TV Reviews
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‘Smiling Friends’ Season 2 Review: Adult Swim’s Animated Darling Doubles Down on the Weird and Wonderful
The pitch-perfect set of bite-sized episodes expand on the comedy’s bizarre world with bold, brash and smart dark humor
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‘A Man in Full’ Review: Jeff Daniels Plays a Real Estate Tycoon in Scattered Netflix Series
David E. Kelley adapts Tom Wolfe’s bestseller into a streamlined saga that sacrifices substance and compelling motive
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‘Interview With the Vampire’ Season 2 Review: AMC Series Makes an Alluringly Toxic Return
Delainey Hayes amply replaces Bailey Bass as Claudia, the Anne Rice show’s raw beating heart
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‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ Review: Peacock Holocaust Drama Leaves an Indelible Mark
Harvey Keitel stars as a survivor haunted by memories in a limited series that plays like a romance novel disguised as misery porn
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‘Dead Boy Detectives’ Review: Netflix’s YA Comic Adaptation Is an Overstuffed Delight
George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri anchor a supernatural mystery with great potential
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‘Baby Reindeer’: Netflix’s True Crime Disease Poisons the Show | Commentary
Richard Gadd’s harrowing series, based on a true story, can’t avoid the blunt hammer of social media speculation
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‘Under the Bridge’ Review: Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough Don’t Fit in Hulu’s Emotional Teen Mystery
The stars seem awkwardly superimposed on the show’s more resonant central story of a 14-year-old’s brutal murder
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‘The Sympathizer’ Review: Robert Downey Jr. Shines With 4 Roles in Park Chan-wook’s HBO Limited Series
Hoa Xuande and Sandra Oh lead the cast of the Viet Thanh Nguyen novel adaptation
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‘Fallout’ Review: Walton Goggins Is the Monstrous Heart of Amazon’s Lively Video Game Adaptation
Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy bring their world-building expertise to Prime Video’s latest entry in Hollywood’s IP wars
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‘Ripley’ Review: Andrew Scott Is a Magnetic Sociopath in Gorgeous Netflix Limited Series
Writer-director Steven Zaillian and cinematographer Robert Elswit revel in the artistry of adapting Patricia Highsmith’s celebrated novel
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‘Sugar’ Review: Colin Farrell Plays a Film Nerd Detective in Beguiling Apple Series
The eight-episode drama feels like an extended pilot episode mirroring the impressionistic style of Los Angeles noir
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‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ Review: Joey King Stands Out in Tragic Holocaust Story
Logan Lerman and Robin Weigert also lead the cast of Hulu’s sweeping limited series about a family torn apart by the horrors of the Nazi occupation
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‘X-Men ‘97’ Review: Disney+ Revival Exceeds Sky-High Expectations
Recently-fired head writer Beau DeMayo and team present a carefully-crafted and worthy followup, banger theme song and all
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‘Palm Royale’ Review: Kristen Wiig Claws Her Way Into Palm Beach High Society in Apple’s Campy Retro Comedy
Ricky Martin, Laura Dern and Carol Burnett are among the star-studded cast of the show from the producers of “Dead to Me”
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‘Apples Never Fall’ Review: Annette Bening Goes Missing in Peacock’s Wonky Limited Series
Adapted from Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel, the show prioritizes mystery over family drama
