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‘Bel-Air’ Season 3 Review: Peacock Show Juggles Too Much Drama
Jabari Banks and Olly Sholotan lead a charmingly wonky summertime chapter of the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” reboot series
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‘Lady in the Lake’ Review: Moses Ingram Shines With Natalie Portman in Apple TV+ Drama
The seven-episode series from Alma Har’el explores the limited choices presented to women in the 1960s, with themes that strongly resonate today
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‘Shirley’ Review: Regina King’s Passion Project Is Solid, But Never Reaches a Fever Pitch
Writer/director John Ridley holds too much back
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‘Genius: MLK/X’ Review: NatGeo Series Triumphs With Bold, Ambitious Take on 2 Civil Rights Icons
Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Aaron Pierre star in a dual portrait of the lives and parallels of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
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‘Rob Peace’ Review: An Ivy League Drug Dealer Leads a Dark Survival Story
Sundance 2024: Chiwetel Ejiofor directs Jay Will’s fantastic lead performance
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‘Luther: Never Too Much’ Review: Fans Will Dance in Their Seats With Dawn Porter’s Documentary
Sundance 2024: Long-time lovers of Vandross’ work will be dazzled by footage of the singer’s many performances
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‘Union’ Review: Amazon Labor Doc Struggles to Show a Faceless Corporate Adversary
Sundance 2024: Directors Brett Story and Stephen Maing don’t give enough context for why their subject’s fight is necessary
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‘Little Death’ Review: Dominic Fike and Talia Ryder Steal the Show In Surrealist Hollywood Story
Sundance 2024: Jack Begert’s music video experience pays off in his visually stunning directorial debut
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‘American Society of Magical Negroes’ Review: Justice Smith Can’t Save a Weak Story About Racial Tropes
Sundance 2024: Director Kobi Libii’s debut feature shows promise but doesn’t offer anything new
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‘The Brothers Sun’ Review: Michelle Yeoh Anchors Netflix’s Stylized Gangster Series
The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star shines without stealing the spotlight from leading men Justin Chien and Sam Song Li
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‘Black Cake’ Review: Hulu’s Epic Tale of Family Secrets Centers the Caribbean Diaspora
The Oprah-produced series, starring Mia Isaac, revolves around the mysterious life of a Jamaican Chinese woman and her ambitious children
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‘The Other Black Girl’ Review: Hulu Presents a Genre-Defying Drama That Provokes and Entertains
Newcomer Sinclair Daniel and “Riverdale” alum Ashleigh Murray impress in the TV adaptation of Zakiya Dalila Harris’ book from Onyx Collective
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‘Bel-Air’ Season 2 Review: Peacock Series Gets More Dramatic but Doesn’t Lose Its Charm
The love fest for this reimagining of “Fresh Prince” isn’t quite over
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‘A Lot of Nothing’ Review: Mo McRae’s Directorial Feature Debut Takes on Police Killings
McRae shows promise as a director, if not a writer, with this satirical drama
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‘You People’ Review: Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill’s Comedy Collab Mixes the Timely and the Outdated
This comedy of interracial relationships is packed with of-the-moment hip-hop references, but it’s more likely to land with the target audience’s parents