The TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” was so “relentlessly bleak”, I had to stop watching, said Lucy Mangan in The Guardian. Now, the showrunner behind the original series, Bruce Miller, has brought Atwood’s Booker-Prize-winning sequel to the small screen. “Brace yourselves.” “The Testaments” picks up a few years after the events of […]
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The following contest is … one of the strangest we’ve seen in pro wrestling in a while. WrestleMania 42 is a few weeks away, and a surprise entrant has inserted himself into the Las Vegas action — and I’m only tangentially talking about Pat McAfee, the former NFL punter-turned-podcaster and part-time Monday Night Raw commentator. […]
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April’s slate of new and returning TV, befitting an era of increasing economic and existential anxiety, looks at some of the defining issues of our time. Economic inequality and the dominant role of social media in our lives are front and center in the month’s new releases. ‘The Testaments’ The Testaments | Trailer | Hulu […]
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“The medical drama that took its native US by storm last year has finally crossed the pond,” said Lucy Mangan in The Guardian, and it’s well worth the wait. “The Pitt” is made by some of the same team that created the gritty Chicago-set drama “ER” – and it stars one of its biggest talents. […]
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Although grimmer in subject matter, these films operated on the same basic principle of Weird Weekends: that Theroux was an eminently trustworthy, gregarious fellow who would give his subjects a fair shake. One imagines many of them were not always thrilled with the results, which see Theroux adopting a more critical pose than his in-person, […]
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The Duffer brothers’ new Netflix horror series takes “pre-wedding jitters” and ramps them up to “supernatural extremes”, said Angie Han in The Hollywood Reporter. The result is a “surprisingly thoughtful, satisfyingly bloody take on the impossibility of absolute romantic certainty”. Nervous bride-to-be Rachel (Camila Morrone) and Nicky Cunningham (Adam DiMarco) appear at first like a […]
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What follows is part farce, part comedy of manners, part campus satire. Vladimir is, despite the seriousness of its thoughts about female desire, male entitlement, female aging, male aging, and intergenerational feminist dissonance, a profoundly wacky show. While John’s hearing proceeds, Weisz’s character—unnamed in the show and the book—becomes sexually obsessed with a new creative […]
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In a proper world, Robert F Kennedy Jr. would be a family money kook in East Hampton trying to sell encapsulated swordfish liver and talking about how Incans invented Wi-Fi. But online wellness cults, and the legitimacy of his early career work as an environmental lawyer, and the familial belief that being a Kennedy means […]
Read MoreWhat happened ABC on Thursday canceled its ready-to-broadcast 22nd season of “The Bachelorette,” hours after TMZ posted a leaked video of this season’s star, Taylor Frankie Paul, attacking the father of one of her three children in 2023. The season premiere had been scheduled for this Sunday. Paul, a breakout star of the Hulu series […]
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Hisense has officially introduced its next generation of Mini-LED televisions for 2026, positioning the new U6 and U7 series as high-performance alternatives to more expensive flagship models. This strategic launch aims to capture the premium display market by offering advanced imaging and audio technologies at more accessible price points. The U7 Series: Premium Features and […]
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JFK Jr. used the power of his name to try to build a new American institution with youthful verve and irreverence. As a child, it struck me as a cool idea. But that’s mostly all it ever became. Beset by behind-the-scenes drama and lacking a clear vision beyond its elevator pitch, George flashed brightly and […]
Read More JFK Jr. used the power of his name to try to build a new American institution with youthful verve and irreverence. As a child, it struck me as a cool idea. But that’s mostly all it ever became. Beset by behind-the-scenes drama and lacking a clear vision beyond its elevator pitch, George flashed brightly and […]
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Streaming services are the primary way a lot of people consume their media of choice, whether that be music or TV shows or movies. Not everybody is on board, though, and some who are are getting tired of it. Regular price increases and limited streaming libraries have some consumers returning to physical media, preferring vinyl […]
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The first really striking moment in On This Day is a close-up of King George III. The general format of the series is that each mini-episode—the episodes thus far are all under five minutes—dramatizes a particular pivotal event that occurred on the day it was released back in 1776. The first episode, released on January […]
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Jisoo is best known as one of the members of Blackpink, of course, but she’s been getting more into acting over the past few years, too. She had leading roles in the TV series Snowdrop and Newtopia, as well as the movie Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy. Now she’s getting back in front of the camera […]
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“Mr Bates vs the Post Office” showed that TV dramas have the power to “intensify public disgust at a scandal, forcing official attitudes to change”, said Jack Seale in The Guardian. If Channel 4’s drama-documentary “Dirty Business” fails to move the needle about water pollution, “perhaps nothing will”. Set partially in 2016, it follows neighbours […]
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“How do you follow a smash hit like ‘Derry Girls’?” said Rebecca Nicholson in the Financial Times. It certainly isn’t easy, but Lisa McGee – creator of the much-loved comedy about a group of school friends growing up during the Troubles – is back with a brand-new show. “How to Get to Heaven from Belfast” […]
Read MoreIt clearly tickled Donald Trump’s fancy. The debut episode of live sketch comedy “Saturday Night Live UK” went down so well with the US president, he treated his Truth Social followers to a clip mocking Keir Starmer for being scared to talk to him about the war in Iran. But British reviewers were not so […]
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By the 1960s the television era was in full swing with the onset of full-color programming. But the medium’s prestige was still a distant second to cinema’s. That makes what these stellar series pulled off even more impressive given the budgetary and reputational constraints. ‘Bonanza’ (1959-1973) The long-running NBC Western “Bonanza” was appointment-viewing on Sunday […]
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As a boy, James Van Der Beek was sports mad and dreamed of playing in the Superbowl, said The Times. But aged 13, he suffered a “severe concussion” during a football match, and was advised by a doctor to quit for a year. To the surprise of the other jocks at his high school, he […]
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The BBC has apologised for failing to edit out a racial slur shouted during the Bafta awards ceremony by a guest with Tourette syndrome. John Davidson, whose condition causes involuntary outbursts and whose life story inspired the movie “I Swear”, yelled out the N-word while Black actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting […]
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Competitive sports are a reliable foundation on which to build solid comedy and drama. The great thing about these eight superb shows is that you don’t need to know much of anything at all about sports to enjoy them. ‘Sports Night’ (1998-2000) Creator Aaron Sorkin’s short-lived but beloved cult classic followed the hosts and producers […]
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While the titans of the entertainment industry continue their behind-the-scenes machinations with Paramount’s near-acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, the streaming content will keep flowing. This month that content is highlighted by these highly anticipated new and returning series. ‘DTF St. Louis’ (March 1) DTF St. Louis | Official Trailer | HBO Max – YouTube Watch […]
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The majesty of the natural world and the incomprehensible vastness of space are almost infinitely rearrangeable variables for documentarians. We are lucky to have a long (and still-growing) library of superb television series that explore the landscapes, creatures and philosophical underpinnings of both the known and the unknown. Done right, the way these acclaimed series […]
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In 1972, the artist L.S. Lowry, then in his 80s and a “reluctant celebrity”, sat down in his living room for an interview with a young fan, said James Jackson in The Times. It was meant to be a one-off encounter, but it turned into an ongoing “four-year project”. In this one-hour BBC2 programme, Ian […]
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David Morrissey takes on “glowering”, “gloomy” characters with such ease, “you do rather start to worry for him”, said James Jackson in The Times. In ITV’s new crime drama, “Gone”, he stays true to form as Michael Polly, the “brooding” headmaster of a prestigious private school who becomes the prime suspect when his wife vanishes. […]
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