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‘Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist’ Review: Kevin Hart, Samuel L. Jackson and Don Cheadle Have a Blast in Peacock’s Inconsistent Comic Thriller
A top-notch ensemble leads this eight-episode look at the bloody aftermath of a scheme tied to a 1970 Muhammad Ali comeback fight in Atlanta.
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‘Martha’ Review: R.J. Cutler Tries to Get Martha Stewart to Let Down Her Guard in Mixed-Bag Netflix Doc
The lifestyle goddess and Snoop Dogg's buddy gets up close and only occasionally personal in the new film from the 'September Issue' director.
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‘The White House Effect’ Review: Limited but Convincing Doc Captures a Key Moment in the Climate Change Debate
Using only archival footage, directors Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk lay out how George H.W. Bush went from promising to be the environmental president to … not.
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‘Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos’ Review: Alex Gibney’s Affectionate Documentary Is a Must-See for Fans
The TV creator, plus stars like Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco and Michael Imperioli, sit down for a two-part look back at the game-changing mob dramedy.
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‘Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist’ Review: Kevin Hart, Samuel L. Jackson and Don Cheadle Have a Blast in Peacock’s Inconsistent Comic Thriller
A top-notch ensemble leads this eight-episode look at the bloody aftermath of a scheme tied to a 1970 Muhammad Ali comeback fight in Atlanta.
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‘Martha’ Review: R.J. Cutler Tries to Get Martha Stewart to Let Down Her Guard in Mixed-Bag Netflix Doc
The lifestyle goddess and Snoop Dogg's buddy gets up close and only occasionally personal in the new film from the 'September Issue' director.
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‘The White House Effect’ Review: Limited but Convincing Doc Captures a Key Moment in the Climate Change Debate
Using only archival footage, directors Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk lay out how George H.W. Bush went from promising to be the environmental president to … not.
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‘Disclaimer’ Review: Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline Lead Alfonso Cuaron’s Dazzling and Occasionally Silly Apple TV+ Thriller
Co-starring Sacha Baron Cohen and Kodi Smit-McPhee, the miniseries adaptation of Renée Knight's novel is about the power of storytelling to expose and evade the truth.
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‘Riefenstahl’ Review: Doc Mines Nazi Chronicler’s Estate for Compelling but Familiar Insight
Director Andres Veiel and producer Sandra Maischberger pored over more than 700 boxes of film, writing, audio and other documents to examine Leni Riefenstahl's life.
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‘Separated’ Review: Errol Morris’ Family Separation Documentary Is Marred by Sterile Reenactments
The 'Fog of War' and 'Thin Blue Line' filmmaker explores the origins and execution of the notorious border policy enacted by the Trump administration.
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‘Terminator Zero’ Review: Netflix’s Anime Spinoff Gives a Classic Franchise a Promising New Look
André Holland and Timothy Olyphant lead the voice cast of an eight-episode adventure that moves the sci-fi action — past, present and future — to Tokyo.
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‘Kaos’ Review: Jeff Goldblum’s Quirky Zeus Leads Netflix’s Shallow Greek Mythology for Grown-Ups
Charlie Covell ('The End of the F***ing World') brings together bickering gods, striving humans and the Orpheus and Eurydice journey into the Underworld for an eight-episode dark comedy.
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‘City of God: The Fight Rages On’ Review: HBO Latino/Max’s Spinoff Is Entertaining, but Too Stuck in the Past
Fernando Meirelles is a producer, but not a director or writer, on this thriller set 20 years after the events of his Oscar-nominated Brazilian crime epic.
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Critics’ Conversation: Real Life Was Riveting — Summer TV, Not So Much
Politics and the Paris Olympics provided lots of drama, but despite some exceptions — sexy investment bankers, sexier vampires, litigious elves and Muslim punks — the scripted landscape was lackluster.
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‘Chimp Crazy’ Review: ‘Tiger King’ Director’s HBO Docuseries Explains Why Owning Chimps Is Bad, and the Answer Won’t Surprise You
Eric Goode's new four-hour project tells an only-somewhat-wild, generally sad story of a celebrity chimp, his obsessive handler and Alan Cumming.
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‘Bad Monkey’ Review: Great Vibes and a Cheeky Simian Help Vince Vaughn’s Apple TV+ Comedy Breeze Past Its Flaws
Bill Lawrence adapts Carl Hiaasen's Florida-set novel as a 10-parter also featuring Natalie Martinez, Michelle Monaghan, Jodie Turner-Smith, Meredith Hagner and Rob Delaney.
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‘Hollywood Black’ Review: Justin Simien’s MGM+ Docuseries Digs Deep — but Not Deep Enough — Into African American Film History
The 'Dear White People' director is joined by the likes of Ava DuVernay, Ryan Coogler, Gabrielle Union, Giancarlo Esposito and more in the four-hour project.
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‘Mr. Throwback’ Review: Steph Curry and Adam Pally’s Peacock Comedy Struggles to Make a Splash
The NBA point guard and the 'Happy Endings' favorite are joined by Ego Nwodim in a six-episode mockumentary about superstars and the normal folks they left behind.
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‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ Review: Emma Myers Solves a Mystery in Netflix’s Solid Six-Parter
A teenage gumshoe gets to the bottom of a homicide case years earlier in a small English village in this adaptation of Holly Jackson's YA novel.
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