Author Archives: Roger Catlin

For the second week in a row, one of the most acclaimed films of the year and likely Oscar material makes its debut on a streaming service weeks after a limited theatrical run. Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver star as a couple breaking up but trying to keep the family together in “Marriage Story” (Netflix, streaming). [...]

In yet another sequel to its stab as a holiday romance, “The Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby” (Netflix, streaming) follows the impending birth in Aldovia, a fictional country undergoing a crisis when a 600-year-old treaty disappears and war looms. Rose McIver and Ben Lamb reprise their roles as the royal couple. With three other cable [...]

Here’s something odd for the holidays: A limited three night series about a dysfunctional family at the holidays: “The Moodys” (Fox, 9 p.m.). Based on the Australian “A Moody Christmas,” the U.S. remake stars Denis Leary and Elizabeth Perkins and includes Jay Baruchel, Francois Arnaud and Chelsea Frei as their three grown children, each with [...]

The latest standup special from the busy comic “Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah” (Netflix, streaming) address her Jewish heritage, her career heights and a few stumbles, such as a New Year’s Eve show in Miami that went all wrong. Trisha Yearwood hosts the tenth “CMA Country Special” (ABC, 9 p.m.) concert special with Lady Antebellum, Chris [...]

“Garth Brooks: The Road I’m On” (A&E, 9 p.m.) is a biography of the country star so big it’ll take four hours over two nights to tell the story. With Brooks’ participation it looks like an artist-approved project to say the least.  It concludes Tuesday. But it begs the question: where’s the Chris Gaines doc? [...]

Jonathan Bennett hosts another new Christmas cooking competition with “Holiday Wars” (Food, 9 p.m.), which pits bakers and candy makers against each other. It precedes a new season start for “Holiday Gingerbread Showdown” (Food, 10 p.m.). The imported Philippine film “Dead Kids” (Netflix, streaming), , about high schoolers who plot to abduct the school’s arrogant rich kid, [...]

One it seemed that every time an angel got its wings, you’d be seeing “It’s a Wonderful Life” (NBC, 8 p.m.) on TV. But with NBC restricting its showings, it makes the first of  only two scheduled seasonal appearances tonight, albeit stretched out over three hours. The next appearance is Christmas Eve. Here is a very [...]

For her first big holiday special, the Grammy-winning country star goes streaming with “The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show” (Amazon, streaming), with appearances from Lana Del Rey, Dan Levy, Fred Armison, Camila Cabello, Leon Bridges, James Corden, Kendall Jenner, Zooey Deschanel, Troye Sivan and the Radio City Rockettes. “Atlantics” (Netflix, streaming), a Senegal-France-Belgium co-production won the [...]