The formula for a cult hit is a tough one to sketch out. Though it seems odd to think of Downton Abbey as anything but a television juggernaut, it wasn’t necessarily destined for iconic status. No one was waiting for an …
2012 SAG Awards: The Best and Worst Dressed
As the Screen Actors Guild salutes its members at its 18th annual awards show, TIME looks at the winners and losers on the SAG red carpet.
Counting Down Dickens’ Greatest Novels. Number 8: Hard Times
Dickens’ shortest novel is very taut, and occasionally some sharp little passage arrives that reminds you of his more expansive greatness.
The Grey Storms into the Black
Moviegoers got out of the cold, and into it, as the Irish star dances with wolves and enjoys his third action-film hit
Counting Down Dickens’ Greatest Novels. Number 9: Dombey and Son
When the death scene in Dombey and Son was published, all of England was apparently prostrated by grief.
Counting Down Dickens’ Greatest Novels. Number 10: Oliver Twist
“Please sir, I want some more”
Oliver Twist was Dickens’ second novel, and my first. My grandmother read it to me and my sister when we were young. We loved the part when meek little orphan Oliver, born out of wedlock in …
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Dead Tree Alert: The Beautiful Losers of Luck
In the print TIME magazine out now, I review (subscription required) David Milch and Michael Mann’s new HBO series Luck, which debuts Sunday and which I loved. Eventually. Yes, this is another critic flogging a cable drama by …
Watch The Walking Dead‘s Midseason Premiere Trailer
The first half of season two was very, very, very…slow. We’re hoping the second half finds more zombies and shooting. Who’s with us?
Declaration of War: Romeo and Juliette Take on Cancer
Truth and beauty are the victors in this playful, autobiographical tale of a French couple fighting for their son’s life.
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The Morning After: To the Moon!
I’m closing a piece for the print TIME today, so I didn’t have time for a writeup of last night’s 19th GOP Presidential debate. (See my colleagues at Swampland for their political take.) I simply want to give you a chance to discuss it, and to note this: we are in a country recovering from a massive recession/near-depression, coming off …
Nada Surf: Life After The One-Hit Wonder
From Devo to Nada Surf, a look at the one-hit wonders who go on to become much more
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Top 10 Freezing Cold Movies
With ‘The Grey’ depicting the dangers found on the frozen plains of Alaska, TIME takes a look at movies that had a chilling effect on audiences
The Grey: Wolves Near a Plane
Mountain man Liam Neeson battles a lupine conspiracy in this fitfully engrossing but logorrheic thriller