Television

TV Producer Chuck Lorre Gets Personal In 'The Kominsky Method'

4:33pm November 16, 2018

by Eric Deggans

Netflix's new comedy The Kominsky Method debuts Friday. Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin star in it as an aging actor and his agent who try to navigate their later years in Los Angeles.

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Florence Pugh plays an actress who attempts to infiltrate a terrorist cell in the new AMC miniseries The Little Drummer Girl.

Arts

The Twists And Turns In 'Little Drummer Girl' Are Pure Le Carré

12:43pm November 16, 2018

by David Bianculli

An actress is charged with infiltrating a terrorist cell in a new AMC miniseries based on John Le Carré's 1983 novel. David Bianculli says it's one of 2018's most tense and well-acted TV thrillers.

Vanessa Hudgens as both Stacy and Margaret in the Netflix holiday confection The Princess Switch.

Arts

Can You Double Your Holiday Pleasure With Netflix's 'The Princess Switch'?

12:14pm November 16, 2018

Vanessa Hudgens plays both a Chicago baker and an engaged European duchess in a holiday romance meant to muscle in on a surprisingly robust cable genre.

Review: Netflix's Narcos Mexico, A Spinoff Of Narcos

5:04am November 16, 2018

by Eric Deggans

Netflix releases Narcos: Mexico, a spinoff of its show Narcos with a focus on how Mexico's drug cartels got organized. Stars Diego Luna as an ex-cop turned kingpin and Michael Pena as the DEA agent.

Hee Haw co-hosts Roy Clark (right) and Buck Owens in 1969. Clark died Thursday at the age of 85.

Music & Culture

Roy Clark, 'Hee Haw' Host And Country Music Ambassador, Dies At 85

6:09pm November 15, 2018

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The singer and multi-instrumentalist, known for his fleet guitar work and big smile, began his career as a teenage prodigy and rose to become a regular presence in the living rooms of America.

'Escape At Dannemora' Suffers From Storytelling Bloat, As Story Stretches On Too Long

6:08pm November 15, 2018

by Eric Deggans

Showtime's new limited series, Escape at Dannemora, has all the elements of a successful prestige drama, but it's also slow and long — a painful trend in television.

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Stan Lee, American comic book writer, editor, publisher and former President of Marvel Comics, attends the premiere of Doctor Strange in 2016. Lee died Monday at the age of 95.

Books
Arts

A True Believer Remembers Stan Lee

6:25pm November 12, 2018

by Glen Weldon

Stan Lee — born Stanley Martin Lieber — co-created many beloved Marvel Comics characters, but he became the company's tireless, beloved figurehead. NPR's Glen Weldon offers a remembrance.

On 'SNL,' Congressman Crenshaw Accepts Pete Davidson's Apology

5:32pm November 11, 2018

Last week, Saturday Night Live cast member Pete Davidson mocked then Texas Congressman-elect Dan Crenshaw. After much criticism, the two made-up on air this Saturday.

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The Satanic Temple says a statue in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina bears too close a likeness to the temple's statue of Baphomet, shown here in Little Rock, Ark.

Satanists Sue Netflix, Warner Bros. For $150M, Saying 'Sabrina' Copied Their Statue

8:28pm November 08, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The Satanic Temple has used the statue to protest for freedom of religion. Now, it says the media giants have lifted its copyrighted design for a depiction of evil in the streaming series.

Robert the Bruce (Chris Pine) surveys his phalanx in Outlaw King.

Arts

In Netflix's War Epic 'Outlaw King' There's Plenty Of War, But Not Much That's Epic

5:00pm November 08, 2018

by Andrew Lapin

Director David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water) keeps the scale too small and the stakes too low in this retelling of the rebellion of Scotland's Robert the Bruce (Chris Pine).