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“Jack Ryan’s” first four episodes are cause for optimism; the best sign is the casting of John Krasinski, a happily low-key star.

The Netflix series from “Simpsons” creator Matt Groening shows promise, but needs to give its medieval characters room to grow.

“Mayans MC” is an easy watch for anyone who misses “Sons of Anarchy’s” mix of broad humor, emotions, and sudden gunplay.

“Insatiable” feels like a dozen different and equally bewildering shows happening all at once.

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.

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.

Listening to “Scorpion” feels less like taking a journey than circling around and around on a cul-de-sac in a luxurious gated community.

How does Beyonce and Jay-Z’s “Everything Is Love” rate as an album? Solid and generally satisfying, but not the best from either.