Television

‘Roswell, New Mexico’ Season 3 shows wear and tear

The house of cards that is “Roswell, New Mexico” (Mondays, CW) collapses in the Season 3 premiere, “Hands.” The series showed potential from the beginning

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Winslet leads stellar cast in gripping ‘Mare of Easttown’

The plot of “Mare of Easttown” (April-May, HBO) is nothing we haven’t seen before. Nor is its moody vibe of a small, troubled community wracked

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With 2 episodes left, 10 ‘Cruel Summer’ questions

Freeform is pushing the hashtags #IBelieveJeanette and #IBelieveKate in its “Cruel Summer” (Tuesdays) promotions. But I believe it’s unlikely that one is the villain and

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Creepy new dino highlights ‘Camp Cretaceous’ Season 3

When the “Jurassic Park” toy line released “Chaos Effect” figures back in the day, I thought “Why not make more actual dinosaurs?” What Mother Nature

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‘Cruel Summer’ is sudsy and satisfying

“Cruel Summer” (Tuesdays, Freeform) would’ve been a frothy summer cable series a decade ago. Today, TV schedules are less rigid, but this teen/family mystery gives

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Whedon dreams up Victorian superheroes in ‘The Nevers’

In his first series since “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (2013) and his first hands-on series since “Dollhouse” (2008), Joss Whedon returns to TV with “The

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‘Chad’ actress goes back to school – as a boy

Except for sports, I’m not a channel surfer. I give scripted shows the courtesy of watching them from the beginning. But as my TV stayed

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‘Camp Cretaceous’ Season 2 mixes dino action, mystery

“Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous” Season 2, which snuck onto Netflix in January like a velociraptor sneaking into a kitchen, continues to do what Season 1

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‘Andromeda Strain’ movie (1971) seems longer than TV miniseries (2008)

I think of the 21st century – starting with 2001’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” – as the era of faithful book-to-film adaptations. But they

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Great actresses carry ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2 (2019)

After HBO’s “Big Little Lies” Season 1 became one of the best shows of 2017, it returned in 2019 with a Season 2. The whole story

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