Wednesday TV: Two More New Canadian Series
The Canadian winds (and lack of scripted U.S. dramas) bring two new series from the Great North. “Sullivan’s Crossing” (CW, 8 p.m.) concerns a big city neurosurgeon played by Morgan…
Theater Review: Harold Pinter’s ‘The Caretaker’
The Writer’s Center is just the right place to stage a reverent version of one of Harold Pinter’s best known plays. Pinter’s modernist, somewhat absurdist “The Caretaker,” which the Edge…
Tuesday TV: Wild Cards and Cheaters
Boos will likely greet the Houston Astros as they advance in baseball’s postseason after winning the American League West title — an echo from their 2017 cheating scandal that found…
Capital Radio 10-2-23: Hardly Strictly October
The leaves aren’t quite falling yet here in D.C. But we did drop a half dozen songs of October to start the show. Then it turned to birthdays of such…
Monday TV: Oh Boy, Another Network Game Show
Another new game show premieres, this one with a Latin flavor. “Lotería Local” (CBS, 9 p.m.), based on Mexico Bingo, a traditional game of chance in the Latin world features…
Sunday TV: Courtney B. Vance Leads ‘Heist 88’
Courtney B. Vance plays a criminal mastermind who convinces some young bank employees to pull one more caper before he goes to jail in the new film “Heist 88” (Showtime,…
Saturday TV: ‘Meg 2’ Returns to Take a Bite
“Meg 2: The Trench” (HBO, 8 p.m.), a sequel to the first film about a giant shark, makes its premium cable debut. Jason Stratham stars with Li Bingbing and Rainn…
Friday TV: Benicio Del Toro in ‘Reptile’
Benicio Del Toro, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Silverstone and Eric Bogosian star in the Southern crime thriller “Reptile” (Netflix, streaming) which Del Toro also produced and helped write. Making his directorial…
Thursday TV: ‘The Golden Bachelor’ Ages Up
Delayed for years, here finally is the senior citizens version of “The Bachelor.” The 72-year-old Indiana grandfather Gerry Turner is “The Golden Bachelor” (ABC, 8 p.m) who gets to choose…
Wednesday TV: Wes Anderson’s New Short Film
Wes Anderson adapts Roald Dahl’s “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” (Netflix, streaming), about a guru who tries to use his talent at gambling. The short film, the first in…