
Candice Frederick
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‘Yellowjackets’ Review: Showtime’s Chilling Thriller Focuses on Survivors of a Mysterious ’90s Plane Crash
By Candice Frederick | November 12, 2021 @ 12:30 PMJuliette Lewis, Christina Ricci reunite with other members of high school soccer team stranded in the wilderness 25 years ago
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Apple TV+ ‘The Shrink Next Door’ Review: Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell’s Riveting Exposé of a Bad Doctor
By Candice Frederick | November 8, 2021 @ 6:00 AMThe stars simultaneously deliver bromantic and deceiving energy in the true-crime tale of a psychologist who exploits his wealthy patient
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‘Guilty Party’ Review: Kate Beckinsale Bumbles as a Journalist in Unfocused Paramount+ Dramedy
By Candice Frederick | October 14, 2021 @ 6:30 AMThis half-hour show might have benefited from a one-hour format to flesh out the paper-thin characters
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‘Chucky’ Review: USA and Syfy’s Horror Reboot Trails a Bullied Teen and His Bloodthirsty Doll
By Candice Frederick | October 11, 2021 @ 3:00 PMNew series is richer, more personal than the ”Child’s Play“ films — but just as frightening
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Netflix’s ‘Maid’ Review: Margaret Qualley’s White Single Mom Gets Swept Away in Weepy Drama
By Candice Frederick | October 1, 2021 @ 6:05 AMQualley stars with real-life mom Andie MacDowell in fact-based series that plays like a ’90s Lifetime movie
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Fox’s ‘Our Kind of People’ Review: Yaya DaCosta Takes on Old-Money Black Snobs
By Candice Frederick | September 21, 2021 @ 1:45 PMKarin Gist and Lee Daniels’ new series packs in a lot of soapy plot, but misses an opportunity to really explore class issues
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Showtime’s ‘American Rust’ Review: Jeff Daniels Is Wasted in Mystery Set in Dying Steel Mill Town
By Candice Frederick | September 10, 2021 @ 4:00 PMDaniels plays a cop who’s pulse barely ticks when a dead body turns up in his Pennsylvania town
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FX’s ‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’ Review: Ryan Murphy’s Radical Series Puts the Spotlight on Monica Lewinsky
By Candice Frederick | September 1, 2021 @ 6:23 AMBeanie Feldstein and a spot-on Sarah Paulson shine in a series that goes beyond the sensationalized elements of an affair that nearly ousted President Bill Clinton
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Epix’s ‘Chapelwaite’ Review: Adrien Brody Horror Series Hits You Like a Stake in the Heart
By Candice Frederick | August 20, 2021 @ 10:55 AMEpix show based on a Stephen King story never loses its pace or sense of intrigue
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‘Brand New Cherry Flavor’ TV Review: Netflix’s Gothic Horror Series Is Ballsy But Hollow
By Candice Frederick | August 13, 2021 @ 2:20 PMCatherine Keener hams it up as a witch in a show set in early-’90s Hollywood
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‘The End’ TV Review: Reopening the Kevorkian Debate Through a Rich Family Drama
By Candice Frederick | July 14, 2021 @ 10:30 AMSeries premieres in the U.S. on Showtime on July 18
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‘Physical’ TV Review: Rose Byrne Gives Women’s Body Issues a Superficial Workout
By Candice Frederick | June 19, 2021 @ 9:00 AMApple TV’s new ’80s-set dramedy about a housewife-turned-aerobics instructor is too focused on the surface to succeed
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‘Blue Story’ Film Review: Gang Warfare Gets Shakespearean in British Urban Drama
By Candice Frederick | May 4, 2020 @ 11:34 AMWriter-director Andrew Onwubolu, aka Rapman, regularly interrupts his narrative to offer a rap narration of what just transpired and why it matters
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‘The Roads Not Taken’ Film Review: Javier Bardem Drifts In and Out of Reality in Sally Potter’s Moving New Movie
By Candice Frederick | March 12, 2020 @ 10:01 AMElle Fanning is heartbreaking as his devoted daughter, guiding him through mental and physical challenges
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‘Swallow’ Film Review: Haley Bennett Stars in a Horror Tale with Too Many Unanswered Questions
By Candice Frederick | March 3, 2020 @ 11:12 AMBennett plays a pregnant woman who swallows dangerous objects, but the film seems to understand her less as time goes on