Wednesday: Idris Elba Fixes Another ‘Hijack’
In the first season of “Hijack” (Apple TV, streaming), Idris Elba tried to negotiate the safe landing of a hijacked plane. For season two that begins tonight, he tris to…
Tuesday: Will Smith Sent to Corners of Earth
It’s been nearly four years since Will Smith swatted his once red hot career with the swiftness of a slap to Oscars host Chris Rock. He’s only been in one…
Capital Radio 1-12-26: Saga of Good vs. ICE
The death of Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir Saturday at 78 led the show with some of his best known songs. (I wrote a separate piece about Weir on Substack…
Monday TV: How They Made ‘Stranger Things’
You broke records watching five seasons, culminating in the New Year’s finale. Now the question is: How’d they do it? The documentary “One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things…
Sunday TV: ‘The Night Manager’ is Back Again
You’ll be forgiven for forgetting everything about “The Night Manager” (Prime Video, streaming). It’s been nearly a decade since the first season of the John le Carre adaptation starring Tom…
Saturday: Redford, Hackman in ‘Downhill Racer’
There’s little snow on the slopes this season but there are a couple of ski movies tonight on Turner Classic Movies tonight. It begins with Michael Ritchie’s “Downhill Racer” (8…
Friday TV: Andrew Lincoln Back in ‘Coldwater’
Andrew Lincoln of “The Walking Dead” fame returns to TV in the six-part limited series “Coldwater” (Paramount+, streaming) about a man who moves his family to rural Scotland after an…
Thursday TV: New Netflix Drama ‘His & Hers’
It’s good to see Jon Bernthal and Tessa Thompson in a new drama. In “His & Hers” (Netflix, streaming), she’s a former Atlanta anchor who wants to get back in…
Wednesday: Springsteen Sings ‘Nebraska’ Alone
When he was preparing his “Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition” boxed set in November, Bruce Springsteen booked himself at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, N.J., and played the entirety…
Tuesday TV: Hiding the Effects of Hiroshima
The truth of what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the bombs dropped 80 years ago was obscured by government censorship, propaganda and co-opting of the press, according to the…