Jesse Hassenger
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‘Futurama’ Review: Hulu Reboot Defrosts Animated Classic With Savvy Commentary
The cult classic from “Simpsons” creator Matt Groening returns with comedic jabs at streaming television, Amazon and cryptocurrency
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‘Secret Invasion’ Review: Samuel L. Jackson Returns to the MCU in a Disney+ Series With Few Surprises
The latest Marvel show boasts an impressive cast, but offers little in the way of ingenuity or depth
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‘Mrs. Davis’ Review: Betty Gilpin Stuns in Damon Lindelof’s New Series That Takes AI Conversation to Scary Heights
Gilpin is a nun searching for the holy grail in this strange Peacock series from Lindelof and Tara Hernandez
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‘Ted Lasso’ Season 3 Review: Comedy Plays More Like a Network Drama in Possible Final Chapters
Jason 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
Scott 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
Talking 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)
Damian 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
Tim 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
Randall 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
Each 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
Six 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
The 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
Mike 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
Prime 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
Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser and the late Ray Liotta shine in this quietly gripping new series