+Movies | 333 days ago

On Oscar Night, The King's Speech Reigns Supreme

By Richard Corliss
Mike Blake / Reuters

There were precious few surprises at the 83rd Oscars on the night the Academy tried to appeal to a younger demographic. But a movie set in the 1930s was the big winner

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Tuned In+News Media | 333 days ago

Interview With the Warlock 2: TMZ in Charlie Sheen's Backyard

By James Poniewozik

I am going to try to limit the amount of Charlie Sheen I bring you at Tuned In, but TMZ just livestreamed a fascinatingly strange interview with Sheen from his own backyard. Above is part one; the whole thing is posted at TMZ. A few thoughts: * I was torn between thinking the interview was [...]

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Tuned In+News Media | 333 days ago

Interview With the Warlock: Charlie Sheen Puts On Another Show

By James Poniewozik

Did Charlie Sheen hire Rod Blagojevich’s media handler? Over the past week, as you’re well aware, Sheen self-immolated, lambasting CBS and Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre for putting his sitcom on hiatus for the actor to get control of his bizarre behavior (the latest in a long series that included drug abuse [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 333 days ago

Fringe Watch: I Love the '80s, Part 2

By James Poniewozik

Spoilers for Friday’s Fringe follow: When Fringe debuted, there was the by-now-usual speculation as to whether it might become (whatever this means) the next Lost. (This is the typical rite of passage now for any network sci-fi-inflected drama, but especially one that comes from J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot.) At first it wasn’t and that [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 334 days ago

"Young, Hip" Oscar Show Falls, Can't Get Up

By James Poniewozik

When they were first announced, James Franco and Anne Hathaway seemed like a strange pair to host the Oscars, movie stars stepping into a role most often filled by comedians or TV hosts. But as the Academy Awards began last night, it looked like the unusual move had paid off. For about three minutes. Franco [...]

+Uncategorized | 334 days ago

Big Love Watch: You May Kiss the Bride

By Richard Corliss

After cooling down from the nonstop thrills of the Oscar broadcast, watch last night’s very special episode of Big Love and join us at the reception. The vast majority of people on TV—whether on a dramatic series or sitcom, a reality show or a political talk show—are encouraged, indeed obliged to express themselves in the [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 336 days ago

Vacation Robo-Post: Your Judgment on the Judges

By James Poniewozik

We’ve finished Hollywood Week on American Idol and, by the time you read this, Vegas Week. This means we’re approaching the live performances, when the contestants start getting winnowed down but, more important, we begin to see how the new judging panel interacts with the contestants, and each other, live and off the cuff. I’ve [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 337 days ago

Vacation Robo-Post: The Office—NBC's Problem, And Yours

By James Poniewozik

I’ve said before that I think it would probably be best if this season of The Office were its last; the show may not be called The Boss, but it is Michael Scott’s story above all, and I’d hope that the show might get a liberating creative burst from not just sending off Steve Carell [...]

+Music | 337 days ago

Top 25 Movie Soundtracks

By Claire Suddath
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Some of cinema’s greatest scenes can be attributed to the music that accompany them. TIME picks the best movie albums.

+Uncategorized | 338 days ago

Glee Watch: 12-Step Pogrom

By Richard Corliss

“Blame It on the Alcohol,” last night’s breezy, sharply written episode of Glee, takes an Afterschool Special topic and spikes it with wry. Cued by Principal Higgins’s insistence that the Glee Club should commemorate Alcohol Awareness Week with an appropriate number performed at a general assembly, the kids choose “Tick Tock” by Ke$ha (or, as [...]

+TV Networks | 338 days ago

Big Love Watch: All About the Mormons

By Richard Corliss

Big Love is anomaly among HBO shows, in that it avoids the obligatory nudity and rarely utters a curse stronger than “G.D.” With these self-imposed restrictions, the series has to find subtler ways of providing its shocks. Sunday’s episode, “D.I.V.O.R.C.E.,” boasted two jolts—mouth-to-mouth scandals that touched on the series’ interlocking themes of the sacred and [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 338 days ago

Vacation Robo-Post: Comics Relief

By James Poniewozik

Last week, I posted here about my anxiousness, and excitement, but mostly anxiousness, about David E. Kelley remaking Wonder Woman for NBC. If there’s one thing from the 1970s original I don’t expect to survive, sadly, it’s the extra-length theme song (above), and credits combining old-school DC Comics graphics with Schoolhouse Rock-style ’70s animation. I’m [...]

+Movies | 339 days ago

Top 10 Cool Criterion Collection Covers

By TIME Staff
Top 10 Cool Criterion Collection Covers

The Criterion Collection recently announced it would move its films from Netflix’s streaming service to that of its competitor, Hulu. In addition to having rights to many of cinema’s most beloved and classic movies, Criterion is also known for its beautifully designed DVD cases. TIME takes a look at some of the company’s best work

+Photos Movies | 339 days ago

The 25 Best and Worst Oscar Gowns of All-TIME

By TIME Staff
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TIME’s Feifei Sun and Claire Suddath pick the most unforgettable dresses ever to appear at the Academy Awards

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 339 days ago

Vacation Robo-Post: Pimp My Blogroll!

By James Poniewozik

Astute Tuned Inlanders may have noticed that last week, I finally began updating my favorite-links blogroll, at left, and pruning or correcting some of the broken links. I plan on expanding the list with some new favorites too, but, you know, baby steps. Along those lines, this seemed like a perfect time to poll the [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 340 days ago

Programming Note

By James Poniewozik

I’m away this week, but Tuned Inland shall not be abandoned in my absence. TIME’s prolific movie critic Richard Corliss will be contributing some guest Big Love and Glee posts in my absence (and the week of Oscars, yet!), sometime Tuned Inlander Steve Snyder will be stopping in, and I’ve also programmed Robo-James with some [...]

+Review Movies | 343 days ago

Unknown: Liam Neeson Gets Re-Taken

By Richard Corliss
Dark Castle Holdings / Warner Bros. Pictures

Unknown, Liam Neeson’s standard-issue conspiracy thriller, hopes to be mistaken for a Jason Bourne film — or, better yet, a sequel to Neeson’s 2009 hit Taken

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 343 days ago

The Morning After: Scarn Tootin'

By James Poniewozik

Objectively, as a critic, I probably wasn’t supposed to like “Threat Level: Midnight,” in which Michael Scott’s long-gestating movie finally came to fruition. It probably wasn’t plausible that the entire office would participate, and the episode was essentially like a giant, well-produced webisode bonus. But objectively or not, I loved it. It may just be [...]