Monday TV: Behind the Hillsborough Case
“Anne” (Acorn TV, streaming) is the true story of a woman who refused to believe the verdict that the UK’s Hillsborough disaster — in which 96 fans were killed at…
Sunday TV: Way Before ‘Game of Thrones’
Set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” the new “House of the Dragon” (HBO, 9 p.m.), chronicles the early days of the overly-blonde, dragon-handling Targaryens. As such…
Movie Review: New Englanders Get Frisky
For people in Flint and many other communities, water impurities are no laughing matter. Millions are estimated to have to consume contaminated tap water. But for "Love in Kilnerry," a…
Movie Review: Surprise Party Gone Wrong
Here’s a terrible idea: To guarantee that a reluctant brother appear at a surprise party, have him kidnapped and taken there. It could be the plot to some rambunctious comedy…
Saturday TV: Mommy Dearest All Day
The notorious Joan Crawford is star all day on Turner Classic Movies, from a career that spanned decades, with “Chained” (6 a.m.), “Strange Cargo” (7:15 a.m.), “Reunion in France” (9:15…
Friday TV: New Garcia Comedy ‘Sprung’
Greg Garcia’s brand of sly comedy, that ran from “My Name is Earl” to “Raising Hope” to “The Guest Book” continues his nuttiness with his new one, “Sprung” (Amazon FreeVee,…
Thursday TV: ‘She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’
Tatiana Maslany is used to playing multiple characters as she did on “Orphan Black.” But in her new role, she plays both a petite attorney and a seven-foot green monster…
Wednesday TV: ‘Look Both Ways’ Romance
“What if” is a common trope in entertainment, and is again in “Look Both Ways” (Netflix, streaming), a rom-com film in which Lili Reinhart plays a woman whose pregnancy test…
Tuesday TV: New Imported ‘Leonardo’
With thousands attending elaborate Van Gogh slideshow projections across the nation, maybe there’s an audience for a series about an even older master, Leonardo da Vinci. Aidan Turner stars as…
Capital Radio 8-15-22: From Saul to Lamont
A trip to Nebraska’s biggest city warrants a number of songs about that place as well as some of the music experienced there, from a roadhouse country band (pictured) that…