In Asteroid City, Wes Anderson reflects on his own actors and style

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Anderson's latest is maybe his most reflective and curious film yet, a reflection of the ways he keeps old Hollywood forms of storytelling and acting alive.

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The Better Call Saul series finale was the last chance to save Jimmy McGill’s soul

By: Andrew Bloom

The show’s final hour gives its protagonist one more opportunity to seal his fate or pull back from the brink.

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“Your Honor” puts Bryan Cranston on the wrong side of law & order

By: Sean Price

Showtime's pulpy series thrives with sense of place and unexpected thematic weight.

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“The One and Only Ivan” is paint-by-numbers

By: Theo Estes

Strong CGI and an all-star cast fill a superbly mediocre family movie inspired by a real-life painting gorilla.

Review: “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie” Is a Killer Follow-Up

Vince Gilligan returns to the fate of Jesse Pinkman in a thrilling, meditative neo-Western epilogue made strictly for Breaking Bad devotees.

“The Upside” Review: Not as painful as swapping catheters

Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart serve up surface-level schmaltz in this treacly disabilities drama.

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