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Cute ‘Christmas Chronicles 2’ could use more humor

Like the 2018 original, “The Christmas Chronicles 2” (Netflix) feels like an instant family-friendly holiday staple with its colorful filmic magic, broad messages, and warm

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‘His House’ shows horror of refugee immigrant experience

Mike Flanagan counts himself as an admirer of writer-director Remi Weekes’ “His House” (Netflix), and it’s no wonder: Like Flanagan’s work, Weekes’ calling-card film uses

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‘Trial of the Chicago 7’ a gripping history lesson

I’m not a huge connoisseur of courtroom dramas about wrongfully accused defendants, similar to why I don’t like war movies. I already know war is

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‘Queen’s Gambit’ the Grandmaster of short-form drama

There’s no new season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” this year, but “The Queen’s Gambit” (Netflix) has us covered like a pawn wall protecting friendly

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‘Haunting of Bly Manor’ a beautiful, flawed meditation on love

With “The Haunting of Bly Manor” (Netflix) – his spiritual (pun intended) sequel to 2018’s “The Haunting of Hill House” — Mike Flanagan continues to

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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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‘Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous’ appeals to geeks, kids

Who needs “Jurassic World: Dominion”? (Well, actually, I could use a little “Jurassic World: Dominion.” Or any big franchise movie. But that’s not to be

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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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‘El Camino’ (2019) is Jesse’s ‘Breaking Bad’ grace note

Over six Sundays, we’re looking back at the five seasons (and one movie) of one of the last decade’s elite TV series: AMC’s “Breaking Bad.”

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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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