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Inside ‘Young Sheldon’ Finale
Why Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik became a bigger part of the series finale, Reba's return and when the spinoff will pick up.
The iconic director, who self-financed his latest film 'Megalopolis,' said studios are in 'great debt' and might not 'be here in the future.'
Pinocchio is entering the Poohniverse.
Neon has bought North American rights to “The Unknown” (“L’Inconnue”), the hotly anticipated next movie from “Anatomy of a Fall“‘s Oscar-winning co-writer Arthur Harari. As reveale…
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Is Anyone Canceled in Cannes? Shia LaBeouf and James Franco Movies Shopped Amid France’s #MeToo Moment
On the second night of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Judith Godrèche told the mostly female crowd assembled on a beach next to the Palais, “This film is for you!” The French…
Music
Billie Eilish’s ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ Review
Eilish keeps up her winning streak with the surprising and intimate 'Hit Me Hard and Soft.'
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Francis Ford Coppola’s 'Megalopolis' Gets a 7-Minute Standing Ovation
Film features an Adam Driver sex tape, Shia LaBeouf in drag and dominatrix Aubrey Plaza.
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‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ Review
The Origin Story Has Dazzling Sequences, but George Miller's Overstuffed Epic Is No 'Fury Road'
Reviews
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‘IF’
John Krasinski's big-hearted children's tale doesn't feel magical like the Pixar films it aspires to emulate.
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‘Back to Black’
Marisa Abela nails Amy Winehouse in every look, mood and note in a biopic at once forthright and forbidding.
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‘The Strangers: Chapter 1’
Director Renny Harlin's first entry in his new prequel trilogy is effectively chilling while treading familiar ground.
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‘Babes’
Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau star in an unapologetically raw take on pregnancy and female friendship.
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‘A Man in Full’
A one-note Jeff Daniels stars in this empty Netflix series.
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‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’
Peacock's gruesome and grueling love story is set during the Holocaust.
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‘The Veil’
Elisabeth Moss stuns in FX's fascinating spy thriller.
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'Dead Boy Detectives’
This 'Sandman' spinoff adapts Neil Gaiman's comic as a zany teen procedural.
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‘Radical Optimism’
Dua Lipa's new album is a joyous blast of pop savvy.
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‘The Tortured Poets Department’
Taylor Swift renews her vows with heartbreak in this audacious, transfixing album.
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‘Only God Was Above Us’
Vampire Weekend reinvents itself again with an unusual fusion of baroque-esque grandeur.
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‘Cowboy Carter’
Being Beyoncé means never having to pretend to be just one thing.
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‘An Enemy of the People’
Sam Gold's production is an actorly face-off between Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli, but the script ultimately let's the audience off the hook.
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‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’
Patricia Clarkson gives a luminous performance in an otherwise uneven revival of Eugene O'Neill's family drama.
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‘Tommy’
Strictly for the boomers.
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‘Water for Elephants’
The stage adaptation has escapism, enchantment and heart, all elevated to new, literal heights that blend theater and cirque.
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'Blue Angels' Tests Imax's New 'Documentary Blockbuster' Plan
With some of the crew (and cameras) used in "Top Gun: Maverick," the film is a first look at the studio's expanded doc plans
Awards
How ‘The Bear’ Could Break Multiple Emmy Records Held by ‘Game of Thrones,’ ’30 Rock’ and ‘Succession’
With the appetite of a hungry grizzly, “The Bear” could gobble up a few Emmy records for its sophomore season. Fresh off a smashing first season that set a new benchmark for comedy…
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The Re-Reinvention of Television: Streamers Dust Off Some of the Old Broadcast Playbook for a New Era
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Witness Anya Taylor-Joy: The ‘Furiosa’ Star on Making the ‘Mad Max’ Icon Her Own and Hopes for ‘Dune 3’
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Shonda Rhimes Ascends the Throne: TV’s Most Powerful Showrunner on the Future of ‘Bridgerton’
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‘Challengers’ Heats Up: How Zendaya’s Star Power and a Sexy Love Triangle Could Give Gen Z Its Next Movie Obsession
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