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‘Brothers’ Review: Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson Get Squandered in an Apple…
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‘American Hostage’ Review: Jon Hamm and Giovanni Ribisi in an MGM+ Kidnapping Thriller With Lots of Potential but Little Payoff
Shawn Ryan and Eileen Myers ('The Night Agent') adapt the podcast focusing on a 1977 kidnapping in Indianapolis and the trusted radio host caught in the middle.
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‘JAŸ-Z in 8’ Review: Rick Rubin’s Handsomely Made HBO Docuseries Impresses and Exasperates in Equal Measure
The artist and his friend/collaborator/series director make their way through Carter's highlights, song by song, in eight beautifully shot black-and-white episodes.
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‘Neagley’ Review: Amazon’s ‘Reacher’ Spinoff Delivers Similarly Pulpy Pleasures, Despite Filler and Questionable Character Choices
Maria Sten takes the spotlight as a Chicago private investigator looking into a rural cult and occasionally hanging out with Jack Reacher (guest star Alan Ritchson).
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‘Brothers’ Review: Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson Get Squandered in an Apple Sitcom That’s Barely Alright, Alright, Alright
The 'True Detective' co-stars reunite to play themselves in the eight-episode Texas-set comedy, which was run by David West Read ('Schitt's Creek') and then Lee Eisenberg ('WeCrashed').
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‘American Hostage’ Review: Jon Hamm and Giovanni Ribisi in an MGM+ Kidnapping Thriller With Lots of Potential but Little Payoff
Shawn Ryan and Eileen Myers ('The Night Agent') adapt the podcast focusing on a 1977 kidnapping in Indianapolis and the trusted radio host caught in the middle.
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‘JAŸ-Z in 8’ Review: Rick Rubin’s Handsomely Made HBO Docuseries Impresses and Exasperates in Equal Measure
The artist and his friend/collaborator/series director make their way through Carter's highlights, song by song, in eight beautifully shot black-and-white episodes.
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‘Neagley’ Review: Amazon’s ‘Reacher’ Spinoff Delivers Similarly Pulpy Pleasures, Despite Filler and Questionable Character Choices
Maria Sten takes the spotlight as a Chicago private investigator looking into a rural cult and occasionally hanging out with Jack Reacher (guest star Alan Ritchson).
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The Michael J. Fox Tribute, Mariska Hargitay Singing, and Other Highs and Lows From an Ungainly, Ill-Flowing Emmys Telecast
Producers stuffed the first half of the night with awards and attempted to fill the second half with emotional moments, resulting in a strange lopsided effect.
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A Bland ‘60 Minutes’ Season Premiere Suggests a Limited Bari Weiss Effect (So Far)
Led by familiar faces Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim and Norah O'Donnell, Sunday night's episode was often mediocre, but not in any shocking or dramatically different ways.
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‘High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam’ Review: Joel Kinnaman Plays the CIA Analyst Who Interrogated Saddam Hussein in TNT’s Clumsy Miniseries
Leslie Greif ('Hatfields & McCoys') steers the eight-part drama about the man who interviewed the former Iraqi president.
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‘Union Town’ Review: Barbara Kopple Takes on UPS, Amazon and the Apps in Another Essential Organized Labor Documentary
Premiering in Venice, the latest from the 'Harlan County, USA' director studies the disparate and shared interests of workers in the gig economy.
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‘Last Seen’ Review: Apple TV’s Aussie Kidnapping Drama Is a Solid Showcase for Star Patrick Brammall, Despite Shortcomings
A police dispatcher remains convinced that his daughter is still alive 11 years after she was kidnapped in this six-episode thriller.
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‘The Drop: A Snowfall Saga’ Review: FX’s ‘Snowfall’ Spinoff Offers a Promising, if Uneven, ’90s Hip-Hop Odyssey
Gail Bean and Isaiah John reprise their roles in Malcolm Spellman's new drama, which blends music and crime in South Central circa 1991.
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‘Carl Sagan: We Are Made of Star Stuff’ Review: Nanette Burstein’s NatGeo Doc Prioritizes the Human Over the Intellectual, for Better and Worse
The Telluride premiere focuses on the 'Cosmos' creator's marriages, kids and enjoyment of recreational drugs nearly as much the Viking and Voyager missions.
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‘A Tale of Two Cities’ Review: Kit Harington Has Done Far, Far Better Things Than This Bland MGM+ Dickens Adaptation
The 'Game of Thrones' star and François Civil fight for the affections of Mirren Mack in a new four-episode adaptation of the classic novel.
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‘The Row’ Review: ‘Icarus’ Director Bryan Fogel’s Doc Takes Viewers on a Gripping, Question-Raising Solo Voyage Across the Pacific
This Telluride-bowing film is a portrait of Tez Steinberg, who dealt with his grief by embarking on two massive long-distance solo rowing expeditions.
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Hayden Panettiere’s Talent Never Got the Next Chapter It Deserved
'Heroes' and 'Nashville' let the actress evolve from precocity to maturity, but her personal struggles left that journey incomplete.
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‘Lanterns’ Review: Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre’s Chemistry Helps HBO’s Clever Action-Comedy Transcend Lackluster Superhero Backdrop
Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King created the series, in which Hal Jordan and John Stewart bicker more than they kick intergalactic butt.
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‘Anna Pigeon’ Review: USA’s National Park-Set Drama Is a Disposable Combination of Pretty Vistas and Flimsy Plotting
Tracy Spiridakos plays a crime-solving ranger in this series adaptation of Nevada Barr's literary mysteries.
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