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David Cornwell in the Errol Morris documentary "The Pigeon Tunnel."

‘The Pigeon Tunnel’ review: Tinker, tailor, filmmaker, spy

October 20, 2023 at 11:47 a.m.

"Betrayal fascinates me," says David Cornwell, better known as the prolific British spy novelist who wrote under the name John le Carré. Ironically, it is filmmaker Errol Morris who betrays...

Annika (Nicola Walker) reflects on George Orwell and "1984" when the team is flown to the Hebridean islands to investigate the death of a man found in a block of ice.

‘Annika’ Season 2 review: Nicola Walker is back as the wry head of Glasgow’s marine homicide unit

October 19, 2023 at 9:14 a.m.

As police procedurals go, "Annika" is one of the better offerings from Masterpiece Mystery. That's thanks to the British actress Nicola Walker, whose credits include everything from "Last Tango in...

Officer Reina Vasquez (Denise G. Sanchez) and Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) in Season 2 of "Bosch: Legacy."

‘Bosch: Legacy’ Season 2 review: Half the show works like gangbusters. The other half is just a bust.

October 18, 2023 at 11:38 a.m.

Titus Welliver has played Harry Bosch on television for nearly a decade, starting with the seven-season Amazon crime series "Bosch." Once a grizzled cop who would squint into the harsh...

‘Frasier’ review: Rebooted and relocated to Boston, but did they leave the comedy in Seattle?

October 12, 2023 at 8:03 a.m.

Frasier Crane is back in Boston. Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name. If only the "Frasier" revival for Paramount+ conjured anything close to the effervescent wit...

Jamie Foxx as Willie Gary in "The Burial."

‘The Burial’ review: Courtroom theatrics courtesy of Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones

October 11, 2023 at 9:30 a.m.

"Objection, your honor, on the simple fact that she's just angry!" That's one of the funnier lines teed up by Jamie Foxx in the courtroom drama "The Burial," which is...

‘Loki’ review: Oscar-winner Ke Huy Quan joins the Marvel series in a chaotic Season 2

October 5, 2023 at 12:09 p.m.

Just two years and three months after "Loki" first premiered on Disney+ — a mere 27 months! — the Marvel series is back for a second season. If you're detecting...

‘Our Flag Means Death’ Season 2 review: It’s love over plunder — but how much history can a pirate comedy ignore?

March 12, 2024 at 11:55 a.m.

There's a song Jackson Browne wrote 40 years ago called "Lawyers in Love" and it comes to mind whenever I think of "Our Flag Means Death," the pirate workplace comedy...

From left: Benicio Del Toro as Tom Nichols and Alicia Silverstone as Judy Nichols in "Reptile."

‘Reptile’ review: A staredown, dark thriller-style, between Benicio Del Toro and Justin Timberlake

September 28, 2023 at 5:30 a.m.

Sometimes a great performance is enough to pull you through a half-baked script. In the dark thriller "Reptile" on Netflix, a police detective played by Benicio Del Toro works to...

From left: Susan Sarandon and Kevin Costner in 1988's "Bull Durham."

Column: What happened to sports shows — scripted stories or sports journalism — for the casual viewer?

September 28, 2023 at 6:40 a.m.

Earlier this month, HBO announced its long-running newsmagazine "Real Sports" would be ending after the current season. Also canceled this month: HBO's "Winning Time," the scripted series about the LA...

SAG-AFTRA actors walk on a picket line outside Netflix studios on Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2023, in Los Angeles.

Column: The Hollywood writers’ strike is over. What happens now?

September 27, 2023 at 12:37 p.m.

Now that the strike by the Writers Guild of America, which began in May, appears to be over, what happens now? The WGA's nearly 12,000 members have until Oct. 9...

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