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WHAT'S PLAYING ON
TELEVISION THIS WEEK?
Information is provided by the Catholic News Service
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Tuesday |
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Tuesday, July
27, 9-10 p.m. EDT (Fox)
"MasterChef."
Premiere of a new series
following famed chef Gordon
Ramsay's nationwide search for
the best home cooks in America.
Joining Ramsay on the judging
panel to evaluate participants
are restaurateur and winemaker
Joe Bastianich and Graham
Elliot, the youngest four-star
chef in the United States. In
this episode, amateur cooks
present their signature dishes
to the three judges, hoping to
be awarded the MasterChef apron,
which guarantees them a spot in
the next round of competition.
Tuesday, July
27, 10-11 p.m. EDT (PBS)
"Presumed Guilty." Filmmaker
Geoffrey Smith's documentary
tells the story of two young
lawyers and their struggle to
free a man wrongfully convicted
of murder in Mexico City. Part
of the series "P.O.V."
(TV-PG --
parental guidance suggested). |
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Wednesday |
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Wednesday,
July 28, 6:30-7 p.m. EDT (EWTN)
"Dominican Sisters of
Hawthorne." This documentary
examines the history of the
Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne
established by Rose Hawthorne
Lathrop, daughter of famous
American author Nathaniel
Hawthorne. Rose became a
Catholic and founded the
Hawthorne Dominican Sisters, the
first to provide hospice care
and spiritual ministry for those
diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Wednesday,
July 28, 8-9:30 p.m. EDT (PBS)
"Paul McCartney in Performance
at the White House."
This
celebration in honor of Sir Paul
McCartney's receipt of the
Library of Congress Gershwin
Prize for Popular Song includes
performances by McCartney,
Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello,
the Jonas Brothers, Herbie
Hancock, Emmylou Harris, Corinne
Bailey Rae, Dave Grohl, Faith
Hill, Lang Lang and Jack White,
with remarks by Jerry Seinfeld
(TV-G -- general audience).
Wednesday,
July 28, 10-11 p.m. EDT (EWTN)
"Demographic Bomb: Demography Is
Destiny." An assessment of
global coercion shows how
population control programs have
violated human rights around the
world, and created a profound
imbalance in the world's
economy.
Wednesday,
July 28, 8-10 p.m. EDT (TCM)
"Yesterday's Enemy" (1959).
While sloughing through the
Burmese jungle in 1942, a squad
of British soldiers (led by
Stanley Baker) execute some
villagers to get information
about the Japanese invaders,
then ironically face the same
treatment when captured by the
Japanese. Directed by Val Guest,
the tough-minded World War II
drama effectively raises moral
questions about military
expediency and basic human
rights. Much tension amid
wartime violence. The Catholic
News Service classification of
the theatrical version was A-III
-- adults. Not rated by the
Motion Picture Association of
America. |
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Thursday |
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Friday |
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Friday, July 30,
8 p.m.-midnight
EDT (AMC) "JFK"
(1991). Choppy
dramatization chronicles the
efforts of New Orleans District
Attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin
Costner) to refute the Warren
Commission's conclusion that Lee
Harvey Oswald (Gary Oldman) was
the sole assassin of President
John F. Kennedy and instead
charges conspiracy at the
highest levels of government by
bringing to trial a local gay
businessman (Tommy Lee Jones)
with alleged CIA connections.
Director Oliver Stone freely
mixes fact with speculation to
validate Garrison's views in a
long, unwieldy movie that is
dramatically persuasive in
reconstructing its version of
events. Brief but recurring
shots of violence including
staged and documentary footage
of the assassination and
subsequent autopsy, fleeting
scene of a homosexual party and
intermittent rough language. The
Catholic News Service
classification of the theatrical
version was A-III -- adults. The
Motion Picture Association of
America rating was R --
restricted. Under 17 requires
accompanying parent or adult
guardian. |
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Saturday, July
31, 8-9:30 p.m. EDT (TCM)
"Bad
Day at Black Rock" (1955).
Morality tale in the form of a
tense thriller set in a small
Western town whose residents are
forced to face their guilty past
when a one-armed stranger
(Spencer Tracy) arrives in 1945
asking for the whereabouts of a
Japanese-American farmer.
Director John Sturges gets much
suspense from the uneven odds
against the lone, handicapped
outsider confronted by
increasingly hostile locals
(Robert Ryan, Lee Marvin and
Ernest Borgnine). Growing menace
and brief but painfully
effective violence. The Catholic
News Service classification of
the theatrical version was A-II
-- adults and adolescents. Not
rated by the Motion Picture
Association of America.
Saturday, July
31, 8-10 p.m. EDT (check local
listings) (PBS)
"Aretha Franklin
Presents: Soul Rewind (My
Music)." The queen of soul,
Aretha Franklin, presents a
collection of rare performances
by R&B performers of the classic
1960s-70s soul era (TV-G --
general audience).
Saturday, July
31, 9-11 p.m. EDT (ABC)
"Flightplan"
(2005). Smartly crafted Hitchcockian thriller set aboard
a jumbo jet en route from Berlin
to New York in which a recently
widowed passenger (Jodie Foster)
questions her sanity as she
desperately searches for her
young daughter who mysteriously
disappeared midflight, leaving
no trace she was ever on board.
Directed by Robert Schwentke
with a top-flight performance by
Foster, the tautly paced
nail-biter maintains a
high-suspense altitude, though
the script experiences
increasing turbulence in its
story logic and plausibility
leading to a more conventional
action climax. Several intense
sequences, some violence
including the bad guy meeting a
fiery end, minimal crude
language and profanity. The
Catholic News Service
classification of the theatrical
version was A-III -- adults. The
Motion Picture Association of
America rating is PG-13 --
parents strongly cautioned. Some
material may be inappropriate
for children under 13.
Saturday, July
31, 10-11:30 p.m. EDT (Cinemax)
"9"
(2009). Artistically
accomplished but intellectually
problematic animated fantasy in
which the doll-like titular
creature (voice of Elijah Wood)
leads a band of similar beings
(voiced by, among others,
Christopher Plummer, Martin
Landau, John C. Reilly and
Jennifer Connelly) -- each also
identified by a number -- as
they battle giant mechanical
monsters amid the ruins of a
post-apocalyptic world. Director
Shane Acker's feature debut, an
expansion of his 2004 short of
the same title, implicitly
contrasts a naysaying version of
religious faith with
enlightening science, a false
dichotomy that, despite some
eventual modifications, requires
mature deliberation by
spiritually well-grounded
viewers. Complex religious
themes, moderate action violence
and frequent menace. The
Catholic News Service
classification of the theatrical
version was L -- limited adult
audience, films whose
problematic content many adults
would find troubling. The Motion
Picture Association of America
rating was PG-13 -- parents
strongly cautioned. Some
material may be inappropriate
for children under 13.
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Sunday,
Aug. 1, 6-8 p.m. EDT
(AMC)
"Charlie Wilson's War"
(2007). Adept, sophisticated
political drama, based on real
events, recounting how an
obscure, high-living Texas
congressman (Tom Hanks) united
with a wealthy, ostensibly pious
political supporter (Julia
Roberts) and a gifted but
volatile CIA agent (Philip
Seymour Hoffman) to defeat the
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Director Mike Nichols'
rollicking film revels in the
comic divide between its central
character's disreputable
lifestyle, which is portrayed at
times quite graphically, and his
historic achievement, with
perhaps an invitation to excuse
or even celebrate the one in
light of the other. Sustained
upper female and rear nudity,
implied nonmarital sex, drug
use, sexual humor, irreverent
dialogue, pervasive rough and
some crude and crass language,
and scenes of wounded children.
The Catholic News Service
classification of the theatrical
version was A-III -- adults. The
Motion Picture Association of
America rating was R --
restricted. Under 17 requires
accompanying parent or adult
guardian.
Sunday,
Aug. 1, 9-10 p.m. EDT
(Discovery)
"Ultimate Air Jaws."
Kicking off this year's edition
of the Discovery Channel's
popular "Shark Week" series of
programs, this special features
an investigation into the
airborne attacks great white
sharks are capable of launching
as they pursue their seal prey
in the waters off South Africa.
Sunday,
Aug. 1, 9-11 p.m. EDT
(National Geographic)
"Inside the Iraq War."
Woven together with testimonials
from dozens of Iraq war
veterans, video shot by troops
themselves, news footage from
embedded journalists and
battlefield photos, this special
provides an in-depth look at the
grim reality of the last six
years inside the Iraq War.
Sunday,
Aug. 1, 10-11 p.m.
EDT (check local listings) (PBS)
"Max
Raabe & Palast Orchestra:
Tonight or Never."
Baritone Raabe and the orchestra
he founded in 1986 -- to embody
the high style and musical glory
of the 1920s and '30s with a
repertoire of German and
American standards -- present
highlights from their show "Heute
Nacht Oder Nie" ("Tonight or
Never"), recorded live at
Berlin's historic Admiralspalast
(TV-G -- general audience).
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