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Television
Tech Bubble: 'Devs' Is Stylish, But Hollow At The Center
Writer/director Alex Garland's techno-thriller limited series tries to be many things at once, but it parcels out its pulpy delights sparingly, in favor of ponderous navel-gazing.
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Movies
Highly Specific Superlatives: TV And Movies From 2019
NPR's All Things Considered best of 2019 lists are going highly specific this year. Up first: highly specific superlatives from TV and movies.
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Arts & Life
NPR's Favorite Movies Of 2019
Parasite, Knives Out, Avengers: Endgame, Little Women and Marriage Story are among the year-end list of 20 films that NPR critics loved the most.
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Arts & Life
'The Rise Of Skywalker' Makes For An Exciting, Exhaustive, Effortful Ending
The final chapter in "The Skywalker Saga" returns J.J. Abrams to the director's chair, and the result, while overstuffed with characters and plot, delivers on space-operatic action.
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Arts & Life
NPR's Favorite TV Shows Of 2019
Series such as Fleabag, Watchmen and Succession highlight our pop culture critics' list of the 19 best television and serial streaming programs of 2019.
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Arts & Life
'Joker' Is Wild ... ly Dull
Todd Phillips' film features a bravura central performance and a style that, while dutifully imitative, engenders a claustrophobic sense of dread. But it's all in service of precisely nothing.
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Arts & Life
6 1/2 Reasons 'Between Two Ferns: The Movie' Defies The Sketch-Into-Movie Curse
The Between Two Ferns movie that dropped last week on Netflix expands on the Web series' proven formula, but its sheer joke density rewards repeat viewings.
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Arts & Life
'Dark Phoenix' Channels The Cosmic Power Of The Comics, Avoids Going Down In Flames
Thanks to a sure(ish) grip on Marvel's mutants-as-metaphor approach to storytelling, the film brings a classic comics storyline to life. Sure, it's melodramatic — but that's the X-Men for you.
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Television
Are Fans Satisfied With The 'Game Of Thrones' Series Finale?
Game of Thrones is over, but dark shadows loom on the horizon just beyond the smoldering landscape. The spinoffs are coming.
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Arts & Life
'Game Of Thrones' grand finale: 'No one is very happy'
After eight seasons, 73 episodes and a whole lot of characters saying "bend the knee" all the time, HBO's massive fantasy series is finally over.