Screen gems: What’s ahead in movies and on TV for the week of July 7

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Television Review

Big names stud tension-filled crime drama

Ray Donovan. 10 p.m. Sunday. Showtime.

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Ann Biderman, the mind behind Showtime’s ‘Ray Donovan’

Ray Donovan, Showtime’s new drama about a Hollywood private eye, is the sort of show in which a macho action-movie star about to be ruined by box-office-busting revelations of homosexuality saves himself by (falsely) claiming to have just awakened in a hotel room beside a (real) dead girl after a night-long orgy of cocaine and sex. That’s all in the first five minutes, by the way. So you’re wondering, who thinks of this stuff? Well, one of us, of course.

Screen gems: What’s ahead in movies and on TV for the week of June 23

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Television review

Promising pilot suggests CBS’ ‘Dome’ could live up to Stephen King’s novel

‘Under The Dome.’ 10-11 p.m. Monday. WFOR-CBS 4.

Television Review: ‘Vice.’ 11-11:30 p.m. Friday. HBO

In revealing report, ‘Vice’ reporters make virtue of North Korean control

‘Vice.’ 11-11:30 p.m. Friday. HBO.

Screen gems: What’s ahead in movies and on TV for the week of June 9

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‘Magic City,’ Mitch Glazer’s ode to Miami Beach, returns Friday on Starz

Mitch Glazer and half a dozen of his buddies were sitting in a booth at Wolfie’s Restaurant in Miami Beach one afternoon in the late 1960s, chattering and laughing and generally being teenage loudmouths, when a waitress walked over to ask them to keep it down. They did, for a moment, but soon the volume dialed back up. The waitress returned. Nodding to a white-haired man a few tables away, she amended her request: “Mr. Lansky would appreciate it if you could be a little quieter.”

Television reviews

‘Graceland,’ ‘In the Flesh’ make compelling fare of familiar premises

‘Graceland.’ 10-11 p.m. Thursday. USA Network.‘In The Flesh.’ 10-11 p.m. Thursday. BBC America.

Screen gems: What’s ahead in movies and on TV for the week of June 2

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Screen gems: What’s ahead in movies and on TV for the week of May 26

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Television review

Cross-dressing Cuban woman who fought for Confederacy a rebel in more ways than one

‘Voces: Rebel.’ 10-11 p.m. Friday. WPBT-PBS 2.

History

Final book in World War II trilogy grim, depressing — and a terrific read

The third book in Rick Atkinson’s World War II trilogy is grim, depressing and a terrific read.

Screen gems: What’s ahead in movies and on TV for the week of May 5

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Television review

HBO’s ‘Manhunt’: Three cheers for torture

Manhunt: The Inside Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden. 8-10 p.m. Wednesday. HBO.

Screen gems: What’s ahead in movies and on TV for the week of April 28

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Screen gems: What’s ahead in movies and on TV for the week of April 21

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Television Commentary

‘Burger Land’ turns focus on Miami’s best Latin burgers

When I visited Paris, my girlfriend spent the whole flight chattering about Coquilles St. Jacques and goat-cheese tarts and escargot. Except to annoy her by interjecting “You mean snails?” every time she mentioned the escargot, I mostly kept quiet. My first meal was going to be at the McDonald’s on the Champs-Elysees, where I wanted to check out a report that Le Big Mac was stuffed with foie gras. (It wasn’t. Damn Internet.) I like gourmet food, but nothing beats eating a cow. At heart, I’m a burger guy.

Screen gems: What’s ahead in movies and on TV for the week of April 14

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