More from Angie Han
‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Review: Donald Glover and Maya Erskine Lack the Romantic Fizz to Lift Amazon’s Spy Caper
Two espionage agents are assigned to work together posing as a married couple in a reboot of the 2005 big-screen action comedy that paired Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
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‘Expats’ Review: Nicole Kidman in Lulu Wang’s Rewardingly Messy Hong Kong-Set Amazon Series
Sarayu Blue and Ji-young Yoo co-star in the adaptation of Janice Y.K. Lee's novel about three American women in Hong Kong struggling to move on after a tragedy.
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‘In the Know’ Review: Peacock’s Droll Stop-Motion NPR Send-Up From Mike Judge and Zach Woods
The comedy co-created by Brandon Gardner follows the stop-motion-animated staff of an NPR show as they interview live-action guests.
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‘Didi’ Review: Sean Wang’s Winning and Well-Acted Asian American Coming-of-Age Drama
This semi-autobiographical directorial debut (featuring Joan Chen) follows a Taiwanese American boy over his last summer before high school in 2008 Northern California.
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‘The Woman in the Wall’ Review: Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack Headline a Gripping Showtime Mystery Steeped in Irish Trauma
The thriller centers on a Magdalene laundry survivor who wakes up to discover a dead body in her house, and a detective investigating the murder of a beloved priest.
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‘Ted’ Review: Seth MacFarlane’s Foul-Mouthed Teddy Bear Returns in Indulgent Peacock Prequel Series
The prequel to the 2012 film follows the ups and downs of a 16-year-old boy and his best friend, a crass stuffed bear come to life in mid-'90s Massachusetts.
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‘Criminal Record’ Review: Lots of Polish, Little Payoff in Apple TV+’s New British Detective Drama
A fresh clue in a decade-old murder pits a tenacious London sleuth (Cush Jumbo) against the grizzled veteran (Peter Capaldi) who solved the case the first time.
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‘Grimsburg’ Review: Jon Hamm Leads Fox’s Amusing but Derivative Animated Detective Comedy
Hamm voices a brilliant but troubled sleuth who can solve any mystery but his own personal life.
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‘The Brothers Sun’ Review: Michelle Yeoh Is a Crime Family Matriarch in Netflix’s Zanily Entertaining Action Dramedy
A Taiwanese gangster is reunited in Los Angeles with his mother and younger brother in the new series from Byron Wu and Brad Falchuk.
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‘Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale’ Review: Human Drama Proves More Compelling Than Supernatural Trappings in AMC+ Series
A witch and her daughter fall under suspicion after the death of a teenage boy in a show based on the book by V.V. James.
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How Multiple Shows This Season Offered Insight Into the Isolation and Insulation of Fame
Early in the final season of The Other Two, Cary Dubek (Drew Tarver) shows up at the distant and dingy offices of a Brooklyn-based burrito review website ready to do some press for his straight-to-VOD indie movie — only to discover what he’s actually been sent to is a mental health facility. “You are here […]
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‘Dr. Death’ Season 2 Review: Edgar Ramirez and Mandy Moore in a Half-Effective Tale of Science and Seduction
The second season of the true-crime anthology centers on a surgeon whose "miraculous" advancements in biosynthetic organ transplants are not what they appear.
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