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Netflix's Matthew Perry Docuseries Is a Devastating Three-Hour Watch
Director Mary Robertson's portrait of addiction leans on Perry's sibling, real-life buddies and industry peers rather than the Friends cast. Skipping the Hollywood bigwigs leaves room for a sincere look at Perry as a person.
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Merritt Wever Steps Out of Her Shell for 'Primetime'
The 'Nurse Jackie' and 'Severance' standout, who usually avoids the press, opens up about starring opposite Robert Pattinson in a 'To Catch a Predator'-inspired thriller.
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Stephen Graham Is Chilling in Apple TV's Thriller Nocturne
Stephen Graham plays Jurek Walter, a calculating murderer held in solitary confinement at a maximum-security psychiatric facility for three years. Confinement barely slows him down, as the series opens with Jurek manipulating his neighbor into violence by talking through their cell toilets.
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Nicolas Cage Has Found His True Calling in Horror
After Oscar nods for Leaving Las Vegas and Adaptation and years of chases in Face/Off and National Treasure, Nicolas Cage has made a shift into horror. He has embraced his dark side with nefarious glee, pushing those expressive eyes to their limits.
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Laika's Stop-Motion 'Wildwood' Trusts Young Audiences With Death
Laika's Wildwood pushes stop-motion animation forward while nodding to Don Bluth films and the 1980s action-adventure sagas that once counted as family fare. It's the studio's first feature to earn a PG-13 rating, and director Travis Knight doesn't flinch from its darker themes.
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The Traitors: New Blood Finally Gets Good Thanks to Its Sweatiest Player
After two lackluster episodes, "It's Like Fighting Two Pigs Under a Blanket" lets the game cook with a real breakfast, a mission that matters and the promised turret scene. Best of all, the Traitors finally fracture, pried open by the player everyone in the castle wishes would stop talking.
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James Acaster Went From Reluctant Traitor to Internet Heartthrob
The awkward comedian's turn on 'The Celebrity Traitors' has unexpectedly made him the internet's boyfriend. His newfound fame follows years of clever, disorienting stand-up that keeps fans guessing about the man behind the jokes.
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A Finnish Livestream Serves Up Six Puppies Around the Clock
Finland's latest slow TV experiment is a nonstop feed of six adorable puppies. It might be the most wholesome way to waste an afternoon.
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Laika Outdoes Itself With the Stop-Motion Marvel Wildwood
The studio behind Coraline delivers its most ambitious handmade world yet with Travis Knight's adaptation of Wildwood. This modern fairy tale is set in Laika's own backyard of Portland, Oregon.
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Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård heat up a delightfully strange grown-up fairy tale
The romantasy fable 'Wicker' is darkly funny, a little odd and surprisingly tender about belonging, security and pleasure.
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Helen Mirren Slays as Patricia Highsmith in the Twisty Thriller A Talent for Murder
Anton Corbijn's clever drama imagines the author's final years as a funhouse game of cat and mouse. Mirren's Highsmith is disillusioned, a bit deranged and possibly dangerous.
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Stanley Tucci Plots a Mona Lisa Heist in Prime Video's Masterplan
Tucci plays a plummy British art thief who recruits two strangers to swipe the world's most famous painting from the Louvre. The breezy caper feels more like a network TV pilot than a movie, secret tunnels and all.
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The New 'Street Fighter' Movie Lands Some Punches and Whiffs Plenty More
Kitao Sakurai's adaptation boasts slick fight choreography and gorgeous 2D animation from Titmouse. But baffling edits and gimmicky detours keep it from scoring a knockout.
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Rachel Lichtman Takes Retro Television on a Road Trip With Programme 4
Programme 4 is a feature-length faux broadcast beamed from Golden Sands, a town that exists only in Rachel Lichtman's imagination. Inspired by Midwestern childhood TV memories like Son of Svengoolie, it's now touring as the season's quirkiest lineup.
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A Scuba Diver Faces His Father Issues Inside a Sperm Whale in 'Whalefall'
In 'Whalefall,' a young diver gets gobbled up by a sperm whale off California and must reckon with his late dad from inside its stomach. The family drama can get silly, but the bizarre survival story is bold enough to earn real respect.
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