Widely panned by critics and liked a lot more by audiences is the new Netflix film, Hillbilly Elegy, brought to the screen by director and producer Ron Howard. Based on the eponymous book by J.D. Vance, this is a familiar story of rising above the ranks and trying to make it out of a very
April Neale
April Neale is an entertainment writer and television critic. Neale is a member of the Television Critics' Association (TCA), The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ), Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA) and Critics' Choice Awards - Film and Television (CCA). Neale has read her original work both on NPR and 'Spoken Interludes', and has previously worked at industry trade Below The Line.
On this Sunday’s next episode of Alaska: The Last Frontier on Discovery, a large metal wood stove is a cherished new appliance purchase, and because of how remote the Kilcher family are located it must be airlifted to their home by helicopter. Problem is, sway and the natural momentum of such a heavy item in
On the next episode of Gold Rush: White Water, Dustin Hurt is using Carlos Minor once again in a death-defying physical feat designed to free up a pathway to get to some gold. Problem is, it means Carlos will be dangling about 80 feet from a raging waterfall where the water is just above freezing
This Thanksgiving, The National Dog Show will air on NBC, now in its 19th year. NBC has televised the event after the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade since 2002. John O’Hurley and David Frei will reprise their roles as hosts, having co-hosted together since the National Dog Show first aired. The event was filmed prior in
One of the more enjoyable slices of life brought to you from the hill country is Moonshiners on Discovery. The two men featured in TV Shows Ace exclusive clip are Mark Ramsey and Digger Manes, business partners and stars of the series. Fans know that Mark and Digger have an awesome distillery in Gatlinburg, Tennessee
On the next Gold Rush for Discovery, Parker Schnabel has expanded his crew and we will watch a very expensive piece of equipment get sucked into the mud. Parker’s cumbersome beast “sluicifer” plant is being pulled by another piece of equipment. In TV Shows Ace exclusive clip we see Parker still at the Promised Land
Netflix has a secret weapon in the fight against despair and gloom this holiday season. The fourth season of Somebody Feed Phil continues the world travels of the irrepressible Phil Rosenthal. a macher and a shaker in the TV world as his brother Rich, dad Max, wife and son are neatly folded into the guerilla-styled
Sam Sheridan has seen things. He wants to take you down the rabbit hole to creepy macabre-land in a new docuseries, Atlas of Cursed Places. Sheridan’s career of chasing the hard-to-get story as a writer and explorer has come full circle as we get a front row seat to the cursed, inexplicable and downright odd
Today Animal Planet announced the three-hour television special, Walking With Elephants, which follows the endangered mammals journey to the Okavango Delta in Botswana for its source of food. The African elephant is the largest land animal on the planet. Botswana is home to the world’s largest elephant population, and explorer and conservationist Levinson Wood embeds
Netflix has released a quirky six parter called We Are The Champions that celebrates the off-the-beaten path to glory and bragging rights for folks who are drawn to unusual pastimes, from eating hot chillies to styling absurd hairdos to dancing dogs. But the Gloucestershire township of Brockworth’s cheese rolling documentary truly stands alone. The English