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‘Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy’ Review: Peacock’s Thoughtful Limited Series Is a…
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‘The Last Frontier’ Review: Jason Clarke in an Alaska-Set Apple TV+ Western Throwback That Goes From Fun to Tedious in a Hurry
A plane full of inmates — with one special prisoner — goes down in the wilderness, sparking a manhunt, in this 10-episode thriller.
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‘Boots’ Review: Netflix’s Gay Marines Dramedy Is an Odd, Entertaining Mix of Discrimination Exposé and Recruitment Ad
Perhaps Norman Lear's last production credit, the eight-episode adaptation of 'The Pink Marine' features Miles Heizer as a teen learning about himself in basic training.
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‘Red Alert’ Review: Paramount+ Israeli Drama Offers a Taut, Effectively Manipulative Depiction of the October 7 Terror Attacks
Lior Chefetz created and directed the series, which focuses on a handful of stories of tragedy and heroism in the midst of Hamas' attack on Israel.
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‘Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy’ Review: Peacock’s Thoughtful Limited Series Is a Refreshing Corrective to Ryan Murphy-Style Sensationalism
Patrick Macmanus' miniseries features Michael Chernus as the serial killer who murdered and raped dozens of young men in 1970s Chicago.
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‘The Last Frontier’ Review: Jason Clarke in an Alaska-Set Apple TV+ Western Throwback That Goes From Fun to Tedious in a Hurry
A plane full of inmates — with one special prisoner — goes down in the wilderness, sparking a manhunt, in this 10-episode thriller.
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‘Boots’ Review: Netflix’s Gay Marines Dramedy Is an Odd, Entertaining Mix of Discrimination Exposé and Recruitment Ad
Perhaps Norman Lear's last production credit, the eight-episode adaptation of 'The Pink Marine' features Miles Heizer as a teen learning about himself in basic training.
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‘Red Alert’ Review: Paramount+ Israeli Drama Offers a Taut, Effectively Manipulative Depiction of the October 7 Terror Attacks
Lior Chefetz created and directed the series, which focuses on a handful of stories of tragedy and heroism in the midst of Hamas' attack on Israel.
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‘Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost’ Review: Ben Stiller Reflects on His Parents’ Stardom, Their Marriage and His Own Career in a Touching Documentary
Premiering at the New York Film Festival before its Apple TV+ debut, the film sees the director celebrating his famous mom and dad and pondering how he learned — or failed to learn — from them.
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‘Mr. Scorsese’ Review: Apple TV+ Docuseries Offers an Entertaining, if Standard, Overview of a Legendary Filmmaker
Premiering at the New York Film Festival, Rebecca Miller's five-hour project traces the 'Raging Bull' director's life and career from priestly aspirations to Oscar-winning greatness.
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‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ Review: Charlie Hunnam Dons Frilly Undergarments and Flesh Masks for Netflix’s Trashy Takedown of True Crime and Those Who Love It
Focusing on the figure who inspired 'Psycho,' 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and more, the latest installment in the anthology series also features Laurie Metcalf and Tom Hollander.
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‘Chad Powers’ Review: Glen Powell’s Hulu Football Comedy Is a Disappointingly Conventional Farce With a Late-Game Hail Mary
Created by Powell and Michael Waldron, the series finds a washed-up quarterback donning a silly disguise to mount a comeback.
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‘Wayward’ Review: Toni Collette Plays the Founder of a Mysterious School for Troubled Teens in Mae Martin’s Intriguing Netflix Tease
Martin and Sarah Gadon play a couple arriving in a small Vermont town that's home to a cultish boarding school in this eight-parter.
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‘Hotel Costiera’ Review: Jesse Willams in a Breezy Amazon Mystery That Offers Beautiful People, Beautiful Views and No Risk of Investment
The 'Grey's Anatomy' veteran leads the six-episode dramedy as a hotel fixer on the Amalfi Coast who handles issues like kidnapped dogs, missing spouses and bureaucratic red tape.
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‘Black Rabbit’ Review: Jude Law and Jason Bateman Lead Netflix’s Blandly Bleak Antihero Drama
Mix 'The Bear,' 'Uncut Gems' and a lot of 'Ozark' and you get this eight-part limited series about two bumbling brothers trying to set things right in Brooklyn.
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Critic’s Notebook: A Flat Nate Bargatze and a Failed Time-Saving Gag Upstage Worthy Winners at the Emmy Awards
The Boys & Girls Clubs of America had a roller-coaster night as 'The Pitt,' 'The Studio' and 'Adolescence' dominated.
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‘aka Charlie Sheen’ Review: Netflix Doc Offers a Reflective but Exhausting Look at the Actor’s Stardom and Notoriety
Andrew Renzi's two-part docuseries features Jon Cryer, Chuck Lorre, Denise Richards, Sean Penn and many more friends and loved ones.
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‘Canceled: The Paula Deen Story’ Review: Disgraced TV Chef Offers a Full Serving of Excuses in New Doc
Billy Corben's TIFF-premiering documentary explores the rise and fall of the butter-loving Southern chef, revisiting her N-word scandal 12 years later.
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‘The Lowdown’ Review: Sterlin Harjo and Ethan Hawke Reunite for FX’s Low-Key Tulsa Noir Charmer
Hawke plays a journalist and used book dealer investigating a murder that might not be a murder in the Oklahoma-set comic mystery.
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‘The Paper’ Review: Fresh Setting and First-Rate Ensemble Help Peacock’s ‘The Office’ Spinoff File a Solid First Season
Greg Daniels and Michael Koman transplant Oscar from Scranton to Toledo for a 10-episode comedy starring Domhnall Gleeson as the new editor of a struggling newspaper.
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