Friday TV: Wallace and Gromit vs. Technology
Nick Park brings back his charming characters with the second full-length feature “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” (Netflix, streaming) that finds the stop-motion inventor and his dog adjusting to…
Thursday TV: Colin Firth in ‘Lockerbie’
Colin Firth stars in the five-episode limited series “Lockerbie: A Search for Truth” (Peacock, streaming) about the explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland in 1988 that killed 270…
Wednesday TV: New York Rockin’ Day, Too
They talk about New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, but how about New Year’s Rockin’ Day? The 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (ABC, 8 p.m.) that first ran…
Tuesday TV: Overdoing It on New Year’s Eve
New Year's Eve overflows with special programming, on just about every broadcast network. The old-timer among them is “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” (ABC, 8 and…
Movie Review: ‘King Saud,’ Worst of Year?
Writing at the end of the year, I can safely say I won’t see a worse film this year than “King Saud,” a clumsy, blood-soaked stumble through world problems through…
Capital Radio 12-30-24: New Year’s Eve Kiss
As if to even the ante set by other holidays, there were a bunch of New Year's Eve songs to play on today's Capital Radio -- and a few to…
When Jimmy Carter Came to the Theater
I never met Jimmy Carter, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning former President who died Sunday at 100. But I was at Arena Stage in D.C. for the premiere of a play…
Monday TV: A Beauty Queen’s Identity Crisis
Sharon-Rose Khumalo, a winning South African beauty queen, faced an identiy crisis when she discovered she’s intersex. Her story is told in Tunde Skovran’s documentary “Who I Am Not,” making…
Sunday TV: Memorable Grammy Moments
February’s duet of Luke Combs and Tracy Chapman on her “Fast Car.” Lady Gaga’s 2016 David Bowie tribute. The Joe Strummer tribute with Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello and Dave Grohl…
Some Other Things I Wrote This Year
Here are some of the things I've written over the last eight months that hadn't otherwise appeared on this blog. An interview with Damon Wayans, pictured here, about his new…