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‘Animaniacs’

Hulu's "Animaniacs" reboot tries so hard to be timely that it keeps forgetting what made the original special in the first place.
‘Marvel’s 616’

"Marvel's 616," a new Disney Plus docuseries, highlights women creators, forgotten characters, Japanese Spider-Man and more.
‘Big Sky’

"Big Sky" works hard to convince its audience that it's not like anything else on broadcast network TV, but it indulges in trope after trope.
‘A Teacher’

FX on Hulu's drama, starring Nick Robinson and Kate Mara, details the beginning, middle and endless end of a teacher abusing her student.

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‘Mangrove’

Steve McQueen dramatizes protest in British society, this time turning his attention on heroes in London's West Indian immigrant community.
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‘Happiest Season’

Director Clea DuVall has made a coming-out-at-Christmas rom-com (starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis) that earns its emotion.
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‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’

Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman astonish in August Wilson's timelier-than-ever study of Black culture's influence on popular music.
‘The Princess Switch: Switched Again’

Holiday fluff comes gift-wrapped in a pleasant sequel to Netflix's 2018 hit, starring Vanessa Hudgens.

Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Good News’

Megan Thee Stallion's "Good News" is a strong and sexed-up debut album that crushes Tory Lanez in the first song, then moves on.
AC/DC’s ‘Power Up’

AC/DC's "Power Up," the Aussie rock band's first new album in six years, proves that old dogs doing old tricks isn't a bad thing.
Chris Stapleton’s ‘Starting Over’

On "Starting Over," Chris Stapleton is sticking with the mixture of gentle country-folk and blues-rock that made him an insider and outlier.
Kylie Minogue’s ‘Disco’

Kylie Minogue's most consistent and cohesive album since her oughts-era heyday, "Disco" is a welcome blast of sugar-rush anthems.

‘Death of England: Delroy’

Starring "Hamilton's" Michael Balogun and performed on the eve of England's second lockdown, the play is sure to be seen again.
‘The Last Five Years’

This smart revival of Jason Robert Brown's musical plays in a London theater cleverly redesigned for COVID-era safety.
‘The Outside Dog’ & ‘The Hand of God’

Kristin Scott Thomas and Rochenda Sandall headline two Alan Bennett monologues, which even under social distance pack a punch.
‘Beat the Devil’

David Hare's monologue at the Bridge Theatre in London recounts the playwright's battle with COVID-19.

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