Marwencol presents initially as your typical Independent Lens documentary feature, a bittersweet meditation on the strength of the human spirit that, while informative, doesn’t maintain good boundaries with the twee. But this film, about Mark …

The Movie: Taps
The Crush Object: Timothy Hutton
The Story: Brian Moreland (Hutton), a rising senior at Bunker Hill Military Academy, has just gotten a promotion to head cadet; he even got to sip brandy and shoot …

Remember, we go live at 9 PM ET tonight — Wednesday 4 May — with a Q&A with author Jennifer L. Pozner. Bring questions, comments, and critiques of Chris Harrison!
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I lost track of Duel of the Iron Fist‘s plot about halfway through; I understood that Tuberculosis Guy had betrayed the hero, but only because the shot set-ups made it obvious from the moment he …

So sorry for the delay in announcing our next book, but we’ll be reading Jennifer L. Pozner’s Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth about Guilty Pleasure TV. It’s available in paperback, as well as for …

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Couch Baron and I mark the end of another nailbiter of a RPDR season with a live chat Monday, April 25 at 10 PM ET. Don’t forget, DirecTV subscribers can watch it on time shift, …

Kiefer Sutherland and Brian Cox appeared on The Leonard Lopate Show last month to discuss the play, and I’d forgotten about all the subplots in the production — among them that Jason Patric’s father wrote …