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Critic’s Notebook: Capitalism and TV Today, a Love/Hate Story
In an ironic twist, some of the biggest perpetrators of corporate ruthlessness in the entertainment industry are currently producing several of the most honest portraits of our bleak economic moment.
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‘Sharper’ Director Benjamin Caron Talks His Twisty Feature Debut and Making ‘Andor’ Stormtroopers Competent
A number of recent releases have flown under the radar due to the hustle and bustle of Oscar season, and Benjamin Caron’s Sharper is among those titles that warrants your attention. Released last month on Apple TV+, Caron’s feature directorial debut stars Julianne Moore and Sebastian Stan, as well as John Lithgow, Justice Smith and […]
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‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ ‘Andor,’ Dolly Parton Among Movieguide Awards Nominees (Exclusive)
Top Gun: Maverick, Andor and Dolly Parton are among the nominees for the 30th annual Movieguide Awards, which honor “the best of family-friendly movies and television programs and spiritually uplifting entertainment.” The Top Gun sequel will compete for best mature audience movie along with Father Stu: Reborn, Jurassic World: Dominion, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris […]
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Hollywood Reporter TV Critics Pick Best Episode of a Bad Show, Sweetest Subplot and More 2022 Small-Screen Superlatives
THR's TV critics wrap up a year of television with honors celebrating specifics from most valuable voiceover to best argument for superhero sex and beyond.
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Daniel Fienberg: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2022
A risk-taking Disney series, two urgently relevant docs, an epic literary adaptation and a trio of first-rate final seasons were among picks from The Hollywood Reporter's chief TV critic.
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Feinberg Forecast: TV Rookies of the Awards Season
DRAMA 1923 (Paramount+) Two bona fide movie stars — Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren — anchor this 1883 sequel/Yellowstone prequel which, like those other shows about the Dutton family, was personally overseen by Taylor Sheridan. Andor (Disney+) This prequel to 2016 Star Wars spinoff Rogue One sees Diego Luna reprising his role and could follow in the […]
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‘Andor’ Revealed a Path Forward for ‘Star Wars’
[This story contains spoilers for the season finale of Andor.] When Andor was announced in 2018 , it was just one of a number of Star Wars series in the works for fledgling streaming service Disney+. Four years later, in an age of multiple Star Wars series arriving annually, season one of Andor managed to […]
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‘Andor’ Creator Tony Gilroy Talks Luthen’s Good Day, That Post-Credit Scene and Season Two
[This story contains spoilers for Andor season one.] Now that Andor season one has come to a close, creator Tony Gilroy is already off and running on season two. The showrunner of the critically acclaimed Disney+ Star Wars series is currently embarking on a shoot that will last through August 2023, but he still managed […]
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Denise Gough on ‘Andor,’ Googling Tony Gilroy and What Ever Happened to That ‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoff Pilot
Denise Gough took it as a sign. The Irish actor had just found out that the pilot for Bloodmoon, the Game of Thrones spinoff set 8,000 years before the original series, in which Gough starred alongside Naomi Watts, had been canceled. The show they had made would never be seen. HBO, going back to the […]
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‘Andor’ to Become First Disney+ Star Wars Show to Air on ABC
Disney is giving Andor an unprecedented cross-platform publicity push going into the Thanksgiving holiday. The company is going to air the Star Wars drama’s first two episodes on ABC — along with FX, Freeform and Hulu. It marks the first time a Disney+ Star Wars series has run on the broadcast network. The move comes […]
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‘Andor’ Creator Tony Gilroy Talks Luthen Rael’s Future and Being Surprised by Certain Easter Eggs
[This story contains spoilers for Andor episode ten, “One Way Out.”] On the heels of Andor’s latest showstopper of an episode, creator Tony Gilroy wants to preview what lies ahead for Stellan Skarsgard’s fan-favorite character Luthen Rael in season one and beyond. In episode eight, “Narkina 5,” Luthen met with Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker) in an […]
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‘Andor’ Star Andy Serkis Talks Episode 10’s Emotional Moment and Dreading Snoke-Kino Fan Theories
[This story contains spoilers for Andor episode ten.] Andy Serkis’ return to Star Wars was a welcomed surprise on Andor, but the versatile performer needed a minute to weigh the offer to play prison factory foreman, Kino Loy. After all, Serkis had previously portrayed Supreme Leader Snoke in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, amounting to […]
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