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Tuesday, May 7

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'Dark Matter' Review: Parallel Personalities on Apple TV+

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Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly star in this series about a man who is abducted into another reality.

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DARK MATTER Review: Of Twists, Turns, and Alternate Lives

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Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, and Jimmi Simpson star in Blake Crouch's mind-twisting series, debuting on Apple TV+.

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'I Saw the TV Glow' review: Life-changing TV show unites 2 teen outcasts in haunting film that stays with you

Justice Smith (left) and Brigette Lundy-Paine play lonely teens who form a connection in “I Saw the TV Glow.”

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Dark Matter review: Joel Edgerton wrestles with the infinite beyond (and himself)

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Dark Matter, Apple TV+’s sleek sci-fi thriller that premieres May 8, wastes no time in getting to the good stuff. Within the first 20 minutes of episode one, physics professor and Chicago family man Jason (Joel Edgerton) is kidnapped,…

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‘Dark Matter’ Review: Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly in Apple TV+’s Relentlessly Glum Take on ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

Blake Crouch adapts his own novel in this nine-part dimension-spanning sci-fi drama also featuring Alice Braga and Jimmi Simpson.

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'Dark Matter' review: Stars show their range in mind-bending Apple TV+ series

Joel Edgerton plays a physics professor who keeps finding himself in alternative versions of Chicago on “Dark Matter.”

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WATCH | Ignition TV reviews the 2024 Volkswagen Taigo

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Join Ignition TV presenter Juliet McGuire as she test drives the Volkswagen Taigo.

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Anti-woke American Matt Walsh unleashes at Alone Australia with blistering review: 'Utterly embarrassing'

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In a blistering review, Matt Walsh who is also an author, podcaster and columnist describes Alone Australia as 'unintentionally the funniest thing on TV right now'.

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Film Review: I SAW THE TV GLOW (2024): Jane Schoenbrun’s Surreal and Disturbing Tale is a Remarkable Achievement in Film-making

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I Saw the TV Glow (2024) Film Review, a movie written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun and starring Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ian Foreman, Helena Howard, Lindsey Jordan, Danielle Deadwyler, Fred Durst, Conner O’Malley, Emma…

Monday, May 6

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I Saw the TV Glow Review

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I Saw the TV Glow is ambitious, surreal and experimental - perhaps too much so as it occasionally, becomes tedious to watch.

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THE BRAIN EATERS Reviews and free on Plex, Pluto TV, Tubi and YouTube

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‘Crawling, slimy-things terror-bent on destroying the world!’ The Brain Eaters is a 1958 sci-fi horror film directed by actor Bruno VeSota (Invasion of the Star Creatures) from a screenplay written …

Ncuti Gatwa Delights in Disney+’s Audacious and Adventurous ‘Doctor Who’: TV Review

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As the new Doctor at the helm of the Tardis, the police box-shaped time-traveling ship, Ncuti Gatwa takes “Doctor Who” on a thrilling ride that doesn’t disappoint. The ancient alien and his latest companion, Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson),…

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Review: THE FALL GUY

The Fall Guy is the latest tentpole movie to mine the 1980s to give it a reason to exist. This time the inspiration comes from the TV series of the same name that ran on ABC from 1981 to 1986. It starred Lee Majors, Heather Thomas, Douglas…

Sunday, May 5

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The Responder series two review – another total TV triumph

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Martin Freeman returns in the exquisitely painful study of a police officer’s breakdown – and it’s a rare second run that’s just as riveting and vital as the first

The Fall Guy: Every Way the Movie Pays Homage to the 1980s TV Series

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As a Gen Xer who grew up fascinated by The Six Million Dollar Man and in turn tuned in for Lee Majors’ The Fall Guy, I walked into the Ryan Gosling/Emily Blunt movie this weekend with a certain excitement, but also tempered expectations.…

The Responder series two review: Does primetime TV need to be this exhausting and relentlessly gloomy?

Martin Freeman is excellent as an angry, sweary copper – but it’s hard to stomach the darkness of this drama

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I Kissed a Girl review – the sweetest, most touching reality TV in a long time

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Like a lesbian Love Island, singles flirt, cry and snog on the terrace while openly communicating their feelings. It’s heartwarming stuff – but there is still plenty of drama and endless partner swaps

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A Man In Full TV Review

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Jeff Daniels and Diane Lane surpass the material in this fun but ultimately lightweight adaptation of the acclaimed novel.

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CONTAMINATION Reviews and free on Pluto TV, Tubi and YouTube

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‘They invade your body… control your mind… blow you apart!’ Contamination is a 1980 sci-fi horror film about mysterious alien pods, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, which are tracked to …