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November 14, 2020

Season four of “The Crown” is television of the highest honor

The Netflix period drama returns for a fourth season full of typically stellar performances and unflinching storytelling.
ENOLA HOLMESM
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September 17, 2020

Millie Bobby Brown carries the shaggy “Enola Holmes” on her shoulders

Netflix's latest is a whimsical re-imagining of Sherlock Holmes buoyed only by Brown's charming performance.
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October 15, 2019

“Fight Club”, “Fleabag” and The Battle Against Toxicity

A look back at the movie that inadvertently launched a toxic movement & the TV series that better understood postmodern pain.
The Dark Crystal: Age of ResistanceR
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August 30, 2019

Review: “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” Is a Sprawling High Fantasy Prequel

The Jim Henson Company makes a stellar return to form in Netflix's epic, ten-episode prequel to the classic 1982 film.
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March 24, 2019

With “Sweeney Todd”, Tim Burton Ditched Whimsy for Pure, Masterful Macabre

By channeling Burton's outsized whimsy into something darker, consistent, and more constrained, Sweeney Todd succeeds in ways his other adaptations fail.
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March 23, 2019

How Quirk Killed Tim Burton’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”

Burton's dark, misguided adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's novel ages particularly poorly among the rest of his works.
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March 18, 2019

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Late-Period Tim Burton

Tim Burton's recent films are dismissed as confused (dark) shadows of his career heights, but they contain brief glimmers of the filmmaker's return to form.
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June 5, 2018

Ocean’s 8 Review: Female-Forward Heist Antics Don’t Cover A Lack of Depth

Gary Ross’ gender-swapped revamp of the slick heist franchise doesn’t offer its female leads enough worthwhile things to do, despite the cast’s pedigree. This piece..