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127 Hours (R, 94 minutes) Danny Boyle puts his spin on the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston, who became trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, […]

If you didnt already know, the point of titling this movie Biutiful is to be poignantly ironic. This foreign-language Oscar nominee, the most promising work yet from poverty-porn aficionado director […]

“The Essentials” Saturday­ 8pm, TCM If you don’t get enough Alec Baldwin in your life via “30 Rock” (and really, who could ever get enough Alec Baldwin?), the gravel-voiced actor […]

In Berlin on business, an American man arrives at his hotel only to discover that he’s left an important briefcase at the airport. Without even telling his wife, he summons […]

“Hall of Game Awards” Friday­ 7pm, Cartoon Network The title for this new awards show is somewhat deceiving. I initially thought it celebrated video or board games, but no, it’s […]

What are you working on right now? Well, I have a project with Hillary Fox, who is a local singer. We play soul and rock and country-type things, and we’ve […]

Mark Wahlberg produces and stars in the true story of Massachusetts pugilist “Irish” Micky Ward, a working-class junior welterweight who went pro in the ’80s with hit-and-miss help from his drug-addled half-brother Dicky Eklund—played with riveting, movie-stealing immediacy by Christian Bale.

“Jeopardy” Tuesday–Wednesday­ 7:30pm, NBC29 The eggheads at IBM decided to build a computer that can answer questions with the speed, accuracy and confidence of a human. Because they’ve apparently never […]

What are you working on right now? A number of things. I just finished a radio piece with Jesse Dukes and Greg Kelly called “Bond Fire,” which we presented at […]

“Mixed Signals” Tuesday 9:30pm, Fox Another international export, this new comedy is an American translation of the Israeli series “Ramzor.” (Doesn’t the original title make you think of some badass […]