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In Hanawalt's 'I Want You,' Youthful Yearnings And Anthropomorphic Anxieties

Before working in TV animation (Bojack Horseman, Tuca & Bertie), Lisa Hanawalt chronicled her obsessions in a funny, filthy minicomic series that's been reprinted — with a wry update.

August 19, 2020
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  • Glen Weldon
Your animals will demand your attention in <em>Planet Zoo</em>, just one of several simulation games that might distract you from quarantine.

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  • Games & Humor

I Thought A Zoo: Simulated Games For Isolated Times

Whether you want to take a break from reality with a zoo, a city, an amusement park, or a hospital full of angry clowns, a simulation game can be just the ticket.

August 17, 2020
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  • Linda Holmes
<em>Halt! Cthulhu goes there? (L to R):</em>Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance), Atticus (Jonathan Majors) and Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) in HBO's <em>Lovecraft Country.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

'Lovecraft Country': Facing Monsters —And A Monstrous History

HBO's new dark fantasy series serves up satisfyingly pulpy thrills even as it examines the enduring legacy of slavery through a prism of science-fiction and horror.

August 16, 2020
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  • Glen Weldon
L to R: Ensigns Tendi (voiced by Noel Wells), Mariner (voiced by Tawny Newsome) and Boimler (voiced by Jack Quaid) do the grunt work on <em>Star Trek: Lower Decks</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

With 'Star Trek: Lower Decks,' A Venerable Franchise Loosens Up

The animated series spoofs Trek with in-jokes and easter eggs and even if the gags aren't yet firing on all nacelles, the premise — Starfleet's D-listers — holds promise.

August 06, 2020
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  • Glen Weldon
Seth Rogen stars alongside ... well, Seth Rogen, in the HBO Max movie <em>An American Pickle</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

Seth Rogen Finds Himself (Twice) In 'An American Pickle'

In a new film streaming on HBO Max, Rogen plays both a Polish immigrant who wakes up 100 years after falling into a pickle barrel and the great-grandson into whose modern life he emerges.

August 04, 2020
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  • Linda Holmes
Author Michelle McNamara, in the HBO documentary series based on her book.

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  • TV Reviews

'I'll Be Gone In The Dark' Sheds Light On Both Justice And Its Pursuers

By the end of the HBO docuseries, you may not know much more about the case writer Michelle McNamara pursued until her death. But you will know more about the price of that pursuit.

August 03, 2020
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  • Linda Holmes
Jane (Jane Adams) and Jason (Chris Messina) get caught up in a viral outbreak of fatalism in <em>She Dies Tomorrow</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

'She Dies Tomorrow' Is A Mood

Writer/director Amy Seimetz's darkly, darkly comic meditation on the contagious nature of anxiety and paranoia plays with horror conventions while refusing to embrace the genre's pulpy pleasures.

July 31, 2020
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  • Glen Weldon
(L-R): Charlotte Caffey, Gina Schock, Belinda Carlisle, Kathy Valentine and Jane Wiedlin perform in 1981.

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  • Movie Reviews

Showtime's 'The Go-Go's' Documentary Breaks The Seal

A new documentary chronicling the formation, rise and break-up of the iconic group hits all the familiar Behind the Music beats, but does so with a bracing, clear-eyed candor.

July 31, 2020
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  • Glen Weldon
HBO's eerily prescient <em>Watchmen </em>received 26 Emmy nominations on Tuesday, more than any other program.

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  • Television

The 6 Things To Know About The Emmy Nominations

Netflix scores big, Watchmen gets the love it deserves, and other notes on Tuesday's Emmy nominations in this unusual season.

July 28, 2020
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  • Linda Holmes
Evan Rachel Wood is one of the interview subjects in the new documentary <em>Showbiz Kids</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

'Showbiz Kids' Gives Child Actors The Chance To Tell Their Own Stories

In a new HBO documentary, current and former child actors from Wil Wheaton to Todd Bridges to Evan Rachel Wood talk about abuse, money, work and finding your way as an adult.

July 18, 2020
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  • Linda Holmes
James McAvoy voices Morpheus, Lord of Dreams, in Audible's <em>The Sandman.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

'The Sandman': Landmark Comic Series Gets A Rigidly Faithful Audio Drama Adaptation

Neil Gaiman's impossible-to-adapt dark fantasy series has now been adapted, albeit into a medium no one could've predicted: a ten-hour-long audio drama, featuring a celebrity voice cast.

July 15, 2020
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  • Glen Weldon
Cristin Milioti and Andy Samberg star in <em>Palm Springs</em>, an offbeat romcom with a surprising amount of charm.

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  • Movie Reviews

Kick Back With 'Palm Springs,' A Witty Romcom About Fighting Despair

The romantic comedy starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti finds two people connecting at a wedding and getting a lot more than they bargained for.

July 11, 2020
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  • Linda Holmes
Captain Krause (Tom Hanks) looks astern in <em>Greyhound</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

World War II Naval Drama 'Greyhound' Charts A Trim, Efficient Course

Tom Hanks stars in, and wrote the screenplay for, this familiar but effective tale of a Navy captain leading a convoy of merchants ships through U-boat-infested seas.

July 10, 2020
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  • Glen Weldon
KiKi Layne, Luca Marinelli, Charlie Theron, and Marwan Kenzari are part of The Old Guard in Netflix's film of the same name.

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  • Movie Reviews

'The Old Guard' Is A Smart Blend Of Action And Emotion

Director Gina Prince-Bythewood knocks it out of the park with a film about soldiers who fight (and fight and fight), based on a series of comics and starring Charlize Theron as the boss.

July 10, 2020
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  • Linda Holmes
Walter Mercado, celebrity astrologer and great dresser, is featured in a new documentary called <em>Mucho Mucho Amor</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

Walter Mercado, Remembered, With 'Mucho Mucho Amor'

Walter Mercado found his way into many tens of millions of homes as a television astrologer. A new Netflix documentary looks at his life and what he meant to the people who watched him.

July 08, 2020
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By:
  • Linda Holmes

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