Thursday TV: Subtle Zombies in ‘The Returned’
Halloween isn't the greatest occasion for subtlety. But when a good chill is required, here comes a French import that takes such an understated start on the zombie thing, you…
Wednesday TV: Devil’s Night Fare
Scary movies are plentiful this week, of course, but what happens when Halloween is over? Time to turn to ghoulish special effects men like Greg Nicotero from Pittsburgh, who dropped…
Theater Review: Delightful ‘Cabaret Macabre’
Delightful is probably not the expected adjective for a show called "Cabaret Macabre," except probably for those who have seen earlier editions of the show by Happenstance Theatre. At a…
Tuesday TV: Reliving the Panic Broadcast
Faking out audiences is something that broadcasters do routinely these days. But 75 years ago, when that was less widespread, thousands were taken in by Orson Welles' Halloween Eve 1938…
Only Technical Knockouts on ‘The Voice’
The weird combat terms on "The Voice" have moved this week from battle rounds to knockouts (maybe to be followed by sucker punch- and piledrive-rounds if they want to further…
Monday TV: Baldwin Begs: Funding Films
Movies may still be one of the strongest U.S. exports, but that doesn't mean they're any easier to make. In fact, a lot of the hard work comes in raising…
Before Iran, Carrie Deals with Dana
One of the most frustrating episodes of "Homeland" on Sunday also became the one of most grave personal danger to Carrie Mathison. The business of the quite short episode -- 46 minutes…
Sunday TV: ‘Blackout’ a Disaster All Right
Beware a TV movie not given a description of fiction or documentary; whose style is pegged as "Blair Witch Project." That usually means: amateurish actors, no production values, shot with…
Also on Sunday: ‘Civil War 360’
Historians are coming around to the view that the Civil War that continues to deeply affect the United States wasn't one with just two stories, North and South, but three.…
Norton Utility Needed on Flat ‘SNL’
If "Saturday Night Live" hopes to mine this week's episode for some material to use in a prime time Halloween compilation special Thursday, good luck to them. The Edward Norton-hosted…