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‘American Horror Story: Delicate’ Review: Season Starring Kim Kardashian and Emma Roberts Gets off to a Strangely Subdued Start
The latest season of the anthology — and the first not to have Ryan Murphy as showrunner — centers on an actress beset by unsettling events while trying to conceive via IVF.
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‘The Continental: From the World of John Wick’ Review: Mel Gibson Sours an Otherwise Serviceable Spinoff
The star plays the villain in a prequel spinoff chronicling the rise of Winston Scott (Colin Woodell), future hotelier to elite assassins, through the criminal underground of 1970s New York.
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‘Wilderness’ Review: Amazon Adultery Thriller Is Somehow Too Junky and Not Junky Enough
Jenna Coleman and Oliver Jackson-Cohen play a couple whose marriage and road trip go astray because of infidelity and a ubiquitous Taylor Swift song.
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‘The Morning Show’ Review: Jon Hamm Joins the Watchably Stupid Apple TV+ Soap for a Slightly Less Stupid, Still Watchable Season 3
Nicole Beharie also appears alongside Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Billy Crudup and the rest of the company in the new season of the drama.
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‘The Other Black Girl’ Review: Hulu’s Wildly Entertaining Satirical Look at the Publishing World
The adaptation of Zakiya Dalila Harris' novel follows an aspiring editor who's thrilled to no longer be the only Black woman at work after a new co-worker arrives — until odd things begin to occur.
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‘All the Light We Cannot See’ Review: A Clumsy Netflix Adaptation of Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer-Winning World War II Novel
Premiering at the Toronto Film Festival, Steven Knight and Shawn Levy's series — featuring Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Laurie — tells a story of hope, radio and the electromagnetic spectrum.
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‘Dreaming Whilst Black’ Review: Showtime’s Sharp and Winning British Showbiz Comedy
The series centers on an aspiring filmmaker (Adjani Salmon) trying to make it in a notoriously difficult industry while navigating issues of race, class, family and romance.
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‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ Review: Fun, French-Flavored Spinoff Series Showcases Zombie Life in the City of Lights
Norman Reedus' gruff, motorcycle-loving loner makes friends with a mysterious nun and a messianic child in the latest entry of the 'Walking Dead' franchise.
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‘The Changeling’ Review: LaKeith Stanfield in a Muddled Apple TV+ Mystery
The actor plays a father taking a journey across New York City in search of answers about his family in this adaptation of Victor LaValle's novel.
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‘One Piece’ Review: Netflix’s Live-Action Manga Adaptation Is a Delight
The series centers on a young, superpowered pirate captain who dreams of finding the ultimate treasure.
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Critic’s Appreciation: Bob Barker Was the Patron Saint of Sick Days
For nearly 6,000 episodes of 'The Price Is Right,' from 1972 to 2007, Barker guided generations of viewers through their mornings with empathy, wry exasperation and the chance to win a new car.
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Critic’s Notebook: A Frustrating ‘And Just Like That’ Finale Concludes a Sophomore Slump
The uneven second season of the HBO Max series ended with a disappointing cameo and a dark outlook on life.
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Critic’s Notebook: ‘Killing It’ Season 2 Is a Savage and Hilarious Dissection of Our Dog-Eat-Dog World
Few current series are sharper or funnier about our modern capitalist dystopia than Peacock's comedy starring Craig Robinson.
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‘Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity’ Review: Amazon’s Docuseries Aims Beyond Formula to Hit the High Notes
The three-part portrait explores the life and music of the revered and influential saxophonist, who died in March.
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‘Ahsoka’ Review: Disney+’s Fluffy New ‘Star Wars’ Series Starring Rosario Dawson Is the Anti-‘Andor’
The actress is joined by Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and the late Ray Stevenson in a show about the titular former Jedi.
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‘Depp v. Heard’ Review: Netflix Docuseries Is an Exercise in Futility
Emma Cooper's three-part docuseries tackles Johnny Depp's Virginia defamation case against Amber Heard and the social media circus that accompanied the trial.
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