TV
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What Went Wrong with Sherlock?
A ‘Sherlock’ fan explores her disappointment with the most recent season. The fourth season of Sherlock has come and gone, and it’s left more than a…
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‘The Gunfighter’ Lampoons Voiceovers, Westerns, and Sexual Peccadilloes
Short of the Day A hilarious genre send-up featuring the voice of Nick Offerman. Stop me if you’ve heard this before: a gunfighter walks into a saloon.…
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Production Design of the Mind: Behind the Scenes with ‘Legion’
When your narrative universe might not be real, there are no rules. Anyone who watched Noah Hawley’s Legion premiere this week on FX knows that besides…
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Bob Odenkirk Returns to Comedy in His Version of ‘Chinatown’
Odenkirk tells us: “It’s ‘The Incredible Mr. Limpet’ meets ‘Blood Simple’Netflix/FSR Illustration“I think other people liked Saul more than I did,” Bob Odenkirk told the A.V.…
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‘Big Little Lies’ Has a Secret to Success
Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and director Jean-Marc Vallée elevate the material to new heights.Image: Hilary Bronwyn Gayle / HBOHBO has long been considered the home for Hollywood…
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CNN’s ‘The History of Comedy’ is Most Essential When It’s No Laughing Matter
The mostly serious documentary series begins tonight. We can all use a good laugh these days, but CNN’s new documentary series The History of Comedy isn’t…
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‘Santa Clarita Diet’ Hits the Spot, If You Can Stomach It
The strange, wonderful Netflix zombie show is a cult comedy looking for its cult. What if one of the couples in the Saturday Night Live skit…
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‘Legion’ is An Evolution in Superhero TV
FX’s new series risks being tragic, funny, and at times befuddling. All of it pays off brilliantly. Throughout the better part of the past decade,…
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43 Things We Learned from the Vice Principals — Season One Commentary
“There was too much real poop on the set.”
