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‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Review: Netflix’s Gorgeous, Ambitious Adaptation Captures Some of the Novel’s Magic
Based on Gabriel García Márquez's 1967 masterpiece, the Colombian drama follows several generations of the Buendía family and the fictional town of Macondo.
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‘The Sticky’ Review: Margo Martindale Anchors Amazon’s Watered-Down Maple Syrup Heist Comedy
Chris Diamantopoulos also stars in the Blumhouse-produced series, loosely inspired by a multimillion-dollar theft that took place in Quebec between 2011 and 2012.
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‘Black Doves’ Review: Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw Shine in Netflix’s Darkly Festive Spy Thriller
A group of operatives working for private espionage organizations attempt to prevent an international incident around the holidays, in a six-episode drama created by Joe Barton ('Giri/Haji').
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‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ Review: Jude Law in Disney+’s Charmingly Amblin-esque Adventure
Co-created by Jon Watts ('Spider-Man: No Way Home'), the family-friendly series follows four youths on an unexpected space adventure through a certain galaxy far, far away.
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‘The Madness’ Review: Colman Domingo Achieves Stratospheric New Levels of Cool in Netflix’s Otherwise Bland Conspiracy Thriller
The 'Euphoria' Emmy winner plays a television pundit whose proximity to the death of a high-profile white supremacist leads to wrongful accusations and an unraveling plot.
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‘The Agency’ Review: Michael Fassbender Leads a Stellar Cast in Paramount+ with Showtime’s Promising but Disjointed Spy Thriller
Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith and Richard Gere also star in the drama created by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth, which looks at the world of international espionage through the London CIA station.
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‘A Man on the Inside’ Review: Ted Danson Earns Laughter and Tears in Mike Schur’s Nursing-Home Comedy for Netflix
Based on the Oscar-nominated 2020 documentary 'The Mole Agent,' the series centers on a widower who goes undercover in a retirement community to catch a thief.
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‘Cruel Intentions’ Review: Amazon Remake Dishes Out Liaisons Too Sizzle-Free to Feel Dangerous
The updated take on Roger Kumble's 1999 film (itself a modernized adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 18th century novel) moves the scheming and sexual hijinks to an elite D.C.-area university.
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‘Get Millie Black’ Review: HBO’s Jamaica-Set Crime Drama Puts a Sharp, Vivid Spin on Familiar Tropes
The first series from Booker-winning author Marlon James ('A Brief History of Seven Killings') stars Tamara Lawrance as a former Scotland Yard officer looking for a missing girl in Kingston.
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‘Leonardo da Vinci’ Review: Ken Burns Steps Outside His Comfort Zone for His Latest PBS Docuseries, With Fascinating Results
The two-parter explores the life and legacy of the 'Mona Lisa' artist and boundary-breaking polymath, with insights from scholars, experts and enthusiasts including filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.
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‘Interior Chinatown’ Review: Jimmy O. Yang Steps up in a Hulu Mystery Too Meta for Its Own Good
Ronny Chieng and Chloe Bennet also star in Charles Yu’s adaptation of his own acclaimed 2020 novel, about an unassuming waiter who gets caught up in a cold case involving his missing brother.
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‘Landman’ Review: At Least Taylor Sheridan’s Mediocre Paramount+ Soap Gives Billy Bob Thornton Plenty of Fuel
Jon Hamm, Demi Moore and Ali Larter also star in the West Texas-set drama about a corporate fixer navigating the booms and busts of the oil industry.
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‘Cross’ Review: Aldis Hodge Elevates Amazon’s Otherwise By-The-Book James Patterson Drama
A tenacious but troubled Washington, D.C. police detective investigates a serial killing spree that may or may not be connected to a case from his own past.
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‘The Day of the Jackal’ Review: Eddie Redmayne Kills in Peacock’s Occasionally Gripping, Frequently Padded Game of Cat-and-Mouse
Lashana Lynch also stars in the 10-episode thriller about a professional assassin and the intelligence officer chasing him, adapted from Frederick Forsyth's 1971 novel.
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‘Say Nothing’ Review: FX/Hulu’s Tale of the Troubles Is Powerful, Ambitious and a Little Too Scattered
The nine-episode adaptation of Patrick Radden Keefe's book centers on two young sisters who join the Irish Republican Army, and the 1972 kidnapping of a Belfast mother.
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‘Dune: Prophecy’ Review: HBO’s Somber ‘House of the Dragon’-Style Prequel Could Use a Bit More Spice
Emily Watson, Olivia Williams and Mark Strong lead the cast of a sci-fi drama set over 10,000 years before the events of the Denis Villeneuve-directed movies.
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