Monday TV: The Life of Winnie Mandela
The wife of Nelson Mandela kept the battle against apartheid going in South Africa all those decades when he was jailed. Winnie Mandela had a history of activism when she…
Sunday TV: A Frozen Super Bowl LII
So much to hate about Super Bowl LII (first of all that set of Roman numerals: Haven’t we had enough LIIs this season). It’s one off-putting team against an odious…
American Ballet Theatre’s ‘Whipped Cream’
It must be galling for many ballet companies that their very operation is dependent on extended holiday performances of “The Nutcracker” year after year. Why can’t there be some other…
Saturday TV: ‘The Simone Biles Story’
Timed in part to tie into the impending Olympics, Jeanté Godlock portrays the young gymnast in the made for TV bio pic “The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar” (Lifetime 8…
Nas Takes ‘Illmatic’ to the Kennedy Center
Putting an orchestral score to hip hop tracks is the kind of gimmick you’d see as a one shot thing at the Grammys — staged more for the visual impact…
Also Friday: ‘2 Dope Queens’ on Big Stage
I was expecting a bit more, frankly, from “2 Dope Queens” (HBO, 11:30 p.m.), the much anticipated new four-episode series from Jessica Williams of “The Daily Show” and her friend…
Thursday TV: Another Bad Teacher
Glenn Howerton is the second star of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” to try and bring a similarly disruptive kind of comedy to broadcast TV. He stars in the new…