FRIDAY
JULY 25
2014

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

The Movie Channel, 8:00 p.m. ET

Friday nights are good times to nestle into the couch and watch a good movie on TV – and tonight, The Movie Channel presents a very good one indeed. This 2012 movie, directed and adapted by David O. Russell from a partly autobiographical novel by Matthew Quick, is a gem. The performances – especially but not exclusively by Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence as the seemingly mismatched central couple – are honest, credible and unexpectedly volatile. And, in support, Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver are fabulous, too.
 
  
 
 

VH1, 8:00 p.m. ET

Quentin Tarantino went from cult darling to cinematic hotshot thanks to this complicated, audacious, dizzyingly ambitious film, which crackles with inventiveness and freshness even 20 years later. And check out his use here of Uma Thurman in a small supporting role – Tarantino would see something in her he’d want to revisit in depth, as the star of his two-movie Kill Bill epic.

 
  
 
 

Starz!, 9:00 p.m. ET

This 2013 movie didn’t make much of a box-office dent, but its premiere on cable TV, on a slow Friday night, makes it a contender. Kathryn Hahn from Parks and Recreation stars as a married woman whose dormant love life is overshadowed by a new interest: the young nanny (Juno Temple) she hires, who has a past that includes being a stripper.

 
  
 
 

HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET

Physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the guests on tonight’s show – and he’s so entertaining and interesting and quoteworthy, it’s not necessary to list any other guests. Just tune in.

 
  
 
 

IFC, 10:00 p.m. ET

This movie, directed by William Friedkin, was released in 1973, which means it’s now more than 40 years old. But despite the limits of special effects at the time, The Exorcist remains one of the flat-out scariest movies ever made. Here’s a “Before” picture of Linda Blair as young Regan, the girl who undergoes some truly frightening behavioral changes. Tune in tonight to revisit the “After.” The power of Best Bets compels you…

 
  
 
 
 
 
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David Bianculli

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David Bianculli has been a TV critic since 1975, including a 14-year stint at the New York Daily News, and sees no reason to stop now. Currently, he's TV critic for NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and is an occasional substitute host for that show. He's also an author and teaches TV and film history at New Jersey's Rowan University. His 2009 Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour', has been purchased for film rights. His latest, The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to the Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific, is an effusive guidebook that plots the path from the 1950s’ Golden Age to today’s era of quality TV.