Wednesday TV: Things That Keep You Shopping
As Black Friday approaches it might be a good time to see how companies devise to keep customers buying more and more online and in stores — and the resulting…
Film Review: Low Budget, Lowbrow ‘Con Job’
Former health care software developer Ian Niles began his film career in such teeny roles as “Repeat Offender,” “First Officer” and “Guy.” Lately, he’s been developing his own string of…
Tuesday: Jimmy O. Yang in ‘Interior Chinatown’
Jimmy O. Yang of “Silicon Valley” stars in a new series about a waiter who inadvertently gets caught up in the drug and crime world in Charles Yu’s adaptation of…
Capital Radio 11-18-24: Shel Talmy’s Legacy
The death of influential producer Shel Talmy last week at 87 brought a wealth of music from the bands whose sound he helped shape - from The Kinks and The…
Monday TV: Ken Burns Does ‘Da Vinci’
Ken Burns has specialized all these years on American history. But his new two-part, four hour documentary series, co -directed by Sarah Burns and David McMahon, turns to Italy and…
Sunday TV: ‘Dune’ Prequel Goes Way, Way Back
How to add onto the “Dune” legacy? Turn the clock back 10,000 years before Frank Herbert’s first book to create a tale of the female factions fighting for power and…
Saturday TV: So Many Christmas Movies
Twelve days before Thanksgiving and there’s four new Christmas movies on cable (it will only get worse as we go on). In “Christmas at Plumhill Manor” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), Maria…
Friday TV: ‘Silo’ Returns for a Second Season
A second season comes for “Silo” (Apple TV+, streaming), the sci-fi series about the last 10,000 people on Earth who live there — except for Rebecca Ferguson’s character, who was…
Thursday TV: Hulu Adapts ‘Say Nothing’
A new limited series adapts the book by Patrick Redden Keefe’s book “Say Nothing” (Hulu, streaming) about Northern Ireland during the troubles of the early 70s. After turning out scores…
Wednesday TV: Zoe Saldaña in ‘Emilia Pérez’
French director Jacques Audlard creates a new genre — musical thriller — for his latest film “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix, streaming), a Cannes-winning film about four women in Mexico that stars…