Saturday TV: Mary Jo Buttafuoco’s Story
There may be a whole generation or two who don’t know the lurid saga of Joey Buttafuoco, whose 17-year-old mistress Amy Fisher, dubbed the “Long Island Lolita” in the tabloids,…
Friday TV: Damon, Affleck Together Again
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck join forces again in the movie “The Rip” (Netflix, streaming), playing a couple of cops in Miami who have to count millions of dollars of…
Thursday TV: ‘Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials’
Chris Chibnall of “Broadchurch” and “Dr. Who” fame, brings takes an assured hand in adapting “Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials” (Netflix, streaming) into an entertaining, fast-moving three-part mystery, starring Mia McKenna-Bruce,…
Wednesday: Idris Elba Fixes Another ‘Hijack’
In the first season of “Hijack” (Apple TV, streaming), Idris Elba tried to negotiate the safe landing of a hijacked plane. For season two that begins tonight, he tris to…
Tuesday: Will Smith Sent to Corners of Earth
It’s been nearly four years since Will Smith swatted his once red hot career with the swiftness of a slap to Oscars host Chris Rock. He’s only been in one…
Capital Radio 1-12-26: Saga of Good vs. ICE
The death of Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir Saturday at 78 led the show with some of his best known songs. (I wrote a separate piece about Weir on Substack…
Monday TV: How They Made ‘Stranger Things’
You broke records watching five seasons, culminating in the New Year’s finale. Now the question is: How’d they do it? The documentary “One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things…
Sunday TV: ‘The Night Manager’ is Back Again
You’ll be forgiven for forgetting everything about “The Night Manager” (Prime Video, streaming). It’s been nearly a decade since the first season of the John le Carre adaptation starring Tom…
Saturday: Redford, Hackman in ‘Downhill Racer’
There’s little snow on the slopes this season but there are a couple of ski movies tonight on Turner Classic Movies tonight. It begins with Michael Ritchie’s “Downhill Racer” (8…
Friday TV: Andrew Lincoln Back in ‘Coldwater’
Andrew Lincoln of “The Walking Dead” fame returns to TV in the six-part limited series “Coldwater” (Paramount+, streaming) about a man who moves his family to rural Scotland after an…