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WELCOME TO RIPPER STREET

  • By Darwyn Carson
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  • January 17, 2013 1:00 AM
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Guest review by Darwyn Carson - Suffering from "Copper" withdrawal yet? No worries. "Ripper Street" is more than enough to keep BBC America drama lovers ecstatic until Corky pummels his way back to our TV sets.

Boardwalk Empire Redux

  • By Alice Maltin
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  • September 15, 2012 1:00 AM
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Summer is over and we return to Atlantic City by way of 'Boardwalk Empire', now in its third season. Either my life is getting duller or this show is getting better with each passing year, as I’ve been anxiously awaiting its return.

A Shiny New 'Copper' From BBC America

  • By Darwyn Carson
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  • August 18, 2012 11:28 PM
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Here’s the bulletin: A tough new detective, circa 1864, is coming to our airwaves. Tom Weston-Jones stars in BBC America’s, primetime original drama 'Copper', premiering Sunday, August 19th. Set your DVR’s for 10pm. Do it now. There are ten episodes and you won’t want to miss any one of them.

Gary Oldman on Reelz with Leonard Maltin

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • January 7, 2012 1:00 AM
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Gary Oldman discusses behind the scenes details for the making of 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' with Leonard for 'Maltin on Movies' airing Saturday night (Jan 5) on Reelz Channel. In this clip Oldman tells how he found the period glasses worn in the film.

Acorn TV Expands Streaming Service

  • By Darwyn Carson
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  • January 2, 2012 1:05 PM
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Good news all! Acorn Media Group, the first company to provide live streaming of the best in classic and contemporary British television, recently expanded the service, which launched in July of 2011 with a roster of six series and 40 hours of programming online at any given time. Now viewers have complete episodes of 10 series and 60 hours of programming accessible. There’s so much material—a lot of it never seen before in the States. Two new shows are rotated in weekly...

A Classic is Born...on Masterpiece Contemporary

  • By Darwyn Carson
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  • November 7, 2011 11:14 PM
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guest review

With a solid reputation for superior dramas, PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre has undoubtedly been a hard act to follow. Now its close cousin, Masterpiece Contemporary raises the bar tonight with the tightly woven political thriller, Page Eight. Writer-director David Hare (the playwright perhaps best known in the States for his screenplays The Hours and The Reader) has culled together a terrific cast of players led by Bill Nighy that includes Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Judy Davis, Felicity Jones, and Rachel Weisz.

A traditional spy drama, taut with suspense, Page Eight almost feels sophisticated in its darkness, with undercurrents of danger lurking in the shadows and veiled threats being made from unexpected quarters, wholly reminiscent of—

A New Show: Maltin On Movies

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • August 5, 2010 9:03 AM
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I’m pleased to announce the debut of a new weekly TV show. After nearly four years of writing and hosting Secret’s Out on ReelzChannel, I am bowing to requests that I cover major Hollywood releases as well as the indies and foreign films I love. The result: Maltin on Movies, which debuts this Friday and repeats several times over the weekend.

Lifelong Memories

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • November 19, 2009 12:51 AM
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The August 11th ceremony to launch the U.S. Postal Service’s “TV’s Earliest Memories” stamps was well-attended by Hollywood veterans and fans alike. (see my Journal entry above) I confess, I lose all journalistic professionalism when I see someone like David Nelson. After all, my generation grew up with his entire family. In fact, Ozzie and Harriet’s names have become synonymous with the period in which they flourished. It also seems to me that as the years go on he looks more and more like his late father Ozzie. He’s posing here with two of his brother Ricky’s children, Tracy and Sam. It’s nice to see them all participating in a program like this that perpetuates the memory of their real-life family.