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The first four episodes don’t move with much urgency in an effort to keep things realistic, which can be frustrating, but that’s by design.

A toxic band of bros hijack, and spoil, Sarayu Blue’s otherwise clever sitcom from executive producer Amy Poehler.

The imaginative psychological drama “Maniac” takes its place among the year’s best TV.

In the absence of a greater theme announcing itself, “American Horror Story: Apocalypse,” counts as something close to escapism.

Stubbornly inconsequential, it’s a morally uplifting fairy tale of which everyone, young and old alike, can be skeptical.

Baz Luhrmann’s iconic, trippy movie comes to the stage with its grandeur and craziness intact.

Graft some hits from the Go-Go’s songbook onto an Elizabethan prose poem and you get a lot of silly stuff.

A musical take on the Bard offers the spirit of community, a lesson in gender identity and an infectious good time.

Paul McCartney sounds ready to do it in the road, again … with the album-ending suites making clear that’s “Abbey Road.”

On the fresh and freaky “Kamikaze,” the rapper’s voice hasn’t sounded quite so whiny, impassioned, or enraged since his early days.

With help from producers Pharrell Williams and Max Martin, Ariana Grande has made a fourth album that lives up to its upper title.

Nicki Minaj’s 19-track “Queen” is epic and overstuffed, but stands as her best and boldest album to date.