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'Q: Into the Storm' seeks to pull back the curtain on QAnon's origins

5 years 6 months ago
"Q: Into the Storm" bears a resemblance to an earlier HBO docuseries, "The Jinx," unfolding like a mystery, as the filmmaker plays mental chess with his subjects. What gives this six-part effort particular heft is the role QAnon has come to play in US politics, becoming, as director Cullen Hoback puts it, "part interactive game, part religion, part political movement."

'The Courier' delivers Benedict Cumberbatch in a taut Cold War thriller

5 years 6 months ago
Anyone with a taste for Cold War dramas will find an intriguing addition to their cinematic library with "The Courier," a fact-based story featuring Benedict Cumberbatch as a Hitchcockian everyman who becomes the unlikely conduit to a Soviet leaker of secrets in 1960. It's the kind of historical tale that, after the closing crawl, will likely send more than a few viewers running to Google to read more.

'Genius: Aretha' earns its respect with Cynthia Erivo's showstopping role

5 years 6 months ago
After Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso, "Genius: Aretha" is both the most commercial and the best installment of this National Geographic anthology series, powered by Cynthia Erivo's "give her all the awards now" performance as the Queen of Soul. Flitting around in time and covering a great deal of ground, the production earns a big helping of R-E-S-P-E-C-T to all concerned.

'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier' shows Marvel's 'WandaVision' wasn't a blip

5 years 6 months ago
Marvel has seemingly cracked the code for its streaming efforts, seizing on underdeveloped threads and relationships from its blockbuster movies and giving them room (OK, about six hours) to breathe on Disney+. After the risk-taking format of "WandaVision," "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" feels more conventional based strictly on its muscular premiere, while offering a welcome showcase for Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan.

'Calls' dials streaming TV back to what creepily feels like radio drama

5 years 6 months ago
The newish medium of streaming is perhaps inevitably taking TV to its logical endpoint -- namely, a weird return back to radio. At least, that's the sense watching (or really, listening to) "Calls," an Apple TV+ throwback to Orson Welles' famous "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast mixed with "The Twilight Zone," reminding us that sometimes what you hear is scarier than what you see.
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