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fromVulture
1 week ago

Glenn Close Thinks the Negative All's Fair Reviews Are Unfair

Glenn Close posted an Instagram doodle depicting her All's Fair co-stars cooking a "critic-bunny stew" after the show's scathing critical reception.
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fromVulture
2 weeks ago

All's Fair's Bad Reviews Are Making It a Must Watch

Star-studded Ryan Murphy legal drama about female divorce attorneys receives harsh critical backlash for inconsistent tone, dismal plotting, and shallow execution despite viewer curiosity.
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fromInverse
2 weeks ago

'Ahsoka' Season 2 Is Finally Fixing The Show's Biggest Flaw

Ahsoka's first season underdelivered with a subdued lead, uneven pacing, and identity problems; Season 2 promises a softer, more joyful Ahsoka.
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fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

Witcher Season 4 Gets Panned And It's Not All Liam Hemsworth's Fault

The Witcher season 4 features Liam Hemsworth as Geralt but is widely criticized for uneven tone, bloated storytelling, and poor fan and critic reception.
fromVulture
3 weeks ago

Talamasca Can't Stand on Its Own

The first sign that Talamasca: The Secret Order is not going to pick up the maximalist mantle from sister series Interview With the Vampire is that its main character's name is ... Guy. A guy named Guy. A guy named Guy who was a super-special psychic boy before growing into a super-special psychic man with a shadowy organization following him around and a fate he's unaware of. The clichés pile up quickly, and Talamasca gets buried under them.
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fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks ago

One of Netflix's Most Surprising No. 1 Shows Is Back for Season 2. You May Wish It Weren't.

Netflix increasingly releases multi-episode seasons with little plot progression; Nobody Wants This Season 2 exemplifies the trend, spanning 10 episodes with virtually no story development.
fromIndependent
3 weeks ago

'The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In' review: Whatever these two have got, and I can't see it but it's clearly working for them

Aside from the guests, there was absolutely nothing to differentiate the new season episode from the very first one in 2023 - the scripted bits were as lame as ever Watching The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In (RTÉ Two, Thursday, October 23), I was reminded of a quip by the endlessly wise and witty Dolly Parton: "You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!"
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fromInverse
1 month ago

'Talamasca: The Secret Order' Is A Supernatural Spy Thriller With No Thrills

Talamasca fails to justify its existence, delivering a slow, half-baked expansion of the Immortal Universe with unengaging human-focused perspectives.
Television
fromVulture
1 month ago

Task Recap: Belief Versus Proof

The episode delivers a long-awaited shoot-out with significant losses but uneven pacing and a premature character death that undercuts emotional payoff.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months ago

Zoe Kravitz slams the homophobia in Friends and other '90s TV shows

The LGBTQ+ advocate was speaking to People about her latest film, Caught Stealing, which is set in 1998. "If you watch Friends now, you're like, 'Whoa, that's...', she said, surprising co-star and Yves St Laurent model Austin Butler, who asked: Wow, even in Friends? Kravitz responded: "Oh, so much in Friends. Like, things that aren't punchlines are punchlines. It's wild. We can keep that there." Elvis star Butler agreed, saying: "Yeah, keep that in the '90s."
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fromIndependent
4 months ago

Donal Lynch: Growing tired of And Just Like That? Rewind instead to the greatest TV series of all time - Girls

Writers recycled a poorly conceived storyline in 'And Just Like That', frustrating loyal viewers with a lack of originality.
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fromwww.npr.org
5 months ago

The summer TV season is almost here. Here's what to watch.

The excitement of new and beloved television series drives the anticipation for the upcoming summer TV season.
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