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News Articles: TV Reviews

Jude Law plays a man who's in over his head in HBO's <em>The Third Day</em>.

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'The Third Day' Makes Mysterious But Predictable Promises

The Third Day, which premiered Monday night on HBO, keeps presenting events that require explanation. But the explanations that come don't sustain the story.

September 15, 2020
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  • Linda Holmes
Caitlin (Jordan Kristine Seamon) and Fraser (Jack Dylan Grazer) see the sea in <em>We Are Who We Are.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

In Teen Drama 'We Are Who We Are,' We're Still Figuring Out Who We Are

Director Luca Guadagnino brings his searching, emotionally intimate sensibility to HBO with this series about two American kids on a military base in Italy.

September 14, 2020
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
Dan Levy performs the most effective of the five monologues in HBO's <em>Coastal Elites</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

In 'Coastal Elites,' Five Stories Of Life In 2020

Paul Rudnick's HBO film features several fine actors in an uneven set of monologues about Donald Trump, the pandemic, and where we go from here.

September 12, 2020
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  • Linda Holmes
GPB  NPR

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  • TV Reviews

'The Sit-In' Revisits A Landmark Week With Harry Belafonte As 'Tonight Show' Host

A new Peacock documentary chronicles the week in 1968 when Belafonte, then a prominent civil rights advocate, hosted the late night show. Guests included Aretha Franklin and Martin Luther King, Jr.

September 08, 2020
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By:
  • David Bianculli
Snow Way Out: A couple (Jessie Buckley and Jesse Plemons) takes a long road trip during a snowstorm in <em>I'm Thinking of Ending Things</em> on Netflix.

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  • TV Reviews

In 'I'm Thinking Of Ending Things,' A Couple Gets Stuck In A Dreamlike Limbo

In writer/director Charlie Kaufman's latest, a couple spouts pat, pseudo-intellectual bromides. But stay with it — because that's a clue to what's really going on in this tense, surprising film.

September 04, 2020
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  • Glen Weldon
The second season of Amazon Prime's <em>The Boys</em> comes out on Friday. Karl Urban plays Butcher (from left), and his "boys" Hughie Campbell (Jack Quaid), The Female (Karen Fukuhara), Frenchie (Tomer Capon) and Mother's Milk (Laz Alonso).

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  • TV Reviews

'The Boys' Return For A 2nd Season, Even More Twisted Than The 1st

The Amazon Prime series returns Friday full of satire, superheroes and subversion. It's a funhouse mirror reflection of the racism, xenophobia, criminality and political posturing of our real world.

September 02, 2020
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  • Eric Deggans
GPB  NPR

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  • TV Reviews

'Women Make Film' Shines A Long Overdue Spotlight On Female Filmmakers

TCM's ambitious 14-hour series showcases the work of female filmmakers from around the globe, and provides hundreds of examples of both artistic and technical achievement.

August 31, 2020
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  • David Bianculli
Carla Campbell is a bounty hunter with a mission in the new series <em>Love Fraud</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

A Man Tries To Stay A Step Ahead Of The Many Women He Married In 'Love Fraud'

Showtime's documentary series Love Fraud isn't really about the man who allegedly defrauded a series of women after meeting them online. It's about their search for him, aided by a bounty hunter.

August 31, 2020
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  • Linda Holmes
Grainy footage of kids getting ready to fly down dangerous rides is the most striking image in the documentary <em>Class Action Park</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Class Action Park' Remembers The Perils Of A Really Good Time

The documentary Class Action Park tells the story of a New Jersey theme park that was widely beloved, successful and extremely dangerous.

August 27, 2020
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  • Linda Holmes
GPB  NPR

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  • National

Late-Night Infomercial Meets Telethon: What 1st DNC Night Was Like For Viewers

Political conventions are made for TV. But this year's Democratic National Convention was virtual only. NPR discusses how the first night played out for viewers.

August 18, 2020
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  • Eric Deggans and
  • Domenico Montanaro
<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
GPB  NPR

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  • TV Reviews

HBO's 'Lovecraft Country' Puts A Bold New Spin On The Works Of A Horror Legend

A new 10-part drama upends the stories of H.P. Lovecraft, presenting a narrative in which the heroes are Black, the setting is the racially divided 1950s, and each episode seems to have its own tone.

August 14, 2020
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  • David Bianculli
GPB  NPR

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  • TV Reviews

HBO's 'Lovecraft Country' Brings Viewers To A World Of Monsters, Magic and Racism

The new HBO Series Lovecraft Country mixes the real horrors of 1950's Jim Crow America with the imaginary horrors of author H.P Lovecraft.

August 14, 2020
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  • Eric Deggans
GPB  NPR

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  • TV Reviews

'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Sketches Out Life In The Bottom Berths Of The Starship

A new CBS All Access cartoon focuses on the ensigns who populate the ship's lower decks — and are charged with mostly menial tasks, like fetching drinks or repairing food replicators.

August 11, 2020
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  • David Bianculli
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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By:
  • Glen Weldon
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