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The heat is back on in "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F," the fourth installment in the "Beverly Hills Cop" franchise and the first in 30 years, which essentially works as an audience-friendly remake of the 1984 original. "Axel F" brings back the characters, songs and story beats of the first film, which made Eddie Murphy a box office star and pioneered the action comedy genre. The new film doesn't do anything revolutionary but it gets by on its familiarity, like seeing an old friend and reminiscing about the old days over a couple of beers. Murphy is back cracking wise as Detroit cop Axel Foley, st...
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As a professional reviewer of television I am regularly asked "What should I watch?" — a question I answer with the question, "Well, what do you like?" One can discuss the quality, the technique, the structure of a series in a relatively objective, analytical way, but taste is a matter of … taste. Some celebrated series that attract awards like a magnet does iron filings, while I might praise their craft and artfulness, are just not my thing. I might find them admirable yet not exciting. Every critic knows the feeling. Indeed, were I to catalogue my favourite series over the years since I star...
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Lily Gladstone doesn’t have to speak to convey strength; we’ve seen her do remarkable things with quiet, in “Killers of the Flower Moon” and the Hulu series “Under the Bridge.” Appropriately, her character Jax in Erica Tremblay’s soulful drama “Fancy Dance” is a woman of few words; she’s a tough drifter who’s not above a little drug-dealing or petty theft (becoming less petty as the film goes on). But Jax is also a tower of strength, which Gladstone conveys through a carefully set jaw, a slightly heavy walk, a certainty to her dusk-toned voice. This woman is taking care of her 13-year-old niec...
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Claudia Dietrich and Ross Lloyd boarded a bus bound for the hottest tourist spot in Chicago's River North neighbourhood. While their guide rattled off Chicago trivia, the couple snapped photos from every angle — even the alley. They weren’t deterred by the winding line out the front door. “This is something that brought us to Chicago, there’s no doubt about that,” said Dietrich, a 72-year-old Milwaukee resident. Their destination? Mr. Beef, the no-frills sandwich joint featured on Hulu’s smash hit, “The Bear.” It’s the first stop on their guided food tour inspired by the series. A traditional ...
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When Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson were first approached about making a cop show set in Belfast, they were — to put it mildly — apprehensive. Both writers grew up in Northern Ireland, live in Belfast and are deeply familiar with the bloody history of the region. Yet they worried that a series about the city's police force, which was once overwhelmingly Protestant and viewed with suspicion by the Catholic community, would be too inherently polarizing. Even today, more than 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement, which brought peace to the country after decades of conflict, "There are some ar...
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Netflix's "Reindeer Baby" mini-series by Scottish comedian Richard Gadd has climbed into the streaming platform's coveted ranking for the 10 most watched English-language shows, even as a potential legal fallout emerges. The dark but at times humorous limited series edged out the first season of the American-Polish series "The Witcher" from 2019 to take tenth place in the "Most Popular TV (English)" ranking. "Baby Reindeer" tells the story of struggling comedian called Donny who works in a bar and who is stalked by a female guest named Martha (Jessica Gunning). The name of the show is the nick...
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When Netflix announced last month that it had acquired the rights to two NFL football games to stream on Christmas Day, TV news agents were buzzing. If the streaming behemoth is getting into sports — after saying for so long that it wouldn't — could live news shows be far behind as the Los Gatos, California, streaming giant diversifies its programming roster? Think of the ease of a button on the Netflix home screen that could take users to a breaking story, such as the guilty verdict in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York. Or consider how Netflix, which has 270 million...
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Netflix has announced plans to release a "Peaky Blinders" film with Oscar winner Cillian Murphy returning to the role of gangster Tommy Shelby. "It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn't finished with me," Murphy is quoted as saying in a Netflix press release on Tuesday. "This is one for the fans," added the 48-year-old Irish actor, who recently won an Oscar for Best Actor for his role in the film "Oppenheimer". In a photo shared by Netflix on social media of what appears to be the script for the film, the cover page reads: "Written by Steven Knight" and "Directed by Tom Harper". "Peaky Blinders" ran ...
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The boss of Netflix has admitted that its algorithm for deciding which shows to make is not flawless. Greg Peters, co-chief executive of the streaming site, was speaking at the Media And Telecoms 2024 And Beyond Conference in London on Tuesday. He cited crime drama "Top Boy", which was originally broadcast on Channel 4, teenage comedy "Sex Education" and war film "All Quiet On The Western Front" as part of the company’s offering which were given the go-ahead due to being “unique” and did not rely on data. “If it was just as simple as great algorithms then we would have no flops,” Peters said. ...
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Glances heavy with youthful longing, cliques of friends chatting by the school lockers, first love, bullying and the search for identity - the teen experience is topping the streaming charts these days. Viewers young and old alike are eager to see young embraces, intrigue and ambition, from British teen comedy drama "Sex Education" to Germany's latest addition to the long list of international teen shows, "Maxton Hall". It's a six-part series about Ruby Bell, who comes from a humble background and ends up at the elite college of Maxton Hall thanks to a scholarship. She suddenly finds herself a...
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