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‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Review: Paul Reubens Explores Pee-wee Herman, and His Own Identity…
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Movies
‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ Review: Latest Ukraine Doc From ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ Helmer Packs a Visceral, Existential Punch
Mstyslav Chernov returns to Sundance with a new story of the Ukrainian counteroffensive and the slow, deadly effort to liberate a tiny village.
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Critic’s Notebook: By Turns Predictable and Unhinged, Inauguration Tells a Tale of Two Trumps
The 2025 inauguration of Donald Trump featured a Comic-Con-esque official speech, followed by a longer, less filtered address to supporters.
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TV
‘The Hunting Party’ Review: NBC’s Serial Killer Procedural Is a Deadly Bore
Generic serial killers escape from a generic supermax prison and are pursued by a generic team of investigators in this drama starring Melissa Roxburgh.
TV’s Current Craze Is The Comedic Weepie
From ‘Somebody Somewhere’ to ‘A Man On The Inside,’ laughing while crying is the trend this season.
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‘No Good Deed’ Review: Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano Bring Humor and Pathos to Netflix’s Chaotic Comic Mystery
Creator Liz Feldman returns to her 'Dead to Me' bag of tricks for the twist-filled story of a couple navigating grief, a failing marriage and the brutal challenges of the Los Angeles real estate market.
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‘Dream Productions’ Review: Disney+’s ‘Inside Out’ Spinoff Won’t Stir Big Emotions
Set between the two Pixar movies and featuring the voices of Maya Rudolph and Paula Pell, the animated series follows the goings-on at the studio responsible for crafting Riley's reveries.
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‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Review: Netflix’s Gorgeous, Ambitious Adaptation Captures Some of the Novel’s Magic
Based on Gabriel García Márquez's 1967 masterpiece, the Colombian drama follows several generations of the Buendía family and the fictional town of Macondo.
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‘The Sticky’ Review: Margo Martindale Anchors Amazon’s Watered-Down Maple Syrup Heist Comedy
Chris Diamantopoulos also stars in the Blumhouse-produced series, loosely inspired by a multimillion-dollar theft that took place in Quebec between 2011 and 2012.
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‘Black Doves’ Review: Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw Shine in Netflix’s Darkly Festive Spy Thriller
A group of operatives working for private espionage organizations attempt to prevent an international incident around the holidays, in a six-episode drama created by Joe Barton ('Giri/Haji').
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‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ Review: Jude Law in Disney+’s Charmingly Amblin-esque Adventure
Co-created by Jon Watts ('Spider-Man: No Way Home'), the family-friendly series follows four youths on an unexpected space adventure through a certain galaxy far, far away.
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‘The Madness’ Review: Colman Domingo Achieves Stratospheric New Levels of Cool in Netflix’s Otherwise Bland Conspiracy Thriller
The 'Euphoria' Emmy winner plays a television pundit whose proximity to the death of a high-profile white supremacist leads to wrongful accusations and an unraveling plot.
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‘The Agency’ Review: Michael Fassbender Leads a Stellar Cast in Paramount+ with Showtime’s Promising but Disjointed Spy Thriller
Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith and Richard Gere also star in the drama created by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth, which looks at the world of international espionage through the London CIA station.
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‘A Man on the Inside’ Review: Ted Danson Earns Laughter and Tears in Mike Schur’s Nursing-Home Comedy for Netflix
Based on the Oscar-nominated 2020 documentary 'The Mole Agent,' the series centers on a widower who goes undercover in a retirement community to catch a thief.
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‘Cruel Intentions’ Review: Amazon Remake Dishes Out Liaisons Too Sizzle-Free to Feel Dangerous
The updated take on Roger Kumble's 1999 film (itself a modernized adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 18th century novel) moves the scheming and sexual hijinks to an elite D.C.-area university.
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‘Get Millie Black’ Review: HBO’s Jamaica-Set Crime Drama Puts a Sharp, Vivid Spin on Familiar Tropes
The first series from Booker-winning author Marlon James ('A Brief History of Seven Killings') stars Tamara Lawrance as a former Scotland Yard officer looking for a missing girl in Kingston.
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‘Leonardo da Vinci’ Review: Ken Burns Steps Outside His Comfort Zone for His Latest PBS Docuseries, With Fascinating Results
The two-parter explores the life and legacy of the 'Mona Lisa' artist and boundary-breaking polymath, with insights from scholars, experts and enthusiasts including filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.
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‘Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse’ Review: The ‘Maus’ Author Tells His Story Again in an Engaging but Too-Familiar New Doc
Debuting at DOC NYC ahead of its eventual PBS 'American Masters' release, the documentary traces the biography, work and influence of the underground comics legend.
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‘Landman’ Review: At Least Taylor Sheridan’s Mediocre Paramount+ Soap Gives Billy Bob Thornton Plenty of Fuel
Jon Hamm, Demi Moore and Ali Larter also star in the West Texas-set drama about a corporate fixer navigating the booms and busts of the oil industry.
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‘Cross’ Review: Aldis Hodge Elevates Amazon’s Otherwise By-The-Book James Patterson Drama
A tenacious but troubled Washington, D.C. police detective investigates a serial killing spree that may or may not be connected to a case from his own past.
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