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‘Lucha: A Wrestling Tale’ Review: An Endearing Doc Portrait of Bronx High School Girls…
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‘TV’s Top 5’: Merry Chrismukkah! The Inside Stories of ‘The O.C.’
This week’s podcast also explains the why behind the latest wave of final season alerts and cancellations.
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‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off’ Review: Netflix’s Animated Adaptation Charms Despite Flaws
Bryan Lee O'Malley and BenDavid Grabinski offer a new, and different, retelling of O'Malley's beloved graphic novel in the eight-episode series.
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‘The Crown’ Review: Final Season Kicks Off With a Wobbly Take on the Diana/Dodi Romance
Peter Morgan's Emmy-winning Netflix drama starts its sixth and last season with a four-episode arc, to be followed by the remaining six installments in December.
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‘Lucha: A Wrestling Tale’ Review: An Endearing Doc Portrait of Bronx High School Girls’ Wrestling Team
Marco Ricci's documentary follows four young women who turn to their school wrestling team in a rough corner of New York City.
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‘TV’s Top 5’: Merry Chrismukkah! The Inside Stories of ‘The O.C.’
Welcome to the 238th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off’ Review: Netflix’s Animated Adaptation Charms Despite Flaws
Bryan Lee O'Malley and BenDavid Grabinski offer a new, and different, retelling of O'Malley's beloved graphic novel in the eight-episode series.
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‘The Crown’ Review: Final Season Kicks Off With a Wobbly Take on the Diana/Dodi Romance
Peter Morgan's Emmy-winning Netflix drama starts its sixth and last season with a four-episode arc, to be followed by the remaining six installments in December.
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‘Songs of Earth’ Review: Delicate Norwegian Oscar Submission Meditates on Mortality and Nature
Margreth Olin's film examines the connection between her aged father and the ageless wonder of the land that surrounds them.
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‘Fargo’ Review: Jon Hamm, Juno Temple and Jennifer Jason Leigh Sink Their Teeth Into a Juicy Season 5
Noah Hawley's FX anthology series goes back to 2019 for another tale of kidnapping, murder and funny regional accents.
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‘Uncropped’ Review: James Hamilton Doc Doubles as a Compelling Elegy for Photojournalism and Alt-Weeklies
Executive produced by Wes Anderson, D.W. Young's film puts Village Voice photographer James Hamilton in the spotlight.
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‘TV’s Top 5’: The Strikes Are Over. What Happens Next? With ‘Beacon 23’ Showrunner Glen Mazzara
Welcome to the 237th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘Colin From Accounts’ Review: Paramount+’s Aussie Import Hits the Rom-Com Sweet Spot
Series creators Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer star as two single people who meet in a lighthearted animal-endangerment situation.
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‘The Curse’ Review: Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder Play Married HGTV Stars in Showtime’s Exhilarating, Exhausting Cringe Comedy
Benny Safdie is co-creator of the dark satire, which follows the stars and creator of a home-renovation series.
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‘TV’s Top 5’: Inside the Sprawling (Adult) World of ‘Blue Eye Samurai’
Welcome to the 236th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ Review: A Commanding David Oyelowo Can’t Mask the Blandness of Paramount+’s History Lesson
The legendary U.S. Marshal gets heroic biopic treatment in this limited series from the Taylor Sheridan stable, with guest stars including Shea Whigham, Dennis Quaid, Donald Sutherland, Garrett Hedlund and Barry Pepper.
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Critic’s Appreciation: Matthew Perry Masterfully Walked the Line Between Mirth and Melancholy
Perry, who died this weekend at 54, was an expert at making viewers care for characters who used humor to mask insecurity, sadness and pain.
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‘Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story’ Review: Doc Brings a Remarkable Creative Powerhouse Into Intimate, Tightly Controlled Focus
Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz's documentary feature, set to premiere on Amazon, explores the origins of the multihyphenate's artistic and corporate empire.
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‘TV’s Top 5’: The Latest on the Actors Strike, Plus What’s Next for Jon Stewart?
Welcome to the 235th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘Albert Brooks: Defending My Life’ Review: Rob Reiner’s Delightful HBO Doc Tribute Leaves You Wanting More
The director sits down with his friend and high school classmate for an intimate documentary tracing Brooks' career from alternative comic to filmmaking legend.
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