
Jesse Hassenger
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‘Ted Lasso’ Season 3 Review: Comedy Plays More Like a Network Drama in Possible Final Chapters
By Jesse Hassenger | March 10, 2023 @ 12:00 AMJason Sudeikis and the cast are as good as ever, but the first four installments make it feel more like a back-to-school story with fewer laughs
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‘Alert: Missing Persons Unit’ Review: New Fox Procedural Packs on the Clunky Exposition
By Jesse Hassenger | January 8, 2023 @ 12:00 PMScott Caan and Dania Ramirez lead the hourlong drama series about a specialized division of the Philadelphia Police.
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‘January 6th’ Review: Discovery+ Documentary Finds Value in First-Hand Accounts of Capitol Assault
By Jesse Hassenger | January 5, 2023 @ 7:42 AMTalking head interviews with those who were on the ground prove most eye-opening in this inessential yet valuable document
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‘Babylon’ Rebuts the Idea That Movie Stars No Longer Exist in a Surprising Way (Commentary)
By Jesse Hassenger | December 29, 2022 @ 8:18 AMDamian Chazelle’s star-packed epic, in a roundabout way, addresses our complicated relationship to movie stars
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‘Wednesday’ Review: Jenna Ortega Delightfully Seethes in Netflix’s Moody YA Mystery
By Jesse Hassenger | November 23, 2022 @ 10:43 AMTim Burton directs the first four episodes of this ”Addams Family“ riff that’s more ”Veronica Mars“ than ”Sleepy Hollow“
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‘Blockbuster’ Review: Netflix’s Mediocre Sitcom Can’t Shake Its Manufactured Attempt at Feel-Good Comedy
By Jesse Hassenger | November 3, 2022 @ 8:34 AMRandall Park and Melissa Fumero star in the workplace sitcom about the last remaining Blockbuster
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‘Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities’ Review: Netflix Anthology Lets 8 Horror Directors Shine
By Jesse Hassenger | October 24, 2022 @ 3:09 PMEach episode tells a different horror story from a different filmmaker, to varying results
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‘Inside Amy Schumer’ Season 5 Review: Sketch Series’ Long-Awaited Return Is Silly and Familiar
By Jesse Hassenger | October 20, 2022 @ 8:37 AMSix and a half years after the show’s last episode, Amy Schumer’s sketch series is back as she tackles the topical and the silly in equal measure
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‘Vampire Academy’ Review: Peacock Series Packs on the Plot but Struggles to Come Alive
By Jesse Hassenger | September 14, 2022 @ 8:21 AMThe TV adaptation of the Richelle Mead book series gets lost in its own mythology
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‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Review: Paramount+ Revival Series Is Comedy Comfort Food
By Jesse Hassenger | August 4, 2022 @ 9:38 AMMike Judge’s animated characters return in an all-new series, with few changes
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‘Paper Girls’ Review: Amazon’s Answer to ‘Stranger Things’ Nails the Drama, Skimps on the Spectacle
By Jesse Hassenger | July 29, 2022 @ 8:00 AMPrime Video’s adaptation of the Brian K. Vaughn comic has compelling characters, but suffers from B-movie-level sci-fi
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‘Black Bird’ Review: Apple TV+ Crime Drama Evokes the Best of the Genre
By Jesse Hassenger | July 7, 2022 @ 10:09 AMTaron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser and the late Ray Liotta shine in this quietly gripping new series
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‘Rise’ Film Review: Disney+ Sports Drama Can’t Shake ‘TV Movie’ Quality
By Jesse Hassenger | June 24, 2022 @ 12:00 PMThe new Disney+ original tells an empathetic story, but more often than not lacks a cinematic punch
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‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 2 Review: Cozy Hulu Mystery Remains One of TV’s Best Shows
By Jesse Hassenger | June 20, 2022 @ 9:29 AMSteve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez return for an all-new story on June 28
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‘First Kill’ Review: Netflix Supernatural Romance Series Channels ‘Buffy’ to Disappointing Results
By Jesse Hassenger | June 10, 2022 @ 7:13 AMThe new show chronicles the forbidden LGBTQ courtship of a monster-hunter-in-training and a vampire