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‘Intelligence’

"Intelligence" occasionally finds moments of intrigue, but is more often content to plug along in its lane.
‘P-Valley’

A new Starz drama written by Katori Hall -- a backstage look at a Mississippi strip club -- excels in small moments between dancers.
‘The Capture’

Peacock's British surveillance series written and directed by Ben Chanan has the crisp momentum of great network dramas.
‘Brave New World’

Alden Ehrenreich and Jessica Brown Findlay can't save a dystopian drama that doesn't know what kind of show it wants to be.

‘The Old Guard’

In a watchable franchise wannabe, Charlize Theron leads a team of immortals who are also B-movie renegades.
‘Greyhound’

Tom Hanks anchors a World War II thriller that's less a drama than a tense and sturdy diary of the logistics of battle.
'Palm Springs'

This ironic and at times insane rom-com from the Lonely Island does something new with a genre audiences have experienced before.
‘First Cow’

Kelly Reichardt gently explores how friendship and other human connections may have worked in a remote trading post in the Oregon Territory.

Juice WRLD’s ‘Legends Never Die’

Despite its grandiose title, Juice WRLD's posthumously released third album gives a tantalizing glimpse of what his future might have held.
Margo Price's ‘That's How Rumors Get Started’

The 10 songs on this lovely and mostly subdued collection speak to universal singer-songwriter themes.
Pop Smoke's ‘Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon’

Roddy Ricch, 50 Cent and DaBaby join the inventive late Brooklyn rapper on his posthumous full-length debut
‘CeeLo Green Is … Thomas Callaway’

Listening to CeeLo Green's album is like getting into a time machine and heading to the 1968 of Elvis, Johnny Cash and Dusty Springfield.

‘The Line’

Meet the COVID-19 pandemic's first responders in this streaming docu-play about health care workers.
‘And So We Come Forth’

In Richard Nelson's latest Apple Family play, a Zoom call hums with virtual unease over generational shifts.
‘The Present’

Helder Guimarães' modest Zoom-based magic show brings audiences together nightly during lockdown.
‘What Do We Need to Talk About?’

Call it Zoom Theater, and call it terrific.