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Hayden Panettiere’s Talent Never Got the Next Chapter It Deserved
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‘Lanterns’ Review: Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre’s Chemistry Helps HBO’s Clever Action-Comedy Transcend Lackluster Superhero Backdrop
Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King created the series, in which Hal Jordan and John Stewart bicker more than they kick intergalactic butt.
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‘Anna Pigeon’ Review: USA’s National Park-Set Drama Is a Disposable Combination of Pretty Vistas and Flimsy Plotting
Tracy Spiridakos plays a crime-solving ranger in this series adaptation of Nevada Barr's literary mysteries.
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‘Monsters of God’ Review: ‘Tiger King’ Director’s HBO Docuseries About Reptile Trafficking Is (Relatively) Sober and Nuanced
Eric Goode's new five-parter focuses on the lucrative and illegal business of trafficking exotic snakes, tortoises and lizards.
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Hayden Panettiere’s Talent Never Got the Next Chapter It Deserved
'Heroes' and 'Nashville' let the actress evolve from precocity to maturity, but her personal struggles left that journey incomplete.
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‘Lanterns’ Review: Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre’s Chemistry Helps HBO’s Clever Action-Comedy Transcend Lackluster Superhero Backdrop
Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King created the series, in which Hal Jordan and John Stewart bicker more than they kick intergalactic butt.
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‘Anna Pigeon’ Review: USA’s National Park-Set Drama Is a Disposable Combination of Pretty Vistas and Flimsy Plotting
Tracy Spiridakos plays a crime-solving ranger in this series adaptation of Nevada Barr's literary mysteries.
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‘Monsters of God’ Review: ‘Tiger King’ Director’s HBO Docuseries About Reptile Trafficking Is (Relatively) Sober and Nuanced
Eric Goode's new five-parter focuses on the lucrative and illegal business of trafficking exotic snakes, tortoises and lizards.
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‘The Shards’ Review: Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis Team Up for FX’s Predictably Excess-Soaked Tale of Prep-School Sex, Drugs and Murder
Igby Rigney, Homer Gere, Hayes Warner, Graham Campbell and Kaia Gerber lead this series adaptation of Ellis' loosely autobiographical novel set in early-'80s Los Angeles.
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‘Fightland’ Review: 50 Cent’s London-Set Starz Drama Blends Boxing and Crime Clichés in Forgettable Ways
Howard Charles plays a former heavyweight champ who returns to London after eight years in prison, eager to upset a drug empire and exact revenge.
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‘President Curtis’ Review: Adult Swim’s ‘Rick and Morty’ Spinoff Lacks the Original’s Wild Inspiration but Improves as It Goes Along
Keith David voices President Andre Curtis in Dan Harmon and James Siciliano's American history-skewing animated series.
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‘Furious’ Review: Emmy Rossum and Lola Petticrew Lead Hulu’s Complex, Ultimately Satisfying Epstein-Era Serial Killer Thriller
Elizabeth Meriwether created the eight-part cat-and-mouse series, loosely based on the 1987 Debra Winger/Theresa Russell film 'Black Widow.'
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‘The Hawk’ Review: Will Ferrell and a Stellar Supporting Cast Are Wasted in Netflix’s Whiff of a Golf Comedy
Molly Shannon, Jimmy Tatro and Luke Wilson co-star in a show that will remind you of better golf comedies and Ferrell-fronted sports stories.
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‘Lucky’ Review: Anya Taylor-Joy Stars as an Identity-Swapping Con Woman in an Apple TV Thriller With Identity Issues of Its Own
Reese Witherspoon executive produced this seven-episode series, adapted by Jonathan Tropper and featuring Timothy Olyphant, Annette Bening and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.
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‘Little House on the Prairie’ Review: Netflix’s Laura Ingalls Wilder Reboot Sparkles With Appealingly Wholesome Sincerity
Ma, Pa, Laura and Mary return to TV in Rebecca Sonnenshine’s new take on the material, which brings the Ingalls family from the Big Woods of Wisconsin to Independence, Kansas.
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‘The Man Will Burn’ Review: HBO’s Burning Man Docuseries Boasts Impressive Access, but Sticks Too Close to the Photogenic Surface
Directors Jehane Noujaim and Vikram Gandhi chronicle the highs and lows of the festival, which sees tens of thousands of artists and fans descending on the Nevada desert every year.
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‘Zorro’ Review: Jean Dujardin Delivers Throwback Charm in MHz Choice’s Farce-Forward French-Language Swashbuckler
Benjamin Charbit and Noé Debré's take on Johnston McCulley's masked hero co-stars Audrey Dana, Eric Elmosnino and André Dussollier.
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‘The Bear’ Final Season Review: Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri’s Kitchen Comedy Nears the End With Emotion, Laughs and a Touch of Caution
In the lead-up to the yet-unseen series finale of Christopher Storer's Emmy-winning FX/Hulu sensation, the fate of The Bear and its staff is at stake.
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‘Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness’ Review: Oddball Pairing of Larry David and Barack Obama Yields a Hit-or-Miss HBO Sketch Show
'Curb Your Enthusiasm' collaborators David and Jeff Schaffer use their seven-episode series to add a crotchety 'Curb' sensibility to various historical moments.
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Television Often Neglects Directors, but James Burrows’ Legacy Is Impossible to Overlook
A key creative force in shaping beloved sitcoms from 'Taxi' to 'Cheers,' from 'Friends' to 'Will & Grace,' Burrows won 11 Emmys and helmed well over 1,000 episodes of television.
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