The central visual in Alex Gibney's documentary "Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House of God" is one both powerful and distressing -- that of its subjects delivering their impassioned testimonials to the camera in eloquent sign language. They fought to bring to light the sexual abuse inflicted on ...
Read More »When Netflix unveils all 13 episodes of the first season of "House of Cards" on Friday, February 1st, it will potentially join the ranks of cable networks like HBO, AMC and FX without being a TV network at all. The streaming site/DVD-by-mail company premiered its first original series, the...
Read More »Jerome Flynn makes a dramatic entrance in "Ripper Street," BBC America's new Victorian cop drama -- barechested and bloody and in the middle of an underground boxing match, from which he takes a brief pause to remove a tooth that has gotten lodged in his knuckles following a punch. Thi...
Read More »At last year's Sundance, Chris Moukarbel and Valerie Veatch's "Me at the Zoo" was a surprise hit. The documentary, which explores YouTube and Internet celebrity through the story of one Chris Crocker, was picked up early in the festival by HBO and has had a nice run on televi...
Read More »As the always picked-on Pawnee government employee Jerry Gergich, Jim O'Heir is one of best stealth comedic weapons on "Parks and Recreation."
Read More »On last night's episode of "The Mindy Project," Mindy (Mindy Kaling), Danny (Chris Messina) and Jeremy (Ed Weeks) faced down rivals from the office upstairs -- two holistic midwifing specialists who'd started poaching their patients and threatening their business. One of the siblings was a familiar ...
Read More »"Witness," HBO's recent documentary series about photojournalists working in conflict zones around the globe, premiered the final of its four installments on Monday, with an hour spent following photojournalist Eros Hoagland as he explored the battles between favela gangs, police and m...
Read More »After shooting seven grueling seasons on "Dexter," Jennifer Carpenter makes her first foray into romantic comedy territory with the New York-set indie "Ex-Girlfriends," from first-time writer-director Alexander Poe. Carpenter couldn't be happier. She is, in fact, so enamored ...
Read More »Since his first appearance halfway through season one of "Boardwalk Empire," Jack Huston's disfigured Richard Harrow has been a fan favorite. Whether its the way his loyalty to Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt) has led him to take care of the man's son Tommy in the wake of his shocking ...
Read More »The secret behind the success of "The Walking Dead" isn't giving fan service (like the infamous "phone call" or the introduction of the Governor's daughter) but building onto the fans' expectations. So much in this third season is comparatively different to the graphi...
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