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‘Poker Face’ Review: Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne’s Peacock Procedural Returns for a…
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‘Étoile’ Review: Amy Sherman-Palladino’s Amazon Ballet Dramedy Pirouettes Gracefully Before Stumbling in the Final Act
Luke Kirby, Charlotte Gainsbourg and standout Lou de Laâge lead the eight-part season set in Paris and New York.
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Critic’s Notebook: The Cancellation of ‘Clean Slate’ Marks the End of Freevee’s Creatively Impressive, Commercially Botched Half-Hour Brand
'Clean Slate' joins 'Primo,' 'High School,' 'Sprung' and more on the scrap heap from Amazon's now-deceased ad-supported platform.
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‘#1 Happy Family USA’ Review: Ramy Youssef’s Coarse, Clever Animated Amazon Comedy Locates Laughs in the Aftermath of 9/11
The 'Ramy' creator and 'South Park' veteran Pam Brady's series looks at a Muslim American family's experience with assimilation, code-switching and xenophobia.
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‘Poker Face’ Review: Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne’s Peacock Procedural Returns for a So-So Season 2
Human Lie Detector Charlie Cale is back, with guest stars including Kumail Nanjiani, Cynthia Erivo, Katie Holmes and John Mulaney.
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‘Étoile’ Review: Amy Sherman-Palladino’s Amazon Ballet Dramedy Pirouettes Gracefully Before Stumbling in the Final Act
Luke Kirby, Charlotte Gainsbourg and standout Lou de Laâge lead the eight-part season set in Paris and New York.
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Critic’s Notebook: The Cancellation of ‘Clean Slate’ Marks the End of Freevee’s Creatively Impressive, Commercially Botched Half-Hour Brand
'Clean Slate' joins 'Primo,' 'High School,' 'Sprung' and more on the scrap heap from Amazon's now-deceased ad-supported platform.
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‘#1 Happy Family USA’ Review: Ramy Youssef’s Coarse, Clever Animated Amazon Comedy Locates Laughs in the Aftermath of 9/11
The 'Ramy' creator and 'South Park' veteran Pam Brady's series looks at a Muslim American family's experience with assimilation, code-switching and xenophobia.
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‘The Dark Money Game’ Review: Alex Gibney’s Two Feature-Length HBO Documentaries Tackle Urgent Issues in Uninspired Ways
'Ohio Confidential' and 'Wealth of the Wicked' will be available on Max if you don't already understand the context and consequences of Citizens United.
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‘Government Cheese’ Review: David Oyelowo in an Apple TV+ Period Comedy That’s All Build-Up, No Follow-Through
Paul Hunter and Aeysha Carr's 10-episode series examines faith and fate with zany nods to the Book of Jonah and plenty of other oddball touches.
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‘The Clubhouse: A Year With the Red Sox’ Review: ‘Cheer’ Director Greg Whiteley Goes to Fenway for Revealing Netflix Docuseries
The 'Last Chance U' and 'Wrestlers' team turns its attention to the 2024 Red Sox for a look into a season of mediocrity.
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Critics’ Conversation: ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 Finale Was a Downer. Was It Also a Series Low Point?
The Thailand-set chapter of Mike White's anthology closed with dramatic deaths and a lot of resolutions in an episode that's probably more rewarding to think about than it was to watch.
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Critic’s Notebook: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and Trump, Reunited
As the sixth and final season lands on Hulu, THR’s chief TV critic reflects on how the dystopian series was shaped by the first Donald Trump presidency — and how it hits differently during the second.
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‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Review: Jon Hamm Anchors an Apple TV+ Crime Dramedy that Plays Things Too Safe
Already renewed for a second season, the Jonathan Tropper-created series follows a hedge fund manager who turns to larceny after losing his job.
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‘MobLand’ Review: Tom Hardy and Pierce Brosnan Offer Mumbly Menace in Derivative Paramount+ Crime Thriller
Guy Ritchie directs the first two episodes of the series co-starring Helen Mirren, in which two rival factions escalate violence to take control of London's criminal underbelly.
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‘Mid-Century Modern’ Review: Nathan Lane and Matt Bomer Lead a Hulu Comedy That’s the Edgiest Sitcom of 1987
'Will & Grace' creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick present a trio of gay friends living in Palm Springs in this show co-starring Nathan Lee Graham and the late Linda Lavin.
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Critics’ Conversation: On That ‘White Lotus’ Bromance and TV’s Incest Obsession
As the Ratliff brothers spiral over their drug-fueled encounter, THR critics dive into the recent wave of small-screen storylines about intra-familial sexual connections.
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‘The Residence’ Review: Uzo Aduba Solves a Murder at 1600 in a Netflix Mystery That Amuses and Exhausts in Equal Measure
Homages abound in Paul William Davies' eight-episode White House-set comic thriller, co-starring Randall Park, Jane Curtin and Ken Marino.
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‘Happy Face’ Review: Dennis Quaid Plays a Serial Killer in a Paramount+ Drama That’s Half-Real, Half-Fictionalized and Entirely Misconceived
Annaleigh Ashford plays a TV makeup artist whose dad is notorious serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson in the eight-episode season.
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‘Starman’ Review: Thoughtful Doc Examines Space Exploration and Life Beyond Earth Through Author Gentry Lee
Director Robert Stone takes a personal look at what a love for space can yield in both reality and fiction.
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