DAVID BIANCULLI

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2020
Oct
25
 
 
MINISERIES PREMIERE: David E. Kelley and Nicole Kidman, who teamed for HBO’s Big Little Lies, return to the network, and each other, for another riveting psychological miniseries about the secrets hidden beneath seemingly happy relationships. This one co-stars Hugh Grant as Kidman’s husband, and together, they’re an apparently happy and successful New York power couple. Or so it seems, but only at first. Kidman is fabulous here, and Grant is right with her. record and
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
25
 
 
Sunday night is crowded with excellent TV these days – and whenever one good show, like Lovecraft Country, ends its run, another, like The Undoing, is on deck to replace it. But please – don’t let Fargo get lost in the shuffle. The performances are too good, the story too riveting. And each week, we get closer to a few new characters…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
25
 
 
Tonight’s installment is called “Joe Rogan Returns.” These days, Rogan makes headlines with his podcasts, interviewing the likes of Kanye West for hours on end. But at one point in the history of Los Angeles’ Comedy Store, he was an outsider. Then, once again, an insider. What’s the story? Tonight’s installment tells that story… among others.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
25
 
 
This past week included the final presidential debate, the leaked 60 Minutes interview with President Trump and Lesley Stahl, the start of early voting in several states, and… well, let’s just start there. Right, John Oliver?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
25
 
 
As a director, Susanne Bier has been busy muddying the images of stately Englishmen...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
24
 
 
Yes, it’s another weekend marathon from Decades. And a rare one, which will be of more interest to genre fans – but, to them (and to me), a delight. From Britain’s Hammer Studios, which gave us all those Peter Cushing-Christopher Lee Dracula and other sexualized Hammer horror films of the 1950s through the 1980s, comes a 13-episode TV series from 1980: Hammer House of Horror. This is rarely shown on American TV, and with only 13 episodes in total, Decades is
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
24
 
 
Last night, the Los Angeles Dodgers made it look easy. Not just its victory against the Tampa Bay Rays, which it won 6-2, but the entire game of baseball. Tonight, with the Dodgers enjoying a 2-1 edge in this year’s World Series: Game 4.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
24
 
 
Two different versions of Jane Austen’s Emma, that beloved romance novel and comedy of manners, were made the same year in 1996 – one for the movies, the other for British television. The TV version, starring Kate Beckinsale, was excellent. So was the big-screen version, in which the title character was portrayed by Gwyneth Paltrow. And now, almost a quarter-century later, there’s another Emma with which to contend. This one stars Anya Taylor-Joy, who’
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
24
 
 
This week’s guest host is Adele, and the musical guest is H.E.R. Adele and H.E.R. are pictured here with Kate McKinnon. Grammatically, it should be Adele and S.H.E., but I’m more concerned about Adele here. What does the poor woman have to do to qualify as the musical guest?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
24
 
 
On this day in 2000, NBC debuted The Michael Richards Show, the first major post-Seinfeld project for the show's celebrated Kramer...