TV & Movies Reviews
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'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' Takes the Series One Evolutionary Step Backward
The rebooted franchise had distinguished itself from typical blockbuster I.P.s crowding multiplexes — but this new entry is just monkey business as usual
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'Dark Matter' Needs to Exist in an Alt-Universe Not Suffering From Multiverse Fatigue
Apple TV+'s adaptation of a cult sci-fi head-scratcher sends Joel Edgerton down a parallel-worlds rabbit hole that seems familiar. Too familiar, some might say
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John Mulaney's Latest Netflix Special Is Totally Weird, Unnecessary, and Wonderful
There’s no real reason for Everybody’s in L.A., a six-episode live special, to exist but, like its host, it is unpredictable and charming
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'Unfrosted': Jerry Seinfeld's Pop-Tart Comedy Is One Long Boomer Nostalgia Trip
The comedian's directorial debut turns the origin story of a breakfast snack into a manic tribute to his generation's pop culture. Brace for the sugar crash
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'I Saw the TV Glow' Is About to Become Gen-Z's Favorite Cult Movie
Filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun's addition to the midnight-movie canon starts with a shared love of a TV show — and then goes down the fandom rabbit hole
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'Hacks' Is Back, and It's Still One of the Funniest Shows on TV
The third season of Max's critically praised comedy reunites its razor-sharp duo, refuses to rest on its laurels and releases Deborah Vance on the world of late-night television
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'The Contestant' Features a Naked Man Losing His Mind on National TV. It's a Documentary
A mindblowing new doc revisits a Japanese show that broadcast a comedian confined to an apartment while surviving on sweepstakes prizes — and paved the way for modern reality TV
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'The Veil' Lets Elisabeth Moss Kick Ass and Take Names. If Only It Gave Her a Real TV Show
FX series casts the star as a spy with an identity crisis — who happens to be stuck in a TV drama with an even bigger one
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Bon Jovi, Forever Young, Comes Face-to-Face With Mortality in 'Thank You, Good Night'
A four-part Hulu docuseries on a rock & roll legend asks the question: What do you do when the gift that makes you successful begins to fail?
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'Challengers' Is Sex, Tennis and Zendaya in Full Beast Mode, Not in That Order
The 'Euphoria' star dominates this white-hot, disorder-off-the-court love triangle — even when Josh O'Connor turns the movie into his own personal grand slam
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