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You’re moderately engaged by the characters’ awfulness, but it is only a passing diversion

The trio have taken on perhaps the most anticipated, and potentially problematic, roles on television

This is what happens when you wrest a galaxy away from the compelled corporate matriarchy to just tell a great story

This series has raised the bar so high for action filmmaking that its faults seem all the more egregious

His critique of other countries’ hypocrisy hits the mark

The case for the return of the Benin bronzes seems to be unraveling

Clooney has chosen to make a splash on Broadway in a play that is explicitly political

A promising start to the only good show in a galaxy, far, far away

i.e., we are so back

The high-class latest installment allows audiences to relish great storytelling, done extremely well

He had a remarkable career in American film, and one that can be seen more clearly now

In its apparent lack of interest in risk-taking, it represents streaming ‘content’ at its least inspired

The film’s star can’t keep her progressive political views to herself

It is impossible not to embrace the whole crazed, ambitious and thoroughly enjoyable affair

This season was more ambitious and explored its concept and drama far more deeply than the first

Plus, the showrunners clearly didn’t want the audience thinking about politics

See it, now

It was a critical turning point in his evolution as a visionary artist who pushed boundaries up and into the astral plane

It’s not funny, surprising, or particularly eventful