More from Angie Han
‘Faraway Downs’ Review: Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Australia’ Expansion Comes Up Short
The director's 2008 epic starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman becomes a six-part Hulu miniseries that incorporates previously cut footage and an alternate ending.
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‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ Review: Netflix Cashes in, and It’s Not Pretty
The anti-capitalist South Korean hit drama gets a reality-competition spinoff in which 496 contestants participate in children's games for the chance to win $4.96 million.
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‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Review: Kurt and Wyatt Russell Anchor Apple TV+’s Refreshingly Human-Scale Godzilla Series
The father and son share a role in the decades-spanning drama about a top-secret monster-hunting organization.
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‘Beacon 23’ Review: Lena Headey and Stephan James in an MGM+ Sci-Fi Saga That Casts a Spell
The pair play strangers stranded together on a lonely outpost on the outskirts of the Milky Way in a series adapted from the book by Hugh Howey ('Silo').
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‘The Buccaneers’ Review: Apple TV+’s Edith Wharton Adaptation Eventually Finds Its Spark
Inspired by the writer's final, unfinished novel, the series follows a tight-knit clique of wealthy young American women who head to London in search of titled husbands.
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‘A Murder at the End of the World’ Review: Emma Corrin and Clive Owen Star in FX/Hulu’s Alluring Whodunit
A Gen Z hacker seeks the truth behind the death of a guest at an ultra-exclusive retreat hosted by a tech billionaire in the series created by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij ('The OA').
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‘Black Cake’ Review: Dramatic Friction Sorely Lacking in Hulu’s Tale of a Family’s Secrets and Strife
In an adaptation of the best-selling novel by Charmaine Wilkerson, two estranged siblings discover the truth about their mother's life story after her death.
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‘Freelance’ Review: John Cena and Alison Brie Are Lost in the Would-Be Hijinks of a Drab Jungle Adventure
A former Green Beret hired to protect a journalist becomes involved in a coup against a South American dictator (Juan Pablo Raba) in an action comedy directed by Pierre Morel ('Taken').
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‘Blue Eye Samurai’ Review: Maya Erskine in Netflix’s Gorgeously Violent Adult Animated Revenge Drama
A mysterious swordmaster cuts a path of revenge through 17th-century Japan in an adult animated series created by Amber Noizumi and Michael Green.
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‘Neon’ Review: Netflix’s Miami Reggaeton Comedy Is a Glossy Good Time, if Not Much Else
Three best friends make their way up the music scene in a comedy created by Shea Serrano and Max Searle and produced by Daddy Yankee.
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‘Goosebumps’ Review: Disney+’s R.L. Stine Adaptation Overcomes Stumbles With Heart, Humor and Gore Galore
Five high-schoolers get pulled into a supernatural mystery involving the death of a local teen three decades earlier in a series based on the bestselling YA books.
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‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ Review: A Sometimes Exhausting, Often Exhilarating, Always Impressively Immersive Screen Experience
The epic concert movie, which features more than three dozen songs, was filmed over three Los Angeles shows on the pop icon's record-breaking global tour.
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