Reviews
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‘Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials’ Review: Lavish Netflix Adaptation Builds to a Terrible Ending
The streamer tries to kick off a new franchise with a wobbly take on a lesser novel, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Mia McKenna-Bruce
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‘Killer Whale’ Review: Aquatic Horror-Thriller Simply Serves Its Porpoise
Survival’s a beach in Jo-Anne Brechin’s familiar, but well orca-strated “when animals attack” B-movie
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‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Review: ‘Game of Thrones’ Takes a Comedic Turn in Undercooked Buddy Spinoff
Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell headline a simpler adventure series that should’ve worked harder to earn its laughs
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‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ Review: Nia DaCosta’s Freaky Sequel Puts the Brains Back in Eating Brains
The “28 Days Later” franchise has evolved into a trippy, biblical battle between soulful science and heartless religion
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‘The Night Manager’ Season 2 Review: Tom Hiddleston Ups His Spy Game in Prime Video’s Sultry New Adventure
David Farr’s spy drama returns a decade later with more confidence, but don’t skip that Season 1 rewatch
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‘Primate’ Review: You’ll Go Apesh-t for This Killer Chimpanzee Movie
Johannes Roberts’ excellent, ultraviolent thriller with Oscar winner Troy Kotsur goes totally bananas
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‘People We Meet on Vacation’ Review: Friends-to-Lovers Romance Struggles to Generate Heat
The Netflix adaptation of Emily Henry’s novel highlights the difficulty of capturing chemistry
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‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Review: Holly Hunter Thrives in Playful Franchise Expansion
Paramount+’s YA-tinged spinoff embraces a joyful tone and is a delight to watch
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‘Greenland 2: Migration’ Review: Good Post-Apocalyptic Thriller, Bad Movie About Greenland
Gerard Butler returns in an above-average sequel to the above-average 2020 sleeper about surviving a planet-wide disaster
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‘His & Hers’ Review: Netflix’s Tessa Thompson Whodunnit Takes Itself Too Seriously
Tonal inconsistencies and uneven performances detract from Thompson and Jon Bernthal’s chemistry and some genuine surprises
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‘The Pitt’ Season 2 Review: Noah Wyle’s Pressure-Filled ER Returns With Quiet Confidence
Fresh off multiple Emmy wins, HBO Max’s hit medical drama wastes no time dialing up the tension
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‘The Dutchman’ Review: Amiri Baraka’s Controversial Play Gets Lost in Film Nightmare
André Holland and Kate Mara star in an ambitious update of the award-winning classic — but the meta-horror twist is a misfire
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‘Stranger Things’ Finale Blues: Netflix Megahit Got Too Big for Its Own Good | Commentary
With its long-awaited conclusion, the Duffer brothers series fell foul to familiar issues with TV endings
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‘Stranger Things 5’ Finale Review: Duffer Brothers Achieve the Impossible With Epic Ending
Most of the successes and failures that will be associated with how the Netflix series played out speak to the larger point of what makes it an absorbing cultural phenomenon
