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‘Samaritan’

Sylvester Stallone goes full fantasy avenger in a watchable but chintzy slice of graphic-novel hellfire.
‘The Immaculate Room’

Kate Bosworth and Emile Hirsch star in a chicly austere thriller that starts as a timely parable of boredom and ends as a banal parable of greed.
‘Beast’

It's not as ambitious as "Nope," but "Beast" — which pits Idris Elba against a rogue lion — is more fun than brainier summer blockbusters.
‘Orphan: First Kill’

The Russian bad seed's ability to fake her way into a family isn't even the most contrived element.

‘Mo’

"Mo," Netflix's new comedy about Palestinian refugees in Texas, brings nuance and warmth to an experience TV rarely acknowledges.
‘The Patient’

This drama, streaming on Hulu, features Steve Carell as a kidnapped therapist and Domhnall Gleeson as his criminally insane subject.
‘Mike’

Trevante Rhodes plays Mike Tyson in the Hulu limited series "Mike," which captures the champ's charisma but not his complications.
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‘Bad Sisters’

"Bad Sisters," Apple TV+'s new series from Sharon Horgan, combines "Big Little Lies" with Irish wit.

Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Traumazine’

Megan Thee Stallion's "Traumazine" goes lighter on her trademark sensuality and humor as it deals with well-known career and personal drama.
Beyoncé's ‘Renaissance’

Six years after the release of "Lemonade," pop icon Beyoncé has come through again with the sticky, sweaty, hedonistic "Renaissance."
Amanda Shires’ ‘Take It Like a Man’

Amanda Shires' seventh Americana-flavored album, "Take It Like a Man," is almost cocky in spinning strong songs out of personal uncertainty.
Jack White’s ‘Entering Heaven Alive’

Jack White has released his second album in four months, a mostly acoustic collection that is as gentle as the last one was gonzo.

‘The Devil Wears Prada’

"Devil Wears Prada," the Broadway-bound new musical, now premiering in Chicago, needs to take a cue from Miranda Priestly and get meaner.
‘The Kite Runner’

Starring Amir Arison, this stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's novel is a heartbreaker -- but so uplifting, it's worth the pain.
‘Jack Absolute Flies Again’

The National Theatre production of a new play by the writer of "One Man, Two Guvnors" proves comedy lightning does strike twice.
‘Patriots’

Boris Berezovsky, Russian oligarch and Putin foe, is brought vividly to life by Tom Hollander in Peter Morgan's latest.

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