SATURDAY
FEBRUARY 27
2016

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

Freeform, 6:45 p.m. ET

There’s nothing new on of note on TV this evening, so it’s a good time to catch up on some old movies. Not too old, this time – for example, this 1995 comedy is only 21 years old now – older than its protagonist, played by Alicia Silverstone, but still pretty young, as films go. Clueless tapped into and popularized the Valley Girl culture and teenspeak of the mid-1990s, and also showcased, as a charming young leading man, a guy named Paul Rudd. All these years later, Silverstone isn’t doing much of note, while Rudd is starring in a Marvel movie franchise as Ant-Man – proving, I guess, the truth of the adage that there are no small parts, only small actors…

 
  
 
 

FX, 8:00 p.m. ET

This 2013 David O. Russell movie did wonderful things with its primary cast: Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence play against type, and are fabulous, as the women involved in a wild scheme to infiltrate and uncover mob activity and expose political scandals. Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, Louis C.K. – they’re all terrific here.

 
  
 
 

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

This film is from 1979, and is one of my favorite movies – a relatively low-budget comedy-drama about an Indiana high school student and his friends, growing up surrounded by quarries and preppy college students. Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid and Daniel Stern star – and if you haven’t seen this movie, which builds to a delightful and exciting climax, I don’t want to say any more, other than to encourage you to watch.

 
  
 
 

Comedy Central, 10:00 p.m. ET

The current host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show is on view here in a previous incarnation, doing a stand-up comedy concert in 2013. See, and hear, what he discussed, and how he discussed it, when his personal comedy stakes were lower.

 
  
 
 

TCM, 10:00 p.m. ET

For writer-director Barry Levinson, this 1982 movie was his breakout film, and that went for many of his young cast members as well. This story about a close group of friends coming of age in 1959 Baltimore stars Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Steve Guttenberg, Kevin Bacon, Tim Daly, Paul Reiser and Ellen Barkin, all at the beginning of their careers.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.