The Sopranos (tv program)

'How I Met Your Mother' finally reveals the mother [Spoiler alert]

2013-05-14 12:44:00

It's taken eight seasons, but "How I Met Your Mother" finally delivered on Monday night its essential promise: the identity of "the Mother" was revealed. For those who don't want to know, turn away here. On the show's eighth season finale, the...

Time Warner CEO downplays idea of offering HBO Go as stand-alone

2013-05-01 09:20:00

Don't count on being able to subscribe to Time Warner's HBO as a stand-alone service anytime soon. Speaking to analysts on an earnings call for its first-quarter results, Time Warner Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes threw cold water on the idea that it might...

TV review: 'House of Cards' is deliciously spiteful

2013-02-01 05:00:00

For those who follow the Gospel According to Netflix, Friday is the day the world changes, instantly and forever. The day when viewers, too long oppressed by commercials, cliffhangers and increasingly erratic scheduling dictated by greedy network...

Tony Lip dies at 82; character actor known for mob roles

2013-01-07 00:00:00

Tony Lip, 82, a veteran character actor known for playing mob roles on "The Sopranos" television show and in films, died Friday at a hospital in Teaneck, N.J. Family members told New Jersey's Record newspaper that Lip, a resident of Paramus, N.J., had...

Review: 'Not Fade Away' grooves on '60s in coming-of-age drama

2012-12-20 13:24:00

It's with David Chase's much-honored individualism in mind that one should best approach — and best enjoy — his first feature film as a writer-director, the wonderfully immersive and evocative "Not Fade Away." Despite the nostalgia-drenched...

Lots of talk about guns and violence but not a lot of nuance

2012-12-19 09:41:00

Since the tragic events that took place Friday in Newtown, Conn., the national conversation has largely been dominated by talk about how� to prevent future mass shootings. Liberals -- and an increasing number people in the middle -- have called for...

Getting the music right on 'Not Fade Away'

2012-11-03 12:12:00

Steven Van Zandt's gig on "Not Fade Away" began with a disappointment. The first feature from "Sopranos" creator David Chase, the film follows a group of New Jersey high-school kids as they put together a garage band in the wake of the British Invasion....

Daum: Confessions of a TV couch potato

2012-07-19 00:00:00

I recently attended a lecture by a distinguished man of letters. A poet, novelist, playwright and literary critic, this man also edits journals, directs literary festivals, collaborates on documentary projects, teaches full time at a university and is...

Critic's Notebook: For Oscar, ratings are overrated

2012-02-26 13:45:00

It's that most wonderful time of year, Oscar season, when all the film writers spend their time dissecting or championing the various nominees while the TV reporters reach for grim boilerplate bemoaning the telecast's ratings. Which, despite the obvious...

Critic's Notebook: The side effects of binge television

2012-01-15 00:00:00

Steven Van Zandt goes from 'The Sopranos' to 'Lilyhammer'

2012-01-03 16:36:48

HBO dominates the Emmy nominations

2011-07-14 07:25:00

Premium pay channel HBO dominated the nominations Thursday for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards, earning a stunning 104 nods, including honors for its two freshman series, "Game of Thrones" and "Boardwalk Empire," as well as the acclaimed miniseries...

Somewhere in the TV time continuum between "The Sopranos" and "Mob Wives," there was "Growing Up Gotti" -- an AE reality show that brought cameras into Victoria Gotti's (daughter of John) Long Island home.

2012-08-08 17:00:35

Speaking of AMC, how visceral and crushingly dark are parts of "Breaking Bad"? How bloody is "Game of Thrones" and "Sons of Anarchy"? By the 34th throat-slit on Season 2 of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" (pictured), it was clear there's a new standard of TV violence this year.

2011-12-20 14:40:00

set left us scratching our heads. Is it supposed to evoke a winter wonderland? Spider webs?

2011-06-05 18:53:42