'the christmas chronicles' review: netflix movie starring kurt russell delivers more ho-hum than ho articles
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Family movie reviews: Streaming now Karen Kingsbury 'Baxter' show, Netflix new attempt at Moses
Karen Kingsbury's Baxters series hits Amazon's Prime Video -- and for fans of the series, it hits home.
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‘Ripley’ review: Andrew Scott stars in a very slow-burn Netflix series based on the Tom Ripley books
Moving slowly, indeed almost hypnotically, “Ripley” takes a few episodes to kick in, but once it does there’s no turning back. Adapting the novel that yielded “The Talented Mr. Ripley” a quarter-century ago creates a compelling showcase for Andrew Scott, graduating from his “hot priest” “Fleabag” persona to “creepy grifter” in a way that makes the role associated with Matt Damon completely his own. Written and directed in its entirety by Steven Zaillian, an accomplished screenwriter whose TV...
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Scoop movie review: Rufus Sewell ridicules Prince Andrew in Netflix’s thrilling apology for the last two seasons of The Crown
Slight but spirited, the new Netflix film Scoop excavates a recent historical event that even The Crown wouldn’t dare to touch despite its interest in both the British royal family and scandals. Framed from the perspective of a collective of BBC journalists, Scoop traces the events leading up to Prince Andrew’s jaw-dropping disintegration on national television, when he was caught like a deer in the headlights while being interviewed about his friendship with convicted sex pest Jeffrey Epstein....