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‘Bad Monkey’ Review: Great Vibes and a Cheeky Simian Help Vince Vaughn’s Apple TV+ Comedy Breeze Past Its Flaws
Bill Lawrence adapts Carl Hiaasen's Florida-set novel as a 10-parter also featuring Natalie Martinez, Michelle Monaghan, Jodie Turner-Smith, Meredith Hagner and Rob Delaney.
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‘Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Review: Paramount+’s Winning ‘Mutant Mayhem’ Sequel
The cast of the 2023 film return for an animated series that follows the heroes as they battle an army of mechazoids unleashed by a scientist with an anti-mutant agenda.
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‘Hollywood Black’ Review: Justin Simien’s MGM+ Docuseries Digs Deep — but Not Deep Enough — Into African American Film History
The 'Dear White People' director is joined by the likes of Ava DuVernay, Ryan Coogler, Gabrielle Union, Giancarlo Esposito and more in the four-hour project.
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‘Mr. Throwback’ Review: Steph Curry and Adam Pally’s Peacock Comedy Struggles to Make a Splash
The NBA point guard and the 'Happy Endings' favorite are joined by Ego Nwodim in a six-episode mockumentary about superstars and the normal folks they left behind.
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‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ Review: Emma Myers Solves a Mystery in Netflix’s Solid Six-Parter
A teenage gumshoe gets to the bottom of a homicide case years earlier in a small English village in this adaptation of Holly Jackson's YA novel.
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‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ Review: Amazon’s Dark Knight Series Entertains Though Rarely Soars
Hamish Linklater leads the voice cast in this latest take on Gotham City's masked crime-fighter, a 1940s noir-infused animated adventure developed by Bruce Timm ('Batman: The Animated Series').
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Critic’s Notebook: Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Delivers Spectacle to Go Gaga Over
Lady Gaga, Celine Dion and more starred in a four-hour Olympics telecast that traveled up and down the Seine, spotlighting Paris itself, rather than some anonymous stadium.
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‘The Decameron’ Review: Zosia Mamet and Tony Hale in Netflix’s Fitfully Funny Black Plague Comedy
This series loosely inspired by the Boccaccio classic revolves around a group of nobles and servants waiting out the Black Plague in 14th-century Tuscany.
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‘Time Bandits’ Review: Taika Waititi’s Apple TV+ Take on the Terry Gilliam Cult Classic Rewards Patience
Waititi, Jemaine Clement and Iain Morris have adapted the 1981 film into a 10-episode family comedy for Apple TV+, featuring Lisa Kudrow in its ensemble.
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‘Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose’ Review: HBO Doc Lets the Disgraced Baseball Legend Make, and Ruin, His Hall of Fame Case
Director Mark Monroe's four-parter, featuring J.J. Abrams among its producers, puts the Cincinnati Reds star in the spotlight.
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Critic’s Notebook: Why Sports Docs Are Some of the Best Dramas on TV
On the eve of the Paris Olympics, THR’s chief TV critic surveys the current state of sports-themed programming, from reliable treasure 'Welcome to Wrexham' to Netflix’s magic formula to scripted letdowns.
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Critic’s Appreciation: Bob Newhart Was an Everyman With a Comic Voice Like No Other
The beloved performer claimed to be a "minimalist," but that was a typically humble oversimplification of a singular gift.
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Critic’s Notebook: Donald Trump Returns to Bad Form — and Gives the Democrats Hope
Accepting the Republican nomination, the former president abandoned his "unity" theme and reverted to his grievance-filled greatest hits in an unhinged mess of a speech.
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‘Lady in the Lake’ Review: Natalie Portman’s Apple TV+ Mystery Has a Lot on Its Mind, for Better and Worse
Alma Har'el's adaptation of the Laura Lippman novel features Portman and Moses Ingram in a story of race, class, murder and journalism in 1960s Baltimore.
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‘Omnivore’ Review: Noma’s René Redzepi Hosts an Apple TV+ Food Docuseries That’s as Thought-Provoking as It Is Hunger-Inducing
Each episode of the globetrotting show focuses on a single key ingredient to consider the way it's shaped our history, our society and perhaps our future.
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Critic’s Notebook: Emmy Vacuum Enables Voters to Right Some Wrongs — but Perpetuate Others
'Reservation Dogs,' 'Shōgun,' 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' and 'Palm Royale' led big nomination mornings for FX, Amazon and Apple TV+, as category confusion continued to reign.
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