveted by the Netflix series Tiger King these days is like saying you don’t like the Bill of Rights. You feel like someone from whom other people would maintain social distance even if they didn’t have to...

2020

Apr

HUGH JACKMAN AND ALLISON JANNEY PROVIDE THE TRUE STORY OF A 'BAD EDUCATION' By David Hinckley

Bad Education is an average movie with an above-average cast...

2020

Apr

'DEFENDING JACOB' IS A SUSPENSEFUL, GRIPPING DRAMA OF A FAMILY IN TURMOIL By David Hinckley

Jacob Barber is 14 years old. He’s a seemingly good kid who is also frequently exasperated and uncommunicative with his parents. In other words, he’s a normal teenage boy. The question is whether he’s also a murderer...

2020

Apr

IF YOU NEED A LITTLE MORE TERROR IN YOUR LIFE, WATCH 'SANCTUARY' ON SUNDANCE NOW By David Hinckley

If you ever wished you had a twin, watching Sanctuary will rid you of that wish forever. Sanctuary...follows a young Swedish woman named Helena down a long and creepy road that puts her in ever-escalating mortal danger...

2020

Apr

THE 'EMPIRE' SERIES FINALE IS HERE. MAYBE. By David Hinckley

Things have rarely gone smoothly on Fox’s soapy and boisterous Empire, and that now includes its sort-of final episode...

2020

Apr

PBS'S "FRONTLINE" EPISODE ON THE 'CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC' EXAMINES THE U.S.'S FEDERAL AND STATE RESPONSES TO COVID-19 By David Hinckley

Finding a TV program about the coronavirus pandemic is about as hard as, um, turning the TV set on. But for a good compact update, sorting out many of the conflicting claims and arguments, it’s worth checking out Frontline’s Coronavirus Pandemic...

2020

Apr

THE LEGENDARY MICHAEL JORDAN IS CELEBRATED IN 'THE LAST DANCE' By David Hinckley

Sports fans are finding no shortage of classic sports programming on their TV sets these days. In fact, that’s about all they’re finding, and it’s getting, so to speak, a little old. The Last Dance raises the bar...

2020

Apr

A CLOSER EXAMINATION OF THE U.S. IN AFGHANISTAN IN 'THE LONGEST WAR' By David Hinckley

Maybe the most unexpected suggestion in The Longest War, a new documentary on America’s military intervention in Afghanistan, is that our presence there had some positive consequences. Not a lot. But some...

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