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Robert Lloyd
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‘Spider-Noir’ remixes Spider-Man into a Humphrey Bogart-like superhero
With Nicolas Cage starring as the Spider, the series, available in color and in black and white, is a retro reimagining of the well-known superhero.
‘The Boroughs’ brings a lively group of seniors into a predictable sci-fi adventure
Alfred Molina, leading a cast of veteran actors, plays Sam, a retired engineer who moves to a retirement community where strange things are afoot.
‘The Boroughs’ brings a lively group of seniors into a predictable sci-fi adventure
Alfred Molina, leading a cast of veteran actors, plays Sam, a retired engineer who moves to a retirement community where strange things are afoot.
Commentary: ‘The Late Show’ is ending, but not Stephen Colbert or late-night TV
When Stephen Colbert inherited 'The Late Show' in 2015, it was during a golden age of late-night TV, and though it's evolved since, the appetite…
Tatiana Maslany is the reason you should watch ‘Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed’
In Apple TV's new thriller series, the actor plays a lonely divorced single mother who gets wrapped up in a murder mystery while trying to…
Essay: Jane Wickline is ‘SNL’s’ most polarizing player. That’s what makes her special
The fact that Jane Wickline, a featured player on 'Saturday Night Live,' is so polarizing is, in its way, a recommendation. She's different. She's a…
‘Amadeus’ honors play and film while adding more shenanigans
Using Peter Shaffer's play as its basis, this five-part miniseries starring Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany can be repetitious but there is still much to…
Commentary: ‘Gary’ is a riveting snapshot of Mikey and Richie before the events of ‘The Bear’
FX released on Tuesday a surprise flashback episode of 'The Bear,' written by Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who star as cousins Mikey and Richie…
Jack Thorne’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ is a timely, engrossing miniseries true to novel
Jack Thorne, the co-writer of 'Adolescence,' admirably adapts William Golding's 1954 novel about boy castaways into a miniseries for Netflix.
In ‘Man on Fire,’ a new Creasy, played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, capably takes the helm
The latest adaptation of A. J. Quinnell's novel of the same name is a meat-and-potatoes action series led by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as John Creasy,…