Citizens United, the same organization that successfully challenged existing campaign finance laws and opened political races up to the monetary excesses of Super PACs, has a new trick up its conservative sleeve: It’s produced a film, The Hope and the Change, that will be unveiled officially at next week’s Republican National Convention, then go into a planned limited theatrical release. Previous slickly produced biographical films, at both the Republican and Democratic conventions,

2012

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BOSS By David Bianculli

Chicago Mayor Tom Kane (played by Kelsey Grammer) is not only back, he’s back in the empire-building business. This week, he adds some new faces to his inner circle – well, one new face, and one familiar one.

2012

Aug

GREY GARDENS By David Bianculli

This is the original 1975 documentary, not the 2009 HBO telemovie in which Drew Barrymore gives an amazing performance as Edith “Little Edie” Bouvier Beale, and Jesssica Lange an equally impressive one as Edie’s mother, Edith Bouvier Beale. They share a name, a rich lineage, and a now-decrepit house – and in this Maysles Brothers documentary, the real women are even more astoundingly hypnotic than the actresses who eventually played them.

2012

Aug

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

This has got to be good – not only because of what’s happening in the news this week, but because Maher’s guests include Arianna Huffington and D.L. Hughley.

2012

Aug

CONVENTION COVERAGE AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE By David Bianculli

This year’s presidential political conventions are unprecedented in at least two unfortunate respects: the inclusion of a political film that’s negative, not positive, and the decision, by the broadcast networks, to show fewer convention hours than ever before…

2012

Aug

HERE COMES KEITEL IN 'FATAL HONEYMOON' By Ed Bark

Not that many years ago, the chances of Harvey Keitel doing a Lifetime movie might have been less than Don Ho being voted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame...

2012

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LIKE IT OR NOT, AARON SORKIN HAS FOUND HIS NICHE By Gary Edgerton

The Newsroom has been starkly polarized with professional and amateur commentators either loving or hating what they’ve watched of the program so far...

2012

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BURN NOTICE By David Bianculli

MIDSEASON FINALE: I hate bowing to USA’s nomenclature and calling this a “midseason finale” – all it’s really doing is taking a break for a little bit before returning with new episodes, a mini-hiatus that, here and everywhere else, used to go mostly unnoticed and definitely unnamed. And perhaps tonight’s episode will end in a mid-cliffhanger. No matter: It surely will end on a dramatic note, since last week’s installment ended with the second time this

2012

Aug

ROCK CENTER WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS By David Bianculli

Tonight’s hour, keyed to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, is devoted entirely to Mormons, with stories ranging from Brian Williams’ account of the history of that religion to a story about Clark Johnsen (seen at left), an original cast member of the ensemble of Broadway’s hit musical The Book of Mormon. An actor who is a Mormon.

2012

Aug

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS By David Bianculli

Today is Gene Kelly day on Turner Classic Movies, so tune in virtually any hour of the day or night for some delightful entertainment. But for a taste of the best movie musicals ever made, visit at 10 p.m. ET for 1951’s An American in Paris (pictured), with its audaciously ambitious (and successful) climax based on a ballet tour through works of Impressionist Art – and then, at midnight ET, stay tuned for the flawless, fantastic satire about the birth of the “talkies,” 19

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