My father, the phantom
Breeanna, a 17-year-old from Nevada, is on a mission to find her biological father. She knows him only as Donor No. 1096 — the guy who happened to provide the [...]
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Posted November 20, 2013in On The Tube
Posted November 13, 2013in On The Tube
Machine o’ my heart
In 2048, law enforcement devises a new crime-fighting strategy: partnering each human detective with an android. The strategy didn’t work so well for Det. John Kennex (Karl Urban), whose android [...]
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Posted November 06, 2013in On The Tube
For and against JFK
I’m powerless to resist a documentary about John F. Kennedy. Though I’m well aware of the late president’s faults, I’m drawn in by his charisma every time. I cheer his [...]
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Posted October 30, 2013in On The Tube
Quiet guy with a loud guitar
Hard to believe, but in the four decades since Jimi Hendrix died, no one has made a great documentary about him. “Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin’ ” on [...]
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Posted October 23, 2013in On The Tube
The day the Martians landed
As an Orson Welles fanatic, I thought I knew everything about his infamous radio adaptation of “War of the Worlds” from 1938. The 23-year-old genius crafted the program as if [...]
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Posted October 16, 2013in On The Tube
Drama queen
In 16th century France, the virginal Mary, Queen of Scots (Adelaide Kane), is swept up in palace intrigue. Her fiancé (Toby Regbo) cares less for her than he does for [...]
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Posted October 09, 2013in On The Tube
Unreality show
A companion to “Once Upon a Time,” “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” (Thursday, 7 p.m., ABC) reinterprets Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” Alice (Sophie Lowe) faces a panel [...]
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Posted October 02, 2013in On The Tube
You get Mom, I’ll take Dad
Multi-camera laugh-track sitcoms have been in decline, but “The Millers” is one that works (Thursday, 7:30 p.m., CBS). Nate (Will Arnett) and Debbie (Jayma Mays) have always kept their distance [...]
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Posted September 25, 2013in On The Tube
Pardon my Parkinson’s
Michael J. Fox is one of our most beloved sitcom stars (“Family Ties,” “Spin City”), and he’s become even more so during his fight with Parkinson’s disease. With “The Michael [...]
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Posted September 18, 2013in On The Tube
That ’80s Show
“The Goldbergs” wallows in a decade’s worth of shame and guilt The 1980s take a beating in “The Goldbergs” (Tuesday, 8 p.m., ABC). An adult narrator looks back on his [...]
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