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DuVall’s ‘Happiest Season’ makes the Yuletide gay

A cut above the typical Christmas flick shoveled out by streaming and cable, “Happiest Season” (Hulu) is a heartfelt and impressive breakthrough from director/co-writer Clea DuVall

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Lily Collins shines in predictable ‘Emily in Paris’

Not all October premieres have to be scary – although a lot of them are (see later in this post) – so let’s start off

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‘Away’ a flighty drama about work-life balance

With many shows releasing entire seasons at once nowadays, I haven’t had time to watch full seasons yet, but I have checked out some first

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Relatively thin schedule offers some highlights

The pandemic has wreaked havoc with fall TV scheduling (it’s hard to tell one socially distanced, masked story, let alone fill a slate with them),

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‘Palm Springs’ gets by on charming chemistry

Andy Samberg tones down his manchild shtick while retaining his Everyman charms, and he pairs wonderfully with Cristin Milioti in “Palm Springs,” a new Hulu

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Horror film ‘The Lodge’ doesn’t dodge mental illness

When “Glass” came out about a year ago, it seemed like the last gasp of an era: No way would filmmakers continue to portray people

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‘High Fidelity’ remix justifies its existence

In the early going, “High Fidelity” (February, Hulu) so precisely re-creates several iconic scenes from the 2000 movie that it’s like watching a painful amateur

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‘Runaways’ Season 1 (2017-18) is kind of silly, kind of good

With an unusually long gap between new Marvel Cinematic Universe releases, I decided to finally check out “Marvel’s Runaways” Season 1 (2017-18, Hulu). Now through

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Movies and TV shows John is looking forward to in 2020

Here are 10 movies and 10 TV shows I’m looking forward to in the new year: “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” (TV series, Jan. 7, NBC) —

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John’s top 10 TV shows of 2019

These were my 10 favorite TV series of 2019, a year that saw the continued dominance of streaming services and the rise to prominence of

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