TV Reviews
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‘Pieces of Her’ Review: Toni Collette Is the Mother of All Withholding Parents in Netflix Thriller
Collette is in top form as a mom with a secret past trying to nudge her daughter into independent adulthood
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Showtime’s ‘Super Pumped’ Review: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Showboats in a Good Way as Uber Founder
Limited series offers a pleasing unpredictability, with onscreen graphics, fast cuts and occasional interjections from narrator Quentin Tarantino
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‘The Dropout’ Review: Hulu’s Portrait of a Monster Stars Amanda Seyfried as Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes
While the eight-part limited series loses its momentum in the mid-section, the starry cast delivers a scary look at a Ponzi scheme’s unraveling
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‘Vikings: Valhalla’ Review: Bloody Nordic Mayhem Returns, This Time on Netflix
Sequel series features explorer Leif Eriksson and badass women — as well as pillaging, sex, pagan rituals and political intrigue
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‘Law & Order’ Reboot Review: Sam Waterston and Anthony Anderson Are Back on the Case — Dun-Dun
Dick Wolf’s OG procedural returns for its 21st season, but struggles to be bold in the era of micro-aggressions and increasing polarization
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‘Severance’ Review: Adam Scott’s Corporate Job Literally Splits Him in Two in Eerie Apple TV+ Series
Ben Stiller directs most of the episodes in the first season of this absorbing high-concept mystery thriller
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‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 4 Review: Midge Returns With Even More Fizzy Energy
Our heroine has no time for soul-searching in new season of Amazon Prime’s hit comedy
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‘State of the Union’ Season 2 Review: Brendan Gleeson and Patricia Clarkson Explore a Marriage on the Rocks
The Emmy-winning short-form series is back with a new couple under marital pressure
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‘Bel-Air’ Review: Will Smith Is on the Run in Laugh-Track-Free Peacock Reboot
And Jabari Banks threads the needle between charming and goofy as the young “Will Smith” in teen drama take on the ’90s sitcom
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‘Inventing Anna’ Review: Julia Garner Sizzles in Shonda Rhimes’ Fact-Based Netflix Series
Meet your new obsession: a cunning nobody who fooled dozen of high-rollers into thinking she was an heiress
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‘And Just Like That’: 5 Ways ‘Sex and the City’ Spinoff Went So, So Wrong – and Why Most Reboots Fail
TheWrap critic and “Sex and the City” expert Jennifer Keishin Armstrong offers post-op analysis of HBO Max series
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‘Pam & Tommy’ Review: Hulu Brilliantly Explores the OG Celebrity Sex Tape Scandal – Complete With Talking Penis
Lily James and Sebastian Stan deliver uncanny performances as Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee in new limited series
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Prime’s ‘Reacher’ Review: Alan Ritchson Packs a Punch but Few Surprises as Lee Child Hero
Ritchson may look more like Child’s brawny hero than did Tom Cruise, but he comes across as more than a little robotic
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‘The Afterparty’ Review: Sam Richardson Shines in Apple TV+’s Genre-Bending Mystery Comedy
Who killed Dave Franco at a high school reunion? Detective Tiffany Haddish is on the case
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‘Janet Jackson’ Review: Superstar Opens Up But Remains in Control in A&E/Lifetime Docuseries
Believe the hype: The music star is a master of the TV tell-all
