Thursday TV: Anne Gets Locked Down
Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor play a couple who are about to break up but are forced to stay together during the pandemic in the new film “Locked Down” (HBO…
Wednesday: Sedgwick in ‘Call Your Mother’
Kara Sedgwick always included a little humor in her long running role as “The Closer.” Tonight, she immerses in comedy starring as a mother who decides to move in with…
Film: Fracturing the Brain for Science
Eric Schultz’s directorial debut, “Minor Premise,” is a nifty puzzle, a scientific thriller that doesn’t insult the intelligence with any superfluous corn, Instead, the scientific aspect is cranked way up.…
Tuesday: From Canada Comes ‘Trickster’
The latest Canadian import “Trickster” (CW, 9 p.m.) stars Joel Oulette as an Indigenous teen trying to support his family while being faced with strange mystic apparitions. It’s described as…
Film: When a Documentary Goes Wrong
What if everyone could make a movie? When Zachary Capp got an unexpected inheritance following his grandfather’s death, he decided, fresh out of rehab for a gambling addiction, to turn…
Monday TV: A Day in the Life of America
Actor and rock star Jared Leto is also a documentarian. He's the director of a simultaneous check in of the nation that occurred in what seems eons ago — July…
Sunday TV: Different Kind of Tiger King
After a year when Michael Jordan’s life warranted an acclaimed 10 part documentary, here’s one about the greatest in another field. “Tiger” (HBO, 9 p.m.) follows the astonishing golf career…
Saturday TV: Football Playoffs Kick Off
NFL’s Wildcard Weekend begins with three games today — Indianapolis at Buffalo (CBS, 1:05 p.m.), Rams at Seattle (Fox, 4:40 p.m.) and Tampa Bay at Washington (NBC, 8:15 p.m.). Yet…
Friday TV: Further Excuse to Avoid Writing
Though she’s always been identified as a writer for decades, New Yorker Fran Leibowitz hasn’t turned anything out in 27 years — and that was a children’s book. Instead, she’s…
Thursday: Danson Returns as ‘Mr. Mayor’
If not completely wary of American politics, Ted Danson returns to TV in a new sitcom, “Mr. Mayor” (NBC, 8 and 8:30 p.m.) whose greatest assets may be producers Tina…