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HBO’s new miniseries centers Vietnamese voices — and reframes the consequences of war.

Bridgerton’s third season is gauzier than ever. Should we still be holding it accountable?

The improbable story of Huey P. Newton’s escape to Cuba—with the help of a pair of movie producers—is stretched thin in this Apple TV+ miniseries

The Disney+ series X-Men '97 finally shines a light on Sunspot, the first Latino character to be a core part of a televised X-Men team.

Netflix’s A Man In Full lacks Wolf’s sardonic bite, insider knowledge of privilege, and an outsider’s disdain for American institutions and the egomaniacs who lead them

Netflix's Spanish-language adaptation of One Hundred Years Of Solitude premieres later this year

A messy sendoff is anchored by the series' best, darkest, and most grimly funny scene

The new show feels too much like a different program twisted into something vaguely resembling the old show, but without the sense of mission and pride that made the original series such a television landmark.

Based on Cixin Liu’s megapopular sci-fi novels, 3 Body Problem is an engrossing spectacle about alien invasion. It’s a welcome 21st-century twist on the old War of the Worlds premise.

Showing that rich women in 1969 are “living in a bubble” is like demonstrating that, as ever, water is wet. But even if Palm Royale was meant to deliver messages of great satirical significance, it’s too weak to carry them.