Friday TV: ‘Upgraded’ to Rom-Com
Camila Mendes plays an intern who meets a handsome man (Archie Renaux) when she is “Upgraded” (Prime Video, streaming) to first class on a plane. The problem is that she’s…
Thursday TV: ‘One Day,’ Year by Year
The adaptation of David Nicholls’ bestselling romance, previously made into a 2011 Anne Hathaway bill, is stretched out in the new limited series “One Day” (Netflix, streaming), starring Leo Woodall…
Wednesday TV: King of the UFO Cults
Need a new cult documentary to binge? From France comes the four part “Raēl: The Alien Prophet” (Netflix, streaming), about the UFO-inspired religious cult from a guy formerly known as…
Tuesday TV: Influencers Pose as Detectives
A group of TikTok sleuths follow clues trying to solve the 2022 murders of four students at the University of Idaho in the the three-part true crime documentary series “#Cybersleuths:…
Capital Radio 2-5-24: The Year of the Dragon
The Chinese New Year comes this weekend, we are ready for it, with a dozen songs to salute the Year of the Dragon. It’s also the birthday of Hartford-raised Wrecking…
Monday TV: Sister Una’s Last Hurrah
Sister Una was already an unusual nun — smoking, drinking and wisecracking were her habits; she certainly didn’t wear one. So when she learned stage 4 cancer gave her nine…
Sunday TV: ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’s End
Many things are on tonight, few as anticipated as the start of the 12th and final season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO, 10:05 p.m.), Larry David’s scathing comedy that has…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
Here are some other things I've written lately: A survey of 24 museum shows to see at Smithsonian museums in 2024, for SmithsonianMagazine.com Remembering Wayne Kramer, the influential MC5 guitarist,…
Saturday TV: Warming to the Austen Re-Enactor
The first of a month’s worth of romance films inspired by Jane Austen is “Paging Mr. Darcy” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.), about a scholar who meets a “Pride and Prejudice” re-enactor…
Friday TV: A Fresh New ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’
Daniel Glover and Mya Erskine (of “Pen15”) become the husband and wife killers for hire in an engaging new series version of “Mr. And Mrs. Smith” (Prime Video, streaming). Co-created…