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New documentary shows how comedy legend George Carlin went from genial to cynical

May 20, 2022
George Carlin's American Dream, which debuts Friday on HBO, shows how the comedian's persona sharpened over the years, from genial jokester to hardened cynic.
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Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern and Laura Carmichael in <em>Downton Abbey: A New Era.</em>

'Downton Abbey: A New Era' does not, in fact, represent a new era

May 20, 2022
The new Downton film relies on forced plotlines that remind viewers why most stories come to an end eventually.
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'American Dream' documentary examines George Carlin's triumphs and demons

May 20, 2022
Carlin's "Seven Dirty Words" act ignited an obscenity case in the '70s. We listen back to two archival interviews with the late comedian, and David Bianculli reviews a new HBO documentary about him.
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Rose Leslie and Theo James as Clare and Henry.

'The Time Traveler's Wife' is still weird, even as a TV show

May 14, 2022
First it was a book, then a movie. Now, it's an HBO show.
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Melissa (Jemima Kirke), Bobbi (Sasha Lane), Frances (Alison Oliver), and Nick (Joe Alwyn).

'Conversations with Friends': Sally Rooney on screen, take two

May 13, 2022
Normal People author Sally Rooney's first book, Conversations with Friends, comes to Hulu on Sunday.
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2 new shows fall into the smart-dumb TV category

May 08, 2022
Bosch: Legacy, which premiered Friday, and The Lincoln Lawyer, which starts next Friday, exemplify a certain kind of show. They fall within well-established genres, but have a little creative heft.
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Colin Firth plays Michael Peterson, a writer who was charged with his wife's death, in the HBO Max series <em>The Staircase.</em>

New 'Staircase' series emphasizes the tragedy behind the sensational true crime story

May 04, 2022
In 2001, Kathleen Peterson was found dead in her Durham, N.C., home. Her husband, Michael, was accused of her murder, and a Netflix documentary followed. Now, a new HBO Max series revisits the case.
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Cadet Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) is assigned to the Enterprise on <em>Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.</em>

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' goes there, boldly

Apr 30, 2022
The Paramount Plus show, a prequel to the classic '60s series, offers stripped-down, back-to-basics Trek storytelling and a charming cast.
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Miles Teller as Al Ruddy.

'The Offer': 10 hours of self-indulgence about the making of 'The Godfather'

Apr 28, 2022
Between questionable casting choices, a thin storyline, and a glowing portrayal of one of the show's own producers, The Offer isn't worth 10 hours.
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New TV series revisit Watergate and the original 'Godfather'

Apr 27, 2022
Gaslit tells the story of Watergate, focusing on Martha Mitchell, the outspoken wife President Nixon's attorney general. The Offer focuses on the making of the first Godfather movie.
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The HBO Max show 'The Flight Attendant' is back for a 2nd season

Apr 23, 2022
The series is not the traditional comedy setup. NPR's Linda Holmes shares her review.
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Kaley Cuoco as Cassie in the second season of <em>The Flight Attendant.</em>

In its second season, 'The Flight Attendant' charts a new course — and it works

Apr 22, 2022
Lots of shows come back for a second season without a clear purpose. The Flight Attendant finds one.
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Michelle de Swarte as Natasha in <em>The Baby.</em>

In HBO's 'The Baby,' a cursed, unwanted infant sets off an existential crisis

Apr 22, 2022
The HBO miniseries is a funny, nightmarish twist on parenthood and familial trauma.
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'First Lady' series compels when dramatizing the unseen moments

Apr 17, 2022
Showtime's new limited series, The First Lady, weaves together the stories of three of America's most distinctive presidential spouses.
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Issa Rae in <em>Roar</em>.

In Apple TV+'s 'Roar,' stories of womanhood are satisfyingly weird

Apr 15, 2022
While the experimental series has a star-studded cast — including Issa Rae and Nicole Kidman — its directors meld the fantastical with the real.
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Kim Kardashian during a family party in Hulu's <em>The Kardashians.</em>

Hulu's 'The Kardashians' continues a modern saga: a family famous for being famous

Apr 14, 2022
If you hated this family before, The Kardashians won't change your mind. But the show humanizes them.
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Viola Davis as Michelle Obama in <em>The First Lady</em>

'The First Lady' is far from perfect—but its lead performances make it worth watching

Apr 13, 2022
Showtime's new 10-part series dramatizes the lives of three presidential spouses: Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford, and Michelle Obama, played by Gillian Anderson, Michelle Pfeiffer and Viola Davis.
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Elizabeth Holmes, played by Amanda Seyfried, in the final episode of <em>The Dropout</em>.

'The Dropout' nails the ending – even though Elizabeth Holmes' story isn't over

Apr 07, 2022
Confronted with the mess she's made at her startup Theranos, Holmes simply runs at the end of the Hulu show.
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An American crime reporter (Ansel Elgort) allies himself with a frustrated police detective (Ken Watanabe) in the HBO Max series <em>Tokyo Vice.</em>

'Tokyo Vice' offers a stylized tour of Japan's criminal underworld

Apr 06, 2022
HBO's new eight-part series follows an American crime reporter who intends to take Japanese journalism by storm — but first must learn how to navigate the churning opacity of 1990s Tokyo.
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Sarah Lancashire as Julia Child.

'Julia' takes on a new side of Julia Child — the challenges of newfound fame

Apr 02, 2022
'Julia' examines Julia Child's ascent to celebrity.
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Gary Oldman heads up a ragtag crew of intelligence agents in <em>Slow Horses.</em>

'Slow Horses' offers a gleefully corrosive vision of British intelligence

Mar 31, 2022
Mick Herron's Slough House books center on a ragtag crew of intelligence officers who've blown their careers through bungling or bad luck. The first of those novels is now a clever Apple TV+ series.
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Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac) reflects on his predicament in Disney 's <em>Moon Knight</em>.

In Marvel's uneven 'Moon Knight,' Oscar Isaac waxes and wanes

Mar 29, 2022
Isaac plays two faces of the Moon Knight in the Disney+ series, and is having much more fun as a goofy gift-shop clerk than he is as the man's glum cypher of an alter-ego.
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TV Review: 'Starstruck' season 2

Mar 27, 2022
A look at the second season of Starstruck, the romantic comedy series streaming on HBO Max.
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Master Chief (Pablo Schreiber) asks to see your <em>HALO</em> in the Paramount series.

In a new streaming series, the familiar world of 'HALO' needs a little space

Mar 24, 2022
The Paramount+ series, based on the game franchise, starts off stiff and familiar. It may take some time for the show, and its main character, to loosen up.
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Oscar-winning actress Youn Yuh-jung plays the older Sunja is the Apple TV+ series <em>Pachinko</em>.

Deeply felt and unpredictable, 'Pachinko' follows the epic rise of a Korean family

Mar 23, 2022
Based on the novel by Min Jin Lee, Pachinko follows four generations of a Korean family in Korea, Japan and the U.S. as they navigate broken hearts, broken homes, murder, suicide and more.

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