My son, my psychopath
Dexter meets the woman who made him a killer In episode two of its nail-biting, final season, our psychopathic hero (Michael C. Hall) in “Dexter” makes a troubling discovery about [...]
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Posted July 03, 2013in On The Tube
Posted June 26, 2013in On The Tube
Sex, drugs and sympathy
“Anna Nicole” shows surprising compassion for scandalous model Anna Nicole Smith The TV movie “Anna Nicole” (Saturday, 7 p.m., Lifetime) imputes a soul to the late Anna Nicole Smith, the [...]
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Posted June 19, 2013in On The Tube
Inside story
“Under the Dome” seals off a town from the world CBS’s new series “Under the Dome” (Monday, 9 p.m.) is premised on a beautifully simple “what if” scenario: What if [...]
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Posted June 12, 2013in On The Tube
Vampire inferno
All hell breaks loose in the sixth season of ‘True Blood’ “True Blood,” the modern-day vampire series, begins its sixth season in ghastly fashion (Sunday, 8 p.m., HBO). Bill (Stephen [...]
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Posted June 05, 2013in On The Tube
Zombies are people, too, sort of
‘In the Flesh’ extends sympathy toward the undead The British miniseries “In the Flesh” (Thursday-Saturday, 9 p.m., BBC America) takes its place with the greatest zombie movies of all time. [...]
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Posted May 29, 2013in On The Tube
The modern-day Brady Bunch
‘The Fosters’ offers an alternative vision of a TV family Social conservatives will not be happy with ABC Family’s new series “The Fosters” (Monday, 8 p.m.), which lays down a [...]
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Posted May 22, 2013in On The Tube
The real Liberace
In “Behind the Candelabra” (Sunday, 8 p.m.), HBO assembles high-quality artists to tell the story of a low-quality one: the glitzy piano player Liberace. Steven Soderbergh directs, Michael Douglas camps [...]
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Posted May 15, 2013in On The Tube
May the best sibling win
‘The Goodwin Games’ pits family members against each other In Fox’s promising sitcom “The Goodwin Games” (Monday, 7:30 p.m.), three estranged siblings reunite after their father (Beau Bridges) dies only [...]
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Posted May 08, 2013in On The Tube
Master of the mockumentary
Christopher Guest brings his patented style to HBO’s ‘Family Tree’ Christopher Guest earned a place in my pantheon by pioneering the mockumentary with his script for 1984’s “This Is Spinal [...]
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Posted May 01, 2013in On The Tube
The wonder of me
A teenager films himself in ‘Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous’ Viral-video star Bo Burnham is well cast as a would-be viral-video star in “Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous” [...]
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