Ken Tucker

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11/12/2015 at 10:00 a.m.

The Best High-School Show of the Past 30 Years, Round Three: Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. Friday Night Lights

Which will prevail in our second semifinal matchup — the show set on the gridiron, or the one set on the Hellmouth?

3/11/2013 at 12:32 p.m.

The Best Sitcom of the Past 30 Years, Quarterfinals: Friends vs. Roseanne

Ken Tucker considers it the battle of the Unruly Masterpiece versus the Well-Wrought Masterpiece.

3/9/2013 at 9:37 a.m.

The Top Ten of 2004

3/9/2013 at 9:37 a.m.

The Big Picture

Oliver Stone’s ambition pays off in this lusty historical epic, full of elephants and eye contact.

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3/9/2013 at 9:31 a.m.

Emperor of the Air

Martin Scorsese regains his form with the Howard Hughes biopic–Leo DiCaprio vehicle The Aviator.

3/9/2013 at 9:29 a.m.

Single Mom/Sane Teen

3/9/2013 at 9:27 a.m.

Dr. Kinsey, I Presume?

In this nuanced biopic, Liam Neeson shows us the pathos inside the sex researcher.

3/9/2013 at 9:27 a.m.

Finding Neverland

3/9/2013 at 9:26 a.m.

Animate This

The latest triumph from Pixar: a buoyant, heartfelt, hilarious superhero action-comedy.

3/9/2013 at 9:22 a.m.

You Can’t Be Serious!

Jon Stewart wants to treat politics as a joke—and still teach us a civics lesson. He can’t have it both ways.

3/9/2013 at 9:22 a.m.

Bio Hazards

Jamie Foxx’s brilliant performance as Ray Charles rips right through this otherwise unremarkable biopic.

3/9/2013 at 9:21 a.m.

Sidekick: Michael Richards

3/9/2013 at 9:16 a.m.

Half-Baked Dozen

Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney return in Ocean’s Twelve, a sequel so ﬁzzy it nearly ﬁzzles out.

3/9/2013 at 9:14 a.m.

Original Cynics

In Mike Nichols’s smart, sexy Closer, beautiful people get their hearts smashed into tiny bits.

3/9/2013 at 9:11 a.m.

Liberals Learned to Scream as Loudly as Conservatives.

If you can’t beat ’em, shout back at ’em.

3/9/2013 at 9:11 a.m.

The Life Examined with Wes Anderson

What did the idiosyncratic director do with his first full-size budget? He put Bill Murray into a father-figure role, and gave him a speargun.

3/9/2013 at 9:10 a.m.

DVDs Saved the Comedy Star.

Dave Chappelle blew up and got rich—but not because of his ratings.

3/9/2013 at 9:07 a.m.

Up, Up, and Away

Rufus Wainwright breaks out of his emotional straitjacket and finds a whole new range of expression.

3/9/2013 at 9:06 a.m.

Boys 2 Men

In Almodóvar’s poignant new drama, gender twists like a corkscrew and ﬁrst love lasts forever.

3/7/2013 at 7:57 p.m.