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Saturday, Jun 8

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Doctor Who, Rogue review: The Doctor’s first gay snog is groundbreaking TV

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The modern era of Doctor Who is bolder than most when it comes to LGBTQ+ representation and stories

Friday, Jun 7

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HBO’s ‘Fantasmas’ Is an Immersive Journey Into the Singular Mind of Creator Julio Torres: TV Review

variety.com

As a writer for “Saturday Night Live” from 2016 to 2019, Julio Torres was able to create immersive worlds — the existential melancholy of a sink; the font obsession of an “Avatar” super fan — in just a few minutes’ worth of sketch. Over…

Hulu’s ‘Becoming Karl Lagerfeld’ Is a Strictly Surface-Level Portrait of a Fashion Icon: TV Review

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Fashion designers, it seems, come in pairs. At least they do on television: earlier this year, Apple TV+ drama “The New Look” positioned Christian Dior and Coco Chanel as foils in the wake of World War II, contrasting Dior’s forward…

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CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: Pools, palm trees and pirates in the boudoir...it's Britain's campest pad

www.dailymail.co.uk

That's a first. Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen turns up to inspect a homeowner's decor, in a harlequin jacket, with his goatee dyed black and white like a badger's barnet . . . and he looks underdressed.

Thursday, Jun 6

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'House of the Dragon' Season 2 Review: Still the Reigning Champ of Prestige TV

www.inverse.com

HBO's prestige fantasy series returns with a vengeance with its second, most action-packed season yet.

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Hulu’s ‘Queenie’ Offers a Brilliant Take on Navigating Your 20s While Birthing a Star in Lead Dionne Brown: TV Review

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Based on Candice Carty-Williams’ bestselling debut novel of the same name and adapted for television by the author, “Queenie” follows 25-year-old Queenie Jenkins (Dionne Brown, in a star-making performance), whose entire world is falling…

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Samsung S95D review: Best TV picture quality in 2024

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Samsung is taking aim at LG. LG has long been the king of OLED, which, to date, has meant that LG TVs often offered better …

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Aidan Smith's TV week: Why stunning D-Day 80: The Unheard Tapes gets my first ever give-star review

www.scotsman.com

Daniel Bruhl rocks tinted aviators as Karl Lagerfeld, while D-Day: The Unheard Tapes is simply stunning television

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Sweet Tooth Season 3 TV Review

www.joblo.com

Gus and Jepperd's epic journey ends during the gripping, poignant, and brutal events of Sweet Tooth Season 3.

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The Wrong Man: 17 Years Behind Bars review – dignified, devastating TV

www.theguardian.com

This mind-boggling documentary about a man who was imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit will prompt rage, tears – and a sense of wild injustice

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'Took Me By Surprise': Argylle Creator Matthew Vaughn Opens Up About Henry Cavill Starrer's Negative Reviews

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Argylle, a spy film directed by Matthew Vaughn, was met with mixed reviews at the start of 2024. The film starring Henry Cavill and Bryce Dallas Howard was not well-received by film critics and the box office, and the director is weighing…

Wednesday, Jun 5

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CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: Climbing, weaving, cycling... Nick's big on action, but short on insight

www.dailymail.co.uk

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: t's a bit much for Nick Knowles in his new travel show. Most of the time he's out of breath, and sometimes he can hardly stand up to say his bit to camera.

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Review: 'Star Wars' shows like 'The Acolyte' need to take a hiatus from the TV galaxy

www.startribune.com

The latest saga is proof that the Force is no longer with the franchise.

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TV Q&A: Did WTAE hire a new weekend anchor?

triblive.com

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review.

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Retro Review: DEVIL DOG – THE HOUND OF HELL (1978)

Wrenage here. I originally reviewed Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell before the site blew up. Now it is back from the dead to continue the made-for-TV horror series that featured other network television movies like The Intruder Within,…

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CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: You'll be rooting for this modern-day Austen heroine to find Mr Right

www.dailymail.co.uk

The heroine of Queenie, played by Dionne Brown, fits the same mould exactly as.the heroine of any Austen novel, especially my favourites, Mansfield Park and Emma.

Tuesday, Jun 4

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'Hitler and the Nazis' review: Netflix doc recounts Third Reich's horrors for a new generation

Even with the vast and ever-growing library of books, feature films, documentaries and TV series about World War II, even with such powerful reminders as the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, there is a legitimate concern that as the decades…

DVD Review: Witches Night Out + The Gift of Winter

insidepulse.com

Gen Z has no clue what Gen X had to endure in the ’70s when it came to watching TV. Today’s kids can track down any show in a few seconds via a Google search and streaming services. In the rare instance they want to watch something on…

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‘The Acolyte’ Joins ‘Andor’ as Another ‘Star Wars’ Success on Disney+: TV Review

variety.com

Since Disney revived “Star Wars” in 2015 with J.J. Abrams’ “The Force Awakens,” the strongest entries in the franchise have had one trait in common. Rian Johnson’s “The Last Jedi” and Tony Gilroy’s “Andor” both opted to take the franchise…

Star Wars: The Acolyte TV Review

www.joblo.com

Amanda Stenberg and Lee Jung-jae headline the most original Star Wars project in decades from Russian Doll co-creator Leslye Headland.