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Donald Glover and Maya Erskine star in <em>Mr. & Mrs. Smith</em>.

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'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' is a stylish take on spy marriage

On Prime Video's fun new spy show Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Donald Glover and Maya Erskine play spies going undercover as a married couple. The show is part tense thriller and part romantic comedy. But it's also a character study, of two people who have made their way into the spy life and aren't sure how they feel about being in it together.

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February 07, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes,
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Donald Glover and Maya Erskine star as John and Jane in <em>Mr. & Mrs. Smith.</em>

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'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' are back — so are the fights and bewitching on-screen chemistry

The new Prime Video series goes undercover with a pair of strangers, played by Donald Glover and Maya Erskine, who pretend to be a normal couple but are actually adventurous spies.

February 01, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes
Actors Susan Lawson-Reynolds, Beth Angus, Deborah Ayorinde, and Bethany Antonia in Hallmark's adaptation of Jane Austen's <em>Sense and Sensibility</em>.

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Hallmark recasts 'Sense and Sensibility' and debuts other Austen-inspired films

This month, the network debuts Loveuary, a quartet of films inspired by the creativity and fandom of Regency-era novelist Jane Austen, including Sense and Sensibility with a mostly Black lead cast.

February 01, 2024
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  • Carole V. Bell
Naomi Watts plays Babe Paley and Tom Hollander is Truman Capote in <em>Feud: Capote vs. the Swans.</em>

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Don't miss the latest 'Feud' – between Truman Capote and NYC's society ladies

The new eight-part FX series tells a compelling story with a powerhouse cast. Tom Hollander and Naomi Watts star in the show, which is way more than just "the original Real Housewives."

January 30, 2024
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  • David Bianculli
Margaret (Nicole Kidman) is an expat American living in Hong Kong, grieving as a mother and a wife.

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Nicole Kidman leads an ensemble of privileged, disconnected American 'Expats'

The TV adaptation of the 2016 novel The Expatriates is set in Hong Kong and tells the stories of several women navigating expat ennui. The show is also a strangely displaced form of prestige TV.

January 27, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes
Austin Butler and Callum Turner in <em>Masters of the Air</em>

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Spielberg and Hanks take to the World War II skies in 'Masters of the Air'

This new Apple TV+ miniseries about Word War II bomber pilots captures one thrilling airborne mission after another — but also finds drama in briefing rooms, barracks and German POW camps.

January 27, 2024
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  • David Bianculli
Cush Jumbo stars as June Lenker in <em>Criminal Record.</em>

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High-power detectives clash over a questionable conviction in 'Criminal Record'

Set in London, this AppleTV+ miniseries centers on an old murder case that may need to be reopened. Though the show doesn't dig as deeply as it could, the two antagonists crackle with genuine dislike.

January 16, 2024
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  • John Powers
So what if the second season of <em>The Bear</em> isn't eligible for Monday's Emmys? The annual, imaginary Deggy Awards aren't concerned with arbitrary cutoffs or categories. Above, Jeremy Allen White and Molly Gordon in <em>The Bear, </em>Season 2.

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Tired of waiting for the delayed Emmys? Our TV critic presents The Deggy Awards

In a turbulent year for Hollywood, our TV critic Eric Deggans offers his own set of awards — with fewer rules and cutoffs. Here's a breakdown of what will probably win, and what he wishes would win.

January 11, 2024
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  • Eric Deggans
Jodie Foster and Kali Reis star in <em>True Detective: Night Country.</em>

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'Night Country' is the best 'True Detective' season since the original

Jodie Foster and Kali Reis play bickering cops searching for a missing crew of Arctic scientists in the fourth season of the creepy and haunting HBO series.

January 09, 2024
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  • David Bianculli
After two long strikes and the pandemic disruption, 2024 is the year everything comes back.<em>  </em>Above, Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez in<em> Echo.</em>

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The best TV of early 2024: Here's what to watch in January

After two long strikes and the pandemic disruption, this is the year everything comes back. True Detective returns, now set in Alaska. And Echo is a Marvel series mostly shorn of superheroes.

January 09, 2024
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  • Eric Deggans
Clockwise from top left: <em>Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One</em>, <em>Passages</em>,<em> Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</em>,<em> Four Daughters</em>,<em> Only Murders in the Building</em>,<em> Hijack</em>

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The best movies and TV of 2023, picked for you by NPR critics

Whether you plan to head out to the theater or binge from the couch, our critics have gathered together their favorite films and TV shows of the year. Happy watching!

December 19, 2023
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  • Eric Deggans,
  • Aisha Harris,
  • and 4 more
Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher.

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Don't underestimate the power of Dad TV: 'Reacher' is the genre at its best

It may have started out as an insult, but there's nothing wrong with Dad TV. You can see it all – responsibility-free wish fulfillment, fistfights, romantic fantasy – in the new season of Reacher.

December 15, 2023
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  • Eric Deggans
Tony Shalhoub returns as lead investigator Adrian Monk in <em>Mr. Monk's Last Case.</em>

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'Monk' returns for one 'Last Case' and it's a heaping serving of TV comfort food

Tony Shalhoub slips back into his Adrian Monk character after nearly 15 years with assurance and precision, nailing the comedy while still making room for somber themes of loss and depression.

December 13, 2023
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  • David Bianculli
<em>Murder in Boston</em> is a three-part docuseries about the 1989 murder of Carol Stuart by her husband Charles Stuart. But it wisely focuses not on the murder itself, but on the police investigation — both its origins and the deep scars it left.

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'Murder in Boston' is what a docuseries should look like

In 1989 Charles Stuart killed his wife in what he claimed was a carjacking by a Black man. A series about that murder and the police investigation that followed is more than another true-crime story.

December 09, 2023
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  • Linda Holmes
<em>Squid Game: The Challenge</em> is a reality game show based on the sensational 2021 South Korean drama series. But this gruesome, creatively misbegotten concept should never have made it past the first meeting.

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  • TV Reviews

'The Challenge' is understanding why this 'Squid Game' game show was green-lit

Squid Game: The Challenge is a reality game show based on the sensational South Korean drama series. But this gruesome, creatively misbegotten concept should never have made it past the first meeting.

December 02, 2023
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  • Linda Holmes
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