Katherine Heigl always looks good dressed in angst, but once again with the new CBS drama Doubt, the question is whether that can sustain a winning TV show...

2017

Feb

THE FOCUS OF ‘TOWER’ IS ON THE U OF T MASSACRE VICTIMS AND NOT THE SHOOTER – AS IT SHOULD BE By David Hinckley

A new documentary on the 1966 University of Texas murders, titled Tower, becomes an even stronger film as it goes along...

2017

Feb

‘THE WALKING DEAD,’ SEASON 7, PART II By David Hinckley

After opening Season 7 with shock and awe, AMC’s The Walking Dead has sensibly been trying to ease back into regular old show-sized battles.

2017

Feb

THE PARIS FASHION WORLD TRIES TO RISE FROM THE ASHES OF WWII IN ‘THE COLLECTION’ By David Hinckley

Amazon Prime’s new series The Collection shares an ominous, intriguing intensity with the streaming service’s The Man in the High Castle...

2017

Feb

JOHN LEWIS - GET IN THE WAY By David Hinckley

Georgia Congressman John Lewis made headlines recently by announcing he would not attend the inauguration of Donald Trump, just as a matter of principle...

2017

Feb

DAN STEVENS STARS IN FX’S ‘LEGION,’ A TEXTURED, MULTI-LAYERED SURPRISE By David Hinckley

Dan Stevens wants viewers of FX’s Legion to have more fun than his character is having. In the new sci-fi drama, Stevens plays David Haller, a young man who may have one of the greatest powers on earth and doesn’t know it...

2017

Feb

PBS RETURNS TO ‘OKLAHOMA CITY’ AND THE MURRAH FEDERAL BUILDING By David Hinckley

We all know people who say they don’t watch PBS because it’s too much like the lectures they used to sleep through in high school or college...

2017

Feb

THE BIGGEST SECRET OF BRAVO’S ‘IMPOSTERS’ IS WHETHER IT’S A DRAMA OR A COMEDY By David Hinckley

Just in its first episode, Bravo’s new series Imposters reaches several critical junctures where it needs to choose between being a dark drama and a tongue-in-cheek comedy...

2017

Feb

A NATIONWIDE FIGHT A CENTURY AGO FOR CIVIL RIGHTS CAPTURED IN ‘BIRTH OF A MOVEMENT’ By David Hinckley

One of the many benefits of Black History Month programming is the way it dusts off critical historical links that can fade into the mists of time. In that spirit, PBS’s Independent Lens series revives some of the story of William Monroe Trotter...

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