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As a retelling of both J.M. Barrie’s novel and Disney’s 1953 animated classic, Disney+‘s Peter Pan & Wendy is a mixed bag. But as a retelling via director David Lowery, it’s totally on-brand. The first half-hour of the 106-minute movie (streaming now on Disney+) suggests a beat-for-beat retread (à la Jon Favreau’s The Lion King),
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When Arnold Schwarzenegger first announced his new TV series FUBAR, he sold it as “another big action-comedy like True Lies.” There’s just one problem with that statement: True Lies was actually good. FUBAR (now streaming on Netflix) tries to recapture Arnie’s glory days as an action movie hero with a big-budget, explosion-filled tale of international espionage.
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These two double episodes of The Blacklist Season 10 changed our notions about Reddington. Despite Raymond’s many secrets, some things are quite clear. His actions and behaviors are almost predictable, even when he tries to hide his motives and intentions. Raymond never does anything out of the kindness of his heart. It has to serve
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There comes a point in every series, especially high-concept dramas, at which you question their long-term future. We already know Manifest Season 4 will wrap up the one-time NBC drama, but it’s starting to feel like the series has too many episodes to play with as we approach the big finish. Manifest Season 4 Episode
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When Manifest is finished, I doubt it’ll be remembered for its villains. On Manifest Season 4 Episode 15, Zimmer’s motivations became more apparent, but her actions solidified her as a worse villain than Angelina. How is that even possible? Angelina’s arrival in the Registry’s compound was always going to lead to a significant shift and
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While the crew tried to find a new fuel source, Lt. Lane grappled with his newfound secret. The Ark Season 1 Episode 6 revealed more about the William Trust secret, and we finally found out why Lt. Brice kept his secrets. These plot threads melded together well, and the series produced the best episode of
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For a textbook sitcom, Night Court Season 1 Episode 9 is practically Shakespearean in its savagely dramatic irony and role reversals. Guest star Stephnie Weir chews up the scenery as the surgically precise podcast journalist, Remecca, whose plan to expose the dirty secrets of our good-hearted — if curmudgeonly narcissistic — public defender nearly succeeds.
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