“Harriet” tells the story of abolitionist and freedom fighter Harriet Tubman, but seeing it won’t cost you one of the $20 bills she was supposed to have been on.
Christopher Lawrence
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Christopher Lawrence escaped his native Kentucky without an accent thanks to the thousands of hours he spent in front of a television as a child. That’s also why he never learned how to ride a bicycle. He’s been writing about TV and movies since his days at Murray State University, when the school’s basketball coach had him reassigned at the student newspaper after just one story about the team. He’s been a professional TV critic since 2000, the Review-Journal’s TV critic since 2005 and its movie critic since 2012.
NBC’s delightfully strange examination of the afterlife is ending its acclaimed four-year run.
Just don’t expect to see the two Netflix films nominated for best picture.
The company, surely the wackiest workplace since Dunder Mifflin, is the setting for the gobsmacking new investigative series “The Goop Lab With Gwyneth Paltrow.”
Eminem’s “Darkness” video, which shows a man in a hooded sweatshirt eventually opening fire out a hotel window, is a blend of realism and artistic license.
When “Curb Your Enthusiasm” debuted all the way back on Oct. 15, 2000, HBO was three seasons into “Sex and the City,” two seasons into “The Sopranos” and two years away from euthanizing “Arli$$.”
With no real breakout products, it’s difficult not to think of this year’s edition as more incremental than innovative. But here’s a look back at this year’s show.
For its 19th edition, scheduled for Thursday through Jan. 26, the festival is reaching farther outside the tent than ever before.
The startup has signed up so much talent it’s led consumers who are still getting used to the idea of Disney Plus and Apple TV Plus to ask, “What the heck’s a Quibi?”
Sensors that track how well you sleep, a pillow that helps prevent snoring and a cooling headband all aim to help you sleep better.
It’s always hard to tell what will connect with audiences this far out. After all, this time last year, “Cats” looked like a technological marvel and surefire smash.
