More from Angie Han
‘Emperor of Ocean Park’ Review: Forest Whitaker’s MGM+ Thriller Sags Under the Weight of Messy Ambition
A law professor is pulled into a dangerous web of conspiracy after the death of his father, a prominent conservative judge, in this mystery series based on Stephen L. Carter's novel.
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‘Exploding Kittens’ Review: Netflix’s Admirably Zany Animated Cat Comedy Could Use Sharper Jokes
Inspired by the card game of the same name, the series created by Matthew Inman and Shane Kosakowski sees a clash between God and the Devil, both of them sent to Earth in the bodies of cats.
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Poking ‘The Bear’: THR’s TV Critics Dissect the Divisiveness of Season 3
Is Jeremy Allen White's Carmy still locked in that metaphorical refrigerator of trauma, or is his entire show?
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‘Sunny’ Review: Rashida Jones in Apple TV+’s Sleek, Sporadically Involving Sci-Fi Drama
The actress plays an American expat in Japan who is gifted a domestic robot after losing her family in a plane crash.
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‘A Family Affair’ Review: Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron in a Netflix Rom-Com That Charms Despite Missteps
The Richard LaGravenese-directed film centers on a widowed middle-aged writer having an affair with a younger movie star — who happens to be her daughter's boss.
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‘My Lady Jane’ Review: Emily Bader Reinvents a Luckless Royal in Prime Video’s Amusing if Insubstantial Historical Romp
Everyone knows Jane Grey was beheaded for claiming the throne after the death of King Edward VI. This alt-history fantasy presupposes: Maybe she wasn't?
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‘Land of Women’ Review: Eva Longoria and Carmen Maura in Apple TV+’s Palatable Comfort-Food Family Portrait
After her husband runs afoul of loan sharks, a New Yorker flees with her elderly mother and teenage daughter to her family's ancestral Spanish home in this new series.
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Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 10 Best TV Shows of 2024 So Far
Faves from the first half of the year include a pair of addictively dark Netflix dramas, a heart-tugging sports doc/celebrity bromance and a stronger-than-ever season of 'Hacks.'
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‘House of the Dragon’ Review: Season 2 of HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel Nails the Spectacle but Fumbles the Intimacy
War threatens to take over the continent as the late king's two eldest children grapple for control of the Iron Throne in the show's sophomore outing.
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‘All That We Love’ Review: Margaret Cho in a Midlife-Crisis Dramedy That Will Make Pet Lovers Weep
In this Tribeca world premiere, a woman enters a period of change as her beloved dog dies, her daughter prepares to move away and her ex-husband re-enters her life.
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‘Brats’ Review: Andrew McCarthy’s Hulu Doc Is a Sharp and Insightful Excavation of the Brat Pack’s Past
Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Rob Lowe and more feature in a documentary about the infamous circle of young Hollywood stars in the 1980s.
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‘Queenie’ Review: Hulu’s Uneven but Likeable Quarter-Life Crisis Drama
A 25-year-old British Jamaican journalist navigates the wilds of work, love, sex and family in Candice Carty-Williams' series.
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