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Disney+'s new show, The Acolyte, expands the Star Wars universe like never before. Instead of being a straightforward battle between good and evil set against the backdrop of the Skywalker Saga, aka the nine original Star Wars movies, The Acolyte takes us a century before that story even began. It's the High Republic era, a time when the Jedi...
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Reading Rainbow inspired generations of young readers and learners over the course of its 23-year-long run. Now, fans can take a look — (it's in a book) — at the series in even more detail with the documentary Butterfly in the Sky: The Story of Reading Rainbow, which is now streaming on Netflix. Featuring a multitude of interviews with...
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While I consider myself to be a Yankee fan, I'll be honest: I rarely tune into sports and find the food to be my favorite part about heading to Yankee Stadium. Nonetheless, I still found myself engaged in Bronx Zoo '90: Crime, Chaos and Baseball, which I found to be a solid example of sports storytelling. The three-part docuseries, now streaming...
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Scoop, Netflix's new film about the work that went into securing Prince Andrew's disastrous BBC Newsnight interview, almost feels like a sordid continuation of Peter Morgan's The Crown. I mean hey, it's got Gillian Anderson, a backstage look at life in Buckingham Palace, and a few quirky details about palace life you wouldn't find anywhere else....
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If you haven't already watched American Fiction, now is as good a time as ever to see Cord Jefferson's Oscar-winning adaptation of Percival Everett's 2001 novel Erasure. Among the star-studded satire's tremendous cast are Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, and Erika Alexander. While the film is streaming on MGM+, the...
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Anthony Minghella's 1999 movie adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley was a lush, sun-soaked exploration of how a charming, handsome grifter wormed his way into the lives of upper crust gadflys in 1950s era Italy. Steven Zaillian's 2024 Ripley series for Netflix takes an entirely different tact, aging up all of the characters significantly —...
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Netflix's true-crime documentary Lover, Stalker, Killer will have you on the edge of your seat. The unpredictable film follows a love triangle gone bad as a mechanic who tries online dating for the first time meets a woman who takes her romantic obsession to the extreme. The crazy story will have your jaw on the floor, and unlike many true crime...
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Peter Farrelly and Bobby Mort's under-the-radar dramedy Loudermilk first debuted on the now-defunct AT&T Audience Network in 2017. The Ron Livingston-led series about a curmudgeonly recovering alcoholic who serves as a substance abuse counselor for a group of endearing misfits bounced around for three seasons, eventually ending up on Prime...
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If you enjoyed Netflix's three-part documentary on Arnold Schwarzenegger, we have the perfect streaming companion: Sly. Much like Arnold, Sly isn't exactly a deep dive into the life and career of Sylvester Stallone as it is a snapshot of some of the filmmaker's most memorable moments. The film deftly oscillates between personal anecdotes about...
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