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'The Romanoffs' pedigree doesn't join ranks of TV royalty

8 years ago
History might be kinder to "The Romanoffs," but in the current moment, this loosely connected anthology series looks like a self-indulgent lark -- with "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner reveling in the creative latitude all those Emmys earned him, getting Amazon to finance a project whose appeal might be even narrower than students of early 20th-century Russian history.

CW's 'All American,' 'Charmed' get in the game, casting spells

8 years ago
The CW again starts school a little late, but with some of the more promising players in this year's freshmen class: "All American," a soap opera that weaves issues of race and class into its central plot about a high-school football star; and "Charmed," a slick but reasonably faithful reboot from the producers of "Jane the Virgin," with a trio of witches that might actually be worth hunting.

'22 July' captures horror of extremism, and hope in its aftermath

8 years ago
Paul Greengrass' gritty, live-wire directing style is something of a trademark, and it's put to efficient use in "22 July," a layered, dense look at the savage terrorist attack that rocked Norway on that date in 2011. Telling the story from multiple angles, Greengrass' spare, sobering film -- premiering simultaneously in select theaters and on Netflix -- seeks and mostly succeeds in highlighting extremism while finding humanity and resolve within the grief and chaos.

Why Monica Lewinsky bawled watching Hannah Gadsby's comedy show

8 years ago
Before sitting down with Monica Lewinsky on stage at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit on Tuesday, Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby, whose affecting Netflix comedy special "Nanette" was the talk of the summer, described their meeting as such: "a former comedian in conversation with a former punchline."
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