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Hulu’s “Paradise” Splits Its Focus And Gets More Frustratingly Unhinged In Season 2
Last year’s “Paradise” had the benefit of carrying one of television’s more baffling, smooth-brained (complimentary) concepts: A murder mystery about a dead president (James Marsden) and the Secret Service agent (Sterling K. Brown) committing to solving his murder… oh,...
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Netflix’s “Strip Law” Should Stay in the Animated Desert
Netflix has a complex history with adult animation. Some of their most critically acclaimed original comedies are animated: “BoJack Horseman,” “Big Mouth,” last year’s excellent “Long Story Short.” And yet there’s the other side of the coin with duds...
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Netflix’s Massive Hit “The Night Agent” Returns with Confident Third Season
People talk a lot about “Wednesday,” “Stranger Things,” even “Squid Game,” but one of the most successful shows in the history of the most successful streaming company has been Shawn Ryan’s propulsively entertaining “The Night Agent,” the most-watched show...
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ABC’s “Scrubs” Returns to Network TV as if It Never Clocked Out
Yes, we are in an era of over-nostalgia, one in which every other canceled IP gets brought back in some form. The number of network TV sitcoms that have been resurrected from the dead, including “Murphy Brown,” “Will &...
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Celebrating Black Cinema: Shawn Edwards on the Black Movie Hall of Fame
Deep in the heart of Kansas City, Missouri a dream is slowly being realized in the confines of the city’s historic Boone Theater. It’s the Black Movie Hall of Fame, which, when completed, will aim to tell the vibrant...
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Gothic romance reaches new ‘Heights’ as fan communities collide
Of course now was the moment for a Charli xcx-assisted 'Wuthering Heights': Pop fandoms and literary ones have rarely had more in common
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Remembering the Forgotten Movies of the 2026 Oscar Season
Every year, the Oscars get it wrong. By “it,” I mean the nominations and, later, the winners—and by “wrong,” I mean that their choices fail to completely line up with your own personal favorites. Naturally, then, it’s inevitable that...
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Short Films in Focus: The 2026 Oscar-Nominated Shorts
The Oscar-nominated Shorts programs continue to attract audiences either looking to complete their Oscar viewing list or just curious cinephiles seeking works from new voices from around the world. This year’s crop is a mostly solid bunch and difficult...