Dick Button, the voice of figure skating for half a decade, taught us what figure skating was supposed to be.
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‘Skeleton Crew’ brings child-like wonder to the Star Wars universe
The story is as fun as it is simple, weaving together spacefaring pirates, planets with hidden treasure and nods to 1980s classics like “The Goonies.”
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‘Bad Sisters’ perfectly captures sibling bonds and Irish gallows humor
Before it is a thriller, before it is a dark comedy, “Bad Sisters” is a love story.
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‘The Chosen’ is an international phenomenon. Here are the ‘America’ staff’s favorite moments from the show.
“The Chosen” television series tells some of the well-known biblical stories about Christ and his disciples—and weaves into them fictional stories about the life of Christ and his disciples.
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‘Slow Horses’: a ragtag spy thriller with le Carré style and retro charm
Apple TV+’s ’Slow Horses‘ plays a bit like John le Carré with more firepower. And efficiency.
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The 2024 Emmys brought TV showbiz back
Jokes were cracked; records were shattered. If you wanted an award show to remind you why you watch television, you got one.
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Forgiving and forgetting (or not) in ‘The Bear’
Forgiveness and the need to be forgiven are prominent themes in “The Bear,“ the Emmy-Award-winning show starring Jeremy Allen White.
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‘The Rings of Power’ stays true to Tolkien’s Catholic vision
Catholic themes abound in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, and the new season of ‘The Rings of Power’ stays true to that vision.
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Comedian Matt Rife’s crowd work depends on marginalized people in the audience in ‘Walking Red Flag’
Rife’s humor of the quick, off-the cuff variety is best suited to these more conversational modes of presentation. He is lucky that he has a gift for improvisation and interacting with crowds, because his straight up standup is pedestrian.
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Batman, Bruce Wayne and the complexity of the superhero’s psyche
In “Batman: The Caped Crusader,” we explore the mystery of heroism.