“The Studio,” Seth Rogen’s new creation for Apple TV that has garnered 23 Emmy nominations in its inaugural season, gives us a new version of affable stoner-next-door.
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The Penguin as the anti-hero (or the anti-villain?)
General audiences might be familiar with the character of the Penguin from Danny DeVito’s campier portrayal of the supervillain character in 1992’s “Batman Returns,” with Michael Keaton as the caped crusader. In the new TV show “The Penguin,” however, Oz Cobb feels less like a supervillain and more like a typical Hollywood mobster.
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‘The Bear’ and the importance of imperfect institutions
‘The Bear’ depicts how institutions, despite their sundry flaws, can foster revolutions in moral feeling and valuing.
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I’ve never loved medical shows. ‘The Pitt’ is different.
“The Pitt” often feels like it’s aiming to be the medical show to end all medical shows.
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A requiem for Stephen Colbert, the most subversive Catholic voice in late-night TV
I felt two things when Stephen Colbert announced last Thursday that in nine months, CBS would be ending his top-rated “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” I felt uncomfortable. And I felt old.
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Star Trek’s Gene Roddenberry rejected religion. But he was searching for a god.
Gene Roddenberry’s son said his father was an atheist. But documented evidence tells a different, more nuanced story about the creator of “Star Trek.”
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‘Andor,’ Star Wars and the costs of radical discipleship
‘Andor’ is a piece of art that is both thrilling to watch and spiritually enriching.
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Netflix and George Clooney bring fan service to Broadway
Fan service isn’t just for Marvel movies. It’s alive and well in ‘Good Night and Good Luck’ and ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow.’
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The radical hope of Martin Scorsese’s series on the saints
Dedication to fostering a personal relationship with Christ and embracing the unique callings of faith permeates each episode of “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints’
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Watching ‘The Chosen’ in prison
It is a profound thing, when society has labeled you a criminal and a felon, to think that at the center of the world’s most populous faith tradition is a man whom those in power at the time condemned as a criminal.