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Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the Best TV Shows of 2023
An emotional zombie drama, a superior true-crime docuseries, a sidesplitting anti-capitalist satire and two fantastic series finales were among picks from THR's TV critics.
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Critic’s Notebook: Final Episodes Bring ‘The Crown’ to a Smooth but Savorless Finish
The final six installments of Peter Morgan's acclaimed Netflix drama bring the British royal family into the mid-2000s, ending on the wedding of Charles (Dominic West) and Camilla (Olivia Williams).
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‘My Life With the Walter Boys’ Review: Netflix’s Teen Romantic Drama Is Harmless but Disposable
A teenage girl from New York City moves in with a Colorado ranch family of twelve — including several handsome sons — in an adaptation of the book by Ali Novak.
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‘Family Switch’ Review: Jennifer Garner’s Netflix Body-Swap Comedy Is Ideal Holiday Background Filler
Garner and Ed Helms play parents who switch bodies with their teen children right before Christmas in the McG-directed movie.
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‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’ Review: A Privileged Peek Inside a Star’s Artistry and a Crowd’s Ecstasy
Written, directed and produced by the musician herself, the documentary combines concert footage from the Renaissance World Tour with behind-the-scenes glimpses at the making of the album and the show.
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‘Faraway Downs’ Review: Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Australia’ Expansion Comes Up Short
The director's 2008 epic starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman becomes a six-part Hulu miniseries that incorporates previously cut footage and an alternate ending.
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‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ Review: Netflix Cashes in, and It’s Not Pretty
The anti-capitalist South Korean hit drama gets a reality-competition spinoff in which 496 contestants participate in children's games for the chance to win $4.96 million.
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‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Review: Kurt and Wyatt Russell Anchor Apple TV+’s Refreshingly Human-Scale Godzilla Series
The father and son share a role in the decades-spanning drama about a top-secret monster-hunting organization.
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‘Beacon 23’ Review: Lena Headey and Stephan James in an MGM+ Sci-Fi Saga That Casts a Spell
The pair play strangers stranded together on a lonely outpost on the outskirts of the Milky Way in a series adapted from the book by Hugh Howey ('Silo').
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‘The Buccaneers’ Review: Apple TV+’s Edith Wharton Adaptation Eventually Finds Its Spark
Inspired by the writer's final, unfinished novel, the series follows a tight-knit clique of wealthy young American women who head to London in search of titled husbands.
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‘A Murder at the End of the World’ Review: Emma Corrin and Clive Owen Star in FX/Hulu’s Alluring Whodunit
A Gen Z hacker seeks the truth behind the death of a guest at an ultra-exclusive retreat hosted by a tech billionaire in the series created by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij ('The OA').
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‘Black Cake’ Review: Dramatic Friction Sorely Lacking in Hulu’s Tale of a Family’s Secrets and Strife
In an adaptation of the best-selling novel by Charmaine Wilkerson, two estranged siblings discover the truth about their mother's life story after her death.
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