TV Reviews
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‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Review: TV’s Most Expensive Series Remains Stunningly Boring
Prime Video’s big-budget prequel has yet to develop characters we care about or put them in situations that make their fates moving
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‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 4 Review: Hulu Series Goes Hollywood Without Missing a Beat
The continuous caper starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez surprises in delightfully sleuth fashion
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‘Emily in Paris’ Season 4 Part 1 Review: Repetitive Chaos Reigns Supreme
Lily Collins and Ashley Park’s shenanigans are as fun as ever, but the Parisian comedy could use some new faces
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‘Bel-Air’ Season 3 Review: Peacock Show Juggles Too Much Drama
Jabari Banks and Olly Sholotan lead a charmingly wonky summertime chapter of the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” reboot series
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‘Bad Monkey’ Review: Vince Vaughn Is the Rambling Antihero of This Apple TV+ Crime Comedy
The Bill Lawrence adaptation makes a solid case for more TV versions of Carl Hiaasen’s work, even if it falls short at times
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‘Industry’ Season 3 Review: HBO Critical Darling Returns Bigger, Better and More Ambitious Than Ever
The Myha’la and Marisa Abela-led series rises to the occasion at a necessary time for its premium cable home
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‘The Umbrella Academy’ Season 4 Review: Netflix Superhero Drama Wrecks Its Ending
Despite an enjoyable season, unanswered questions and out-of-character decisions make for a puzzling conclusion to the Elliot Page-led series
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‘Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats’ Review: Netflix Special Relies on Same Old COVID and Gay Jokes
The controversial king of podcasts returns to his stand-up comedy roots with a live comedy special from his new home state of Texas
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‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ Review: Prime Video Show Has the Looks but Not the Moves of the ‘Animated Series’
Bruce Timm, Matt Reeves and J.J. Abrams team up for a more violent, cheaper looking take on Gotham’s hero
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‘Time Bandits’ Review: Lisa Kudrow Is the Reluctant Boss in Apple TV+’s Giddy Time Travel YA Adventure
Taika Waititi and Jermaine Clement reimagine the Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin classic film for a new generation
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‘Those About to Die’ Review: Anthony Hopkins Barely Stars in Peacock’s Standard-Issue Gladiator Drama
Streaming’s first show about gladiators is entertaining but beholden to genre tradition
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‘Vikings: Valhalla’ Season 3 Review: Netflix Historical Drama Ends With Plenty of Unexplored Potential
The spin-off series’ imaginative interpretation of history remains clever and reliably rousing
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‘Sunny’ Review: Rashida Jones Stumbles Through Apple’s Overstuffed Sci-fi Dramedy
The “Parks and Recreation” star can’t help the show move past its overwritten premise
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‘Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken’ Review: Rock Music and Drug Addiction Intersect in Moving Prison Docuseries
The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter battles the demons of guilt and rehabilitation alongside the incarcerated women of a Kansas correctional facility in this Paramount+ doc
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‘Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer’ Review: Hulu Docuseries Flounders With Surface-Level Look Inside the Minds of Murderers
Showrunner Dani Slone, alongside EPs Dakota and Elle Fanning, pack too much into this show about Dr. Ann Burgess
