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Kristen Wiig stars as a wannabe socialite in 1969's Palm Beach in "Palm Royale." (Apple TV+)

‘Palm Royale’ review: Kristen Wiig in a comedy of manners, circa 1969 Palm Beach

March 20, 2024 at 8:27 a.m.

The year is 1969. The skies are sunny. The money is old. And Kristen Wiig's striving socialite wannabe wants in.

When Annette Bening's retired mother of four disappears, it throws the lives of her children into chaos in "Apples Never Fall," adapted from the novel of the same name. From left: Jake Lacy, Essie Randles, Alison Brie and Conor Merrigan-Turner. (Vince Valitutti/Peacock)

‘Apples Never Fall’ review: Annette Bening as a retired mom who goes missing

March 14, 2024 at 5:30 a.m.

Annette Bening and Sam Neill play a bored retired couple in West Palm Beach who add some spark to their lives (and angst for their four adult children) when they...

Helena Bonham Carter (center) stars in "Nolly," the 3-part series on Masterpiece about the real-life British soap star Nolly Gordon, who was fired unceremoniously in 1981 at the height of her career. (Quay Street Productions/Masterpiece)

‘Nolly’ review: On Masterpiece, Helena Bonham Carter plays a soap star who’s been sacked

March 16, 2024 at 9:10 p.m.

Helena Bonham Carter gives a very funny and affective performance as Nolly Gordon, the soap opera legend of British TV who was famously sacked.

Theo James stars as Eddie Horniman, who has inherited a dukedom and discovers a pot farm on the property in “The Gentlement.” (Christopher Rafael/Netflix)

‘The Gentlemen’ review: A wealthy Brit discovers a pot farm on his estate and chaos ensues

March 7, 2024 at 8:35 a.m.

The Netflix series "The Gentlemen" is a spinoff of Guy Ritchie's 2019 movie starring Theo James as the son of duke who discovers a pot farm on their property. Chaos...

David Jonsson stars in the adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Murder Is Easy." (BritBox)

‘Murder Is Easy’ review: Murder may be easy, but adapting Agatha Christie isn’t

March 6, 2024 at 10:15 a.m.

The two-part adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1939 novel on BritBox makes some key changes, but it fails to be the absorbing murder mystery of the original.

Kate Winslet stars as a dictator in “The Regime.” (Miya Mizuno/HBO)

‘The Regime’ review: ‘Veep’ meets ‘Succession,’ but make it a European dictatorship

March 1, 2024 at 11:58 a.m.

Nihilism and chill: HBO's “The Regime” stars Kate Winslet as the dictator of a fictional European country. What the world needs now is not, perhaps, yet another darkly humorous portrayal...

Carrie Preston stars as Elsbeth Tascioni in "Elsbeth," a new case-of-the-week drama based on the character featured in "The Good Wife." (Elizabeth Fisher/CBS)

‘Elsbeth’ review: ‘The Good Wife’ spinoff tries (and fails) to be a quirkier version of ‘Columbo’

February 29, 2024 at 9:06 a.m.

Carrie Preston plays lawyer-turned-crime-solver Elsbeth Tascioni on the CBS procedural that's a spinoff of "The Good Wife."

Messi, a border collie, plays the family dog Snoop in "Anatomy of a Fall." (Neon)

Column: And the Oscar for best boi goes to …

February 22, 2024 at 7:46 a.m.

Among the actors making the PR rounds in the run up to the '24 Oscars is the border collie Messi in best picture nominee “Anatomy of a Fall.” Some thoughts...

Presenter and underwater cinematographer Patrick Dykstra in “Patrick and the Whale” airing on the PBS series "Nature." (Romain Barats /Terra Mater Studios GmbH)

‘Patrick and the Whale’ review: Moby flick, courtesy of PBS’s ‘Nature’

February 21, 2024 at 5:30 a.m.

Cinematographer Patrick Dykstra's interactions with sperm whales is captured on film in “Patrick and the Whale," the latest installment of the PBS series “Nature.”

Cillian Murphy stars as Robert Oppenheimer in "Oppenheimer. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced it is adding a category for Best Casting starting in 2026. If films were eligible this year, "Oppenheimer" — with its star-studded cast — would have likely been a contender. (Universal Pictures via AP)

Column: ‘Oppenheimer’ casting director talks about the new Oscar category for best casting

February 19, 2024 at 5:30 a.m.

Casting is an art and talent all its own and starting in 2026, the Oscars will hand out awards to casting directors. "Oppenheimer's" casting director talks about assembling the movie's...

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