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1 day ago

Wonder Man to Take That: the seven best shows to stream this week

In terms of audience recognition, Wonder Man is no Wonder Woman. But, as this latest addition to the MCU shows, that can afford a certain freedom. This miniseries is a surprisingly meta affair; a superhero fantasy by way of the kind of behind-the-camera machinations familiar to fans of Seth Rogen's The Studio. It tells the story of a pair of struggling actors, Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) and Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley), who are hustling hard
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Television
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1 month ago

The 50 best TV shows of 2025: No 4 The Studio

A well-meaning studio executive's hopes for intelligent auteur-driven films are crushed by a profit-driven Hollywood system prioritizing marketable blockbusters.
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1 month ago

Sunset Boulevard review Hollywood never looked more glorious or more tragic

Billy Wilder's film starring Gloria Swanson as a reclusive former silent movie star, and William Holden as a young wannabe writer who becomes her kept man, more than ever looks not merely like tinseltown satire or LA noir, but a ghost story. It's the ultimate film about how the screenwriter is always the loser and the chump. You can tell that Norma Desmond (Swanson) is washed up because she has actually written a screenplay which is, however, more than Joe (Holden) ever achieves in the course of this film.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Don't Trip review lo-fi comedy shocker sets out to find the horror in Hollywood

Lo-fi Hollywood satire features a Fred Melamed cameo but falters with uneven performances, awkward pacing, audio problems, and thin substance despite an amusing premise.
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5 months ago

Platonic season two review: Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne stop at nothing to make you laugh and it's joyful TV

Seth Rogen's projects blend humor with nostalgia while featuring notable industry cameos.
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fromThe Nation
7 months ago

Seth Rogen's Toothless Hollywood Satire

The Studio satirizes modern Hollywood, focusing on corporate exploitation of creativity led by characters reminiscent of Altman's The Player.
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