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‘I Love LA’ Review: Rachel Sennott’s Fitfully Endearing, Frequently Exhausting HBO Comedy
The 'Bottoms' cowriter created and stars in a half-hour series centered around a 20something talent manager who takes on her influencer best friend as a new client.
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‘Down Cemetery Road’ Review: Emma Thompson Shines as a Razor-Tongued Gumshoe in an Apple TV Drama with ‘Slow Horses’ Vibes (if Not ‘Slow Horses’ Consistency)
Based on the novel by Mick Herron, the series features Thompson and Ruth Wilson as women unraveling a conspiracy and seeking a missing girl.
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‘Talamasca: The Secret Order’ Review: AMC’s New ‘Interview With the Vampire’ Spinoff Fails to Cast a Consistent Spell
William Fichtner and Elizabeth McGovern star in the supernatural spy thriller created by John Lee Hancock, about an ancient organization monitoring otherworldly threats.
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‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Review: HBO’s ‘It’ Prequel Series Is More Warmed-Over Rehash Than Original Frightfest
Andy Muschietti follows his two-part big-screen adaptation of the Stephen King novel with an eight-episode show set in 1962.
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‘Nobody Wants This’ Season 2 Review: Adam Brody and Kristen Bell’s Netflix Rabbinical Rom-Com Loses Some of Its Charm
The lead characters face many of the same interfaith relationship dilemmas, as Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan take over as showrunners.
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‘Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy’ Review: Peacock’s Thoughtful Limited Series Is a Refreshing Corrective to Ryan Murphy-Style Sensationalism
Patrick Macmanus' miniseries features Michael Chernus as the serial killer who murdered and raped dozens of young men in 1970s Chicago.
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‘Murdaugh: Death in the Family’ Review: Jason Clarke and Patricia Arquette in Hulu’s Latest Persuasive, if Unrevealing, True Crime Offering
The miniseries dramatizes the events around the 2021 double homicide of a mother and son from a wealthy South Carolina clan.
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‘DMV’ Review: Tim Meadows Is the Best Reason to Watch CBS’ Affable but Uneven Workplace Comedy
Harriet Dyer and Tony Cavalero also star in the new single-cam sitcom about the beleaguered employees of the agency's over-crowded, under-funded East Hollywood branch.
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‘The Chair Company’ Review: Tim Robinson Brings His Delightfully Unhinged Vibe to HBO
Lake Bell also stars in the comedy-thriller about a husband and father who goes down a conspiracy rabbit hole following an embarrassing workplace incident.
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‘The Last Frontier’ Review: Jason Clarke in an Alaska-Set Apple TV+ Western Throwback That Goes From Fun to Tedious in a Hurry
A plane full of inmates — with one special prisoner — goes down in the wilderness, sparking a manhunt, in this 10-episode thriller.
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‘Boots’ Review: Netflix’s Gay Marines Dramedy Is an Odd, Entertaining Mix of Discrimination Exposé and Recruitment Ad
Perhaps Norman Lear's last production credit, the eight-episode adaptation of 'The Pink Marine' features Miles Heizer as a teen learning about himself in basic training.
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‘Red Alert’ Review: Paramount+ Israeli Drama Offers a Taut, Effectively Manipulative Depiction of the October 7 Terror Attacks
Lior Chefetz created and directed the series, which focuses on a handful of stories of tragedy and heroism in the midst of Hamas' attack on Israel.
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‘Mr. Scorsese’ Review: Apple TV+ Docuseries Offers an Entertaining, if Standard, Overview of a Legendary Filmmaker
Premiering at the New York Film Festival, Rebecca Miller's five-hour project traces the 'Raging Bull' director's life and career from priestly aspirations to Oscar-winning greatness.
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‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ Review: Charlie Hunnam Dons Frilly Undergarments and Flesh Masks for Netflix’s Trashy Takedown of True Crime and Those Who Love It
Focusing on the figure who inspired 'Psycho,' 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and more, the latest installment in the anthology series also features Laurie Metcalf and Tom Hollander.
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‘Charlotte’s Web’ Review: Amy Adams and Elijah Wood Lead HBO Max’s Middling Adaptation of a Timeless Kid-Lit Classic
Jean Smart and Cynthia Erivo are also among the starry voice cast of the Sesame Workshop-produced, Guru Studios-animated take on E.B. White's beloved children's story.
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‘Brian and Maggie’ Review: Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter Shine in PBS’ Stephen Frears-Directed Drama About a Pivotal Margaret Thatcher Interview
Frears ('The Queen') helms this two-part miniseries revolving around a 1989 interview of the U.K. prime minister by her onetime friend, broadcast reporter Brian Walden.
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