Second Letter from London
The old and new are crashing in on eachother in London these days. It’s the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens’ birth and all the squalid, dank details of the Victorian…
Saturday TV: Titanic Goes Down Once More
The 100th anniversary of the most famous shipping disaster means that both the blockbuster made 15 years ago has been refitted into 3D and shipped back to theaters. On TV,…
Zach Braff Takes the Stage
Having finally shaken off his popular character “Scrubs” and lost whatever indie movie cred he scored with the solid “Garden State,” Zach Braff seems to be at sea a bit…
Friday TV: Lionel Goes Country; ‘Casablanca’s 70th
This may have been a big event 30 years ago. And yet it may be again. “ACM Presents Lionel Richie and Friends in Concert” (CBS, 9 p.m.) features the 80s…
Jessica Sanchez Gets A Save
If the essentially powerless judges on "American Idol" were going to use their single save on any one remaining contestant, it was logical they used it on Jessica Sanchez. The…
Thursday TV: Sweet Sounds of Haiti
Through all its travails, its poverty, its natural disasters, one thing has kept the country going through the years: its music. Filmmaker Whitney Dow looks at the survival of a…
Wednesday TV: Don’t Trust the Sitcom on ABC
With “Don’t Trust the B… in Apt. 23” (ABC, 9:30 p.m.) joining the already started “GCB” (or “Good Christian Bitches”), ABC is becoming the network of Bitches impled in the…
First Report from London
The giant illuminated billboard at Heathrow declares: “We’re ready.” But the mobbed scene in Terminal 5 says otherwise. The train between terminals pulls out empty, causing the next to be…
Tuesday TV: ‘Justified’ Finale, Returns for ‘Glee,’ ‘Catch
Another terrific season of “Justified” (FX, 10 p.m.) comes to a close with the expected showdown with the drug overlord played by Neal McDonough and U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (played…
‘Dancing’ Rankings Rocked
Rock week on "Dancing with the Stars" was not just an opportunity for participants to stick their tongues out in the manner of the guest band Kiss, nor just a…