One of the great strengths of ESPN's "30 for 30" documentary series is the way that each installment seeks to provide context and narrative drive for stories that might not otherwise have inherent appeal to non-fans. These are docs about sports, but they're (usually) films first, ones that present t...
Read More »It's in the photos that everything comes together. "Sexy Baby," a documentary from Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival this year and debuts on TV on Showtime tonight, Friday, December 7th at 10pm, begins by declaring that it will focus on t...
Read More »This time last year, at the midpoint of season two, "The Walking Dead" was just putting to rest the fruitless search for missing 12-year-old Sophia (Madison Lintz) by having her stagger out of Hershel's (Scott Wilson) barn, revealed to be dead and transformed into a walker. The quest to find Sophia,...
Read More »This article contains spoilers for "Broken Hearts," the Sunday, December 2nd episode of "Homeland."
Read More »The article below contains spoilers for "Mazel Tov, Dummies!," the Thursday, November 29 episode of "30 Rock."
Read More »The following post includes spoilers for "Two Hats," the November 25th episode of "Homeland."
Read More »After a five-year break, tonight sees the return of "Trapped in the Closet," singer-songwriter R. Kelly's self-described "hip hopera" following the dramas of a group of urbanites connected by sex, lies and phone calls. The next installment, better known as Chapters 23 through...
Read More »So it finally aired on ABC last night - Spike Lee's Michael Jackson documentary, made in collaboration with the estate of Michael Jackson and Sony Music, titled Bad 25.
Read More »Few court cases captured the public imagination in recent memory quite like the O.J. Simpson trial. An American football hero, part-time movie star and color commentator, a whole different side to his public persona came through when he was charged with murdering his ex-wife. And when the not guilty...
Read More »There are few music albums that would call for or justify a documentary focused solely on their creation, and if asked to pick from Michael Jackson's body of work, "Thriller" would be the more obvious choice to receive such treatment. But Spike Lee's "Bad 25," which makes...
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