Hamlet (review)
David Tennant’s *Hamlet* comes to DVD in a superb hybrid of theater and film…
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David Tennant’s ‘Hamlet’ tomorrow night on PBS
At long last, the filmed version of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Hamlet — starring David Tennant, with Patrick Stewart as Claudius — is arriving on American television, on PBS’s Great Performances: Shakespeare’s immortal “To be, or not to be” takes on a whole new meaning (and medium) as classical stage and screen actors David Tennant … more…
The Golden Age of Television (review)
As pure drama, these are still fascinating to watch, especially to see the early work of some now very famous names. But as a look at what TV was doing half a century ago, it’s riveting.
watch it: ‘Doctor Who’ PBS pledge break from 1987
Oh my god… This is from California PBS station KVIE, but the pledge breaks were exactly the same on the other side of the continent for me on WLIW on Long Island. IO9 has more. Oh, the fannishness, it hurts.
David Tennant to host PBS’s ‘Masterpiece Contemporary’? really?
Everyone’s been emailing me about this, and I gotta say, I’m mystified. Sez The Hollywood Reporter: NEW YORK — David Tennant is the new host of PBS’ “Masterpiece Contemporary.” Tennant will make his debut on the long-running public TV anthology this fall, its producing station, WGBH, announced Wednesday. The 38-year-old Scottish actor, who follows past … more…
dream cast: (not so) hypothetical ‘Tripods’ movie
It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time to remake an 80s classic TV show or movie with an all-new cast. This week: Tripods, the 1984-85 BBC/Seven Network young adult science fiction series based on the novels by John Christopher [Amazon U.S.] [Amazon U.K.]. (This week’s Dream Cast idea comes courtesy of Ken. If you have … more…
watch it: ‘P.O.V. Critical Condition’
The conversation on my review of Sicko got a bit of a jumpstart this week, so it’s a good moment to mention that the PBS documentary Critical Condition, about what happens when you don’t have health care in America and dare to get sick, is streaming in its entirety online through November 11, 2008. Watch … more…
Sand Pirates of the Sahara (review)
Why Ferenc Arpad’s 1951 B movie is on my A list of Best. Movies. Ever.
The Day After, Threads, Testament, and Special Bulletin (review)
It’s easy to forget today how close global nuclear annihilation genuinely seemed in the 1980s.
Seabiscuit (review)
The music swells over the moment of victory, tears run freely down my face, fade to black, movie over. And I want to sob even longer and harder. Usually the rolling credits and the lights coming up in this kind of situation means a letup in the girly crying, but not this time. There’s something else going on besides the usual Oscar-baiting, triumph-of-the-human-and-equine-spirit shrink-wrapped Gourmet Film.
