“The Walking Dead” ends its 12-year, 11-season, 177-episode run on AMC this month.
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Netflix’s ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ is an unflinching portrayal of war’s terror
This “All Quiet on the Western Front” does not need special effects to hold its own. It is matter-of-fact, and that is its strength.
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What the Lincoln Project’s flawed fight to defeat Trump can teach us about confession and penance
”I can’t say it’s not my fault,” says Lincoln Project co-founder Stuart Stevens. Really? Someone in American politics actually said that?
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Hulu’s ‘Only Murders in the Building’ is embodying Pope Francis’ teachings on old age
“Only Murders in the Building” offers something Pope Francis has talked about repeatedly during his pontificate: intergenerational friendships, in all their power and complexity.
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The keys to the success of ‘Derry Girls’: Northern Ireland, Catholicism and the ordinary lives of teenage girls
The third season of ‘Derry Girls’ has plenty of laughs to offer and goes deeper with all its main characters.
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‘The Good Fight’ is the show we should all be watching right now
“The Good Fight” is ending its run by ramping up the surrealism—and the idea that we are all living in a very real political nightmare.
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For J.R.R. Tolkien, no one is beyond redemption—even orcs
For Tolkien, every creature exists on the same continuum between good and evil, and has the capacity to travel either way along it.
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‘Abbott Elementary’ is a show about vocation — and the tenacity teaching requires
‘Abbott Elementary’ manages to be both hilarious and honest about life in the classroom.
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Emmy nominee ‘Severance’ explores how we handle grief in a world obsessed with productivity
‘Severance’ critiques the faceless American company, for whom workers are interchangeable cogs and poor mental health is the collateral damage of productivity.
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Review: ‘The Rings of Power’ will make you want to read Tolkien’s books again
The new “Lord of the Rings” prequel series is a confident, well-conceived and often gorgeous addition to the previously adapted work of J.R.R. Tolkien.