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‘Unbelievable’ takes advantage of binge format to tell a gripping, personal story of a landmark serial rape case (TV review)

When TV scholars look back years from now at trends in storytelling structure, I suspect “Unbelievable” (Netflix) will be seen as a pivotal show. The

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Fall TV 2019: What looks good, and what doesn’t

I watched the trailers of some notable fall TV premieres so you don’t have to (but they are embedded here if you want to). Here are

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Netflix MCU goes out on a competent but familiar note with ‘Jessica Jones’ Season 3

The Netflix NYC neighborhood of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ended too soon with “Jessica Jones” Season 3 (June), but I have to admit these series

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‘Black Mirror’ Season 5 is easily the weakest so far (TV review)

With the failed experiment of the “choose your own adventure” movie “Bandersnatch” in the rear view, I was happy to hear “Black Mirror” Season 5

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‘Always Be My Maybe’ is exactly what you think it is – but not entirely to its detriment (Movie review)

You know what kind of movie “Always Be My Maybe” (Netflix) is, and the people who made it know what kind of movie it is,

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‘The Perfection’ isn’t what you think it is, but it’s still a clever little horror gem (Movie review)

“The Perfection” (Netflix) has one of those trailers that seems to give away the whole movie, so after making the mistake of watching the trailer,

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‘Slasher’ Season 3 cracks code on slasher TV narrative

As “Harper’s Island,” “Dead of Summer,” “Scream” and other slasher TV series have found, this medium can’t escape the law of diminishing returns the way

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‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ stays strong in Season 1, Part 2

On the “Buffy” fan Facebook page I frequent, “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” (Netflix) is often mentioned when someone asks “What’s a new show that’s sort

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All 13 episodes of ‘The Punisher’ Season 2, ranked

“The Punisher” Season 2 (January, Netflix) might be the most violent season of TV I’ve ever seen. I wouldn’t be surprised if the budget listed

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‘Bodyguard’ an intense, intricately plotted version of what ‘24’ would be like if it cared about details (TV review)

“Bodyguard” (2018, BBC and Netflix), the six-episode British suspense series, starts with police sergeant David Budd (Richard Madden) trying to talk down a terrorist bomber

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