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‘A Thousand Blows’ Review: Steven Knight’s Hulu Boxing Drama Blends Genres to Entertaining if Conventional Effect
Malachi Kirby, Stephen Graham and Erin Doherty lead the ensemble of the six-episode drama, which already has more hours in store.
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‘Good Cop/Bad Cop’ Review: Leighton Meester Headlines The CW’s Charmingly Breezy Police Procedural
The hour-long dramedy centers around a brother-sister detective duo solving crimes with their police-chief father in a small town in the Pacific Northwest.
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‘Win or Lose’ Review: Pixar’s Disney+ Series Should Have Been a Home Run
Each of the eight episodes focuses on a different character's perspective in the week leading up to the championship game for an adolescent softball league.
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‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’ Review: Jacob Elordi in Justin Kurzel’s Haunting Contemplation of the Losses of Love and War
Adapted from the novel and co-starring Ciarán Hinds and Odessa Young, the five-part limited series examines the harrowing experiences of an Australian Army medical officer during World War II and four decades later.
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‘Yellowjackets’ Review: Showtime Hit Struggles to Find Its Footing in Intriguing but Wobbly Season 3
The drama finds now-grown survivors dealing with the aftermath of Natalie's death in the 2020s while, in the 1990s, their stranded teenage selves enjoy the relative ease of summer.
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‘The White Lotus’ Review: Scathingly Good Acting Helps Rescue Thailand-Set Season 3 of Mike White’s HBO Series From Fatigue
Walton Goggins, Parker Posey, Carrie Coon, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Natasha Rothwell lead the ensemble cast for the latest installment of the anthology.
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Critic’s Notebook: In Sleek and Compelling Super Bowl Halftime Show, Kendrick Lamar Insists on Doing Things His Way
The Compton rapper's performance, which featured Samuel L. Jackson, SZA, Mustard and Serena Williams, vacillated between deference to and defiance of expectations.
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Critic’s Notebook: Tom Brady’s Super Bowl Announcing Debut Is Proof of Both Potential and Pitfalls
Forced to fill dead air during the Eagles' dominant victory over the Chiefs, Brady flaunted his singular qualifications while also, at times, proving his detractors right.
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‘The Z-Suite’ Review: Lauren Graham Gets Stranded in Tubi’s Tiresome Generation Gap Comedy
Nico Santos also stars in the half-hour series about a group of underqualified Gen Z social media managers who take over an ad agency from its inept Gen X leaders.
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‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ Review: Kaitlyn Dever in Netflix Wellness-Scammer Saga That Serves Nothing New
The actress plays Belle Gibson, an Australian wellness guru who claims to have cured her own terminal brain cancer through a healthy diet and other "natural" treatments.
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‘Clean Slate’ Review: Laverne Cox and George Wallace Lead Amazon’s Warm, Well-Meaning, Not Especially Funny Comedy
Norman Lear is credited as an executive producer on the single-cam series about a trans woman reuniting with her father in their Alabama hometown.
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Critic’s Notebook: The Wildly Versatile 2025 Grammy Awards Delivered Just What It Needed To
There was something for everyone at the Trevor Noah-hosted ceremony, from heartfelt Los Angeles fire tributes to astounding musical performances to that long-overdue album of the year prize for Beyoncé.
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‘Common Side Effects’ Review: Adult Swim’s Animated Conspiracy Thriller About Big Pharma Is a Whole Vibe
Mike Judge and Greg Daniels executive produce the half-hour series about a rare mushroom with near-infinite healing properties, from creators Joe Bennett ('Scavengers Reign') and Steve Hely.
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‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Review: Disney+’s New Web-Slinging Adventure Offers Throwback Charm but Little Innovation
Jeff Trammell created Marvel Animation's new 'Spider-Man' adventure, featuring the voices of Hudson Thames as Peter Parker and Colman Domingo as Norman Osborn.
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‘Watson’ Review: CBS’ Sherlock-Inspired Medical Drama Is Definitely No ‘House’
Morris Chestnut stars as the famed detective's sidekick, who's grieving the apparent death of his mentor while running a Pittsburgh clinic specializing in rare disorders.
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‘Paradise’ Review: Sterling K. Brown Investigates a Presidential Murder in Hulu’s Twist-Driven ‘This Is Us’ Reunion
Dan Fogelman created the eight-episode drama, which co-stars James Marsden and Julianne Nicholson and isn't exactly the series it initially seems to be.
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