Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 3: Little Dorrit
Critical reception of Dorrit was mixed, but in keeping with the swing toward appreciation of the darker Dickens, it now stands as proof of his genius.
Starting Monday Feb. 6, and for each weekday until Thursday Feb. 23, you will have the opportunity to help vote on the BEST Best Picture of All-TIME.
M.I.A. released a music video for her song “Bad Girls,” and at first glance it appears to be a political statement about women drivers in Saudi Arabia. Then again, maybe the Sri Lankan rapper adopted a stylish Arabic aesthetic because it looks cool. It’s hard to tell with M.I.A. Either way, it’s a fun video and I think we can all agree that women and men should be able to drag race, pop wheelies and drive their cars on two wheels equally.
Mitt Romney gets the reality star's endorsement. But can he gain bona fides with The Donald's supporters without picking up his political baggage?
What, you want us to say something about this? Just watch it, will ya?
The other day here at Tuned in, while remarking on Lizzy Caplan‘s guest turn in New Girl, I said that someone needed to give her her own TV show to star in, stat. Yesterday, Showtime announced that Caplan has been cast as the female lead in the pilot for Masters of Sex, a potential new drama about sex researchers Masters and Johnson. You’re welcome, America.
Every time I read the book I think, the story of a boy who overcomes adversity and grows up to be a writer? That’s the most cliché first-novel idea around. Except that it was Dickens’ eighth, and it marked a departure.
Daniel Radcliffe, sprung from Hogwarts, is menaced by another evil spirit armed with Voldemortian intentions and some killer sound effects
I'm not sure why so many people flocked to spend hours in this world of American apartheid. For me, watching The Help was like visual waterboarding. Still, Viola Davis should win the Oscar for Best Actress.
This energetic family movie, about a pod of whales trapped in Alaskan ice, is less insipid than it looks.
In this week's TIME Magazine, we talk to Maya Rudolph, co-star of NBC's career-child sitcom Up All Night.
A troubled teen gets telekinetic powers, and films himself flying high and going mad, in this diverting, annoying horror movie
NBC's musical-about-a-musical has already collected a lot of bouquets. My review is in this week's TIME, and while there was a lot I liked in the first four episodes of Smash, let's call it a dissenting opinion.
In this week's TIME Magazine, we write about a group of 10 original Atari programmers who are banding together to form a new casual gaming company. Here's a look at some of the old company's best coin-op titles.
I have not, if you are a regular reader of this blog and have been wondering, given up on American Idol, not yet. But I’ve sworn off watching the audition rounds, because of, um, my religion. (Got-other-things-to-do-ism.) Essentially, Idol is two different reality shows, and I’ve pretty much decided to skip the people-singing-badly one that runs in January and February. But those of you who are in it for the long haul saw the auditions move, for the first time, to Portland. IFC sketch comedy shows have taught me to believe that the city is a richer source of bicycling activists and pickling enthusiasts, but apparently Idol found enough aspiring pop singers to fill an hour. (And a baby!)
I’ll re-join the show once it’s winnowed down the finalists for me, but die-hards: how’s the season going so far?
Julian Assange will appear on the upcoming 500th episode of the long-running sitcom. He joins a long list of guest stars.
The reknown artist, dead of an apparent suicide, was discovered by a concerned friend.
Our Mutual Friend has one major flaw, for which I can’t quite forgive it. But it also has some of Dickens’ strangest, most haunting characters.
A photographic look at the seminal dance program and its late creator.
What would you do if you started losing your senses, one at a time? Ewan McGregor has the right idea: cuddle up to Eva Green
Soul Train host and TV-music pioneer Don Cornelius has been found dead in his Encino, Calif., home of a suicide, according to police. My colleague Madison Gray has more of the details, and it’s a sad ending to the life of someone who brought us one of the purest expressions of joy ever to take the form of a TV show. But Soul Train wasn’t just a good time. It was of its times, and it was an example of how something as simple as good music and dancing can actually make an important statement in a culture.
