Right up there with Lennon's Lost Weekend.
Dan goes back in time to uncancel his show.
A week that will culminate, no doubt, in a state of Nirvana.
Nope, not the Steven Spielberg TV movie. It's a game show that will pit 24 players against one another for six nights, with one winner taking home a million dollars. The contestants will answer trivia questions and challenge one another to one-on-one duels every night this week, and the winner will be announced Sunday. Mike Greenberg (left), a commentator from ESPN, will host.
Or, "The Redemption of Serena."
Molly Picon!
Based on the true story of how an aimless Irish kid and his family are railroaded by the British justice system. Pete Postlethwaite is heartbreaking as the father, and Emma Thompson rings true as the lawyer who reverses the injustice. But director Jim Sheridan and Daniel Day-Lewis (above) are the big guns here, working with complete trust to present the freest, fiercest, most exposed performance of Day-Lewis's career. (R; runs through Jan. 10 )
