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'Nine Perfect Strangers' Is The Latest Show From The 'Big Little Lies' Team

1:23pm August 16, 2021

by David Bianculli

Writer-producer David E. Kelley and actor Nicole Kidman have joined forces again to adapt another Liane Moriarty novel for the screen. Their Hulu miniseries is unorthodox and impeccably cast.

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Gleefully Lurid 'Brand New Cherry Flavor' Explores The (Black) Magic Of The Movies

11:51am August 13, 2021

by Glen Weldon

The trippy Netflix series about a student filmmaker who uses dark magic to get revenge on a sleazy producer borrows heavily from Cronenberg and Lynch, but tells a weird, gruesome tale all its own.

Ted (Jason Sudeikis) and Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) spend some time together on the Christmas episode of Ted Lasso.

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'Ted Lasso' Recap, Season 2, Episode 4: At Christmas, Sam Gets His Goat

9:56am August 13, 2021

by Linda Holmes

In a charming Christmas episode, Ted Lasso himself struggles to feel the holiday spirit, but the team finds joy over dinner and Roy and Keeley help Phoebe battle a bully.

A Review Of Marvel's New Animated Series: 'What If...'

6:29am August 11, 2021

by Eric Deggans

What If... is a new Disney+ animated series placing classic Marvel superhero characters in different circumstances. Our TV critic says it brings insight to some of Marvels most popular characters.

Uatu the Watcher (voiced by Jeffrey Wright) is your guide to Disney+'s What If...?, which mixes up characters and events in the MCU.

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'What If...?' Gives The Marvel Cinematic Universe An Animated Banger Of A Remix

5:01am August 11, 2021

This animated anthology series boasts clever writing, fluid animation and stories that mix and match MCU characters, who are voiced (mostly) by the actors who played them on the big screen.

You don't necessarily see Jason Sudeikis kick a lot of soccer balls as Ted Lasso, but this week? Well, well, well.

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'Ted Lasso' Recap, Season 2: Let's Go To The Tape

3:00am August 06, 2021

by Linda Holmes

Sam Obisanya has a moral crisis, Jamie Tartt has to get over himself, and Rebecca has a wonderful visitor on this week's installment of Ted Lasso.

Jason Sudeikis and Juno Temple as Ted and Keeley in Ted Lasso.

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Ted Lasso Recap, Season 2, Episode 2: The Prodigal Beefcake

12:04pm July 30, 2021

by Linda Holmes

Jamie Tartt has fallen on hard times and asks to return to AFC Richmond in "Lavender," the second episode of the second season. Meanwhile, Ted continues to struggle to trust Dr. Sharon.

Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt and Nick Mohammed in Ted Lasso.

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'Ted Lasso' Is Back, And You Bet Your Biscuits Season 2 Is Just As Sweet

5:09pm July 24, 2021

by Eric Deggans

Ted Lasso — the Apple TV+ series starring Jason Sudeikis as a clueless American coach taking over a British soccer team — avoids a sophomore slump with grace, heart and a lot of laughs.

An I-Have-The-Power vacuum pits Teela (Sarah Michelle Gellar) against Evil-Lyn (Lena Headey) in Netflix's Masters of the Universe: Revelation.

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Show, Don't Mattel: 'Masters Of The Universe: Revelation' Is Toying With You

7:00am July 24, 2021

Producer Kevin Smith reboots the '80s cartoon/action-figure-commercial by adding more mythology ... and thinning out the cast.

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'Ted Lasso' Scores In Season 2 With Unexpected Twists And A Lot Of Heart

2:16pm July 23, 2021

by David Bianculli

The Apple TV+ series about an American football coach who winds up coaching soccer in the U.K. is nominated for 20 Emmys Awards. The new season of Ted Lasso is just as warm and funny as the first.

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