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Avatar: Seven Havens episodes 1-3 recap and review: Twins take on the challenge of a post-apocalyptic world.
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Cupertino Season 1 premiere review: The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King are back with a sly, smart deconstruction of Silicon Valley.
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This week’s episode is another well-acted, well-written affair. HBO’s War tightens the screws just enough in its second episode to brace viewers for either side of this divorce to mess things up beyond repair for their respective clients.
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Review: Jessica Chastain’s Other Mommy is a great idea looking for a better movie.
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The new Netflix thriller Animals is tautly directed by Ben Affleck, who keeps the emphasis on the characters’ flawed humanity. None of the choices available to the protagonists are good ones, and the many “what would you do in this scenario?” questions the film poses keep the story compelling when the kidnapping plot itself ventures into formula.
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Matchbox The Movie is glitzy, glossy and hollow, never even trying to present something original. Everything is safe and familiar and easy, which has always been Hollywood's go-to answer for trying to hit as many quadrants as possible, thus potentially making the most money.
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Fjord review: Sebastian Stan’s latest is a well-acted though oddly distancing look at cultural divides.
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While the studded scalp of otherworld antagonist Pinhead absolutely looks the part, it’s a shame that little else in Hellraiser: Revival has been nailed to anywhere near the same extent.
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Below is Netflix’s go at a “What if Jaws but…” type of story set in Newfoundland starring Josh Hartnett that starts off with a promising hook and closes with a hole-y, disappointing end.
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An engrossing expansion full of interesting new characters and vibrant enemies.
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The novelty has worn off a smidge, but this sequel is still great on its own terms.
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We review all three of Marvel's new Midnight Universe comics and find that one book rises above the rest. Find out which series most deserves to be on your reading list.
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Samuel L. Jackson brings a mix of badassery and vulnerability to the role of President of the United States in The Beast, director Renny Harlin's a fun throwback to high-concept action movies of the past.
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Jeremy Strong is captivating as an almost alien-like incarnation of Mark Zuckerberg and a smart and sympathetic Mikey Madison shines as the whistleblower who outed Facebook’s corporate secrets. But filmmaker Aaron Sorkin’s work here proves a mixed bag, delivering a sharp script but bringing it to life with workman-like direction.
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The best aerial combat the series has ever had alongside some of its best mission design.
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Slow Horses gets a little too tangled up in its own plot in a head-spinning but nonetheless exciting Episode 4.
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Read our review of Apple TV’s Tenzing, a Mount Everest drama starring Genden Phuntsok and Tom Hiddleston that honors Sherpa Tenzing Norgay’s historic climb.
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Though most of the twists can be seen coming well in advance, Lanterns Episode 8 manages to wrap up the season on an emotionally satisfying note.
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Verity review: A veritable mess starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett.
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Star Wars: Galactic Racer is a fabulous looking and frantically fast anti-grav racer that gets a little repetitive thanks to its heavy reliance on repeatedly revisiting the same slim selection of planets, but has successfully lit the afterburners on a long-dormant slice of the Star Wars universe.