It’s ‘War,’ An Addictive London-Set Legal Thriller Premiering on HBO Max
The new HBO legal drama War has plenty of the courtroom maneuvering, corporate intrigue and sharply dressed attorneys you would expect from a high-stakes legal thriller. But creator George Kay is less interested in simply asking who wins a case than in what happens when people who once loved each other decide to go to war. That idea came, somewhat unexpectedly, from a stranger’s overheard phone call. Kay, whose previous credits...
Brad Pitt and His Canine Co-Star Give ‘Heart of the Beast’ Plenty of Bite
Forget the buddy comedy. Brad Pitt has found a new screen partner, and this one has four legs, a great face and absolutely no interest in learning his lines. Heart of the Beast, directed by David Ayer, puts Pitt in the Alaskan wilderness alongside Odin, a battle-scarred German Shepherd and former combat dog, for a survival adventure that is equal parts rugged, suspenseful and surprisingly tender. And while Pitt is certainly the Oscar...
HBO’s New Comedy ‘Youth’ Finds Plenty of Love and Laughter in Getting Older–Proving 50 May Be the New 30
There’s nothing particularly “youthful” about turning 50—at least not according to Sharon Horgan’s new HBO series Youth. But that’s precisely the point. Created, written and executive produced by Horgan, who also stars as Alex, Youth is a funny, messy and unexpectedly poignant look at a woman caught between generations, confronting aging parents, a child growing up, a demanding career and the increasingly complicated business of...
‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ Turns a Notorious Murder Into a Tale of Rage and Revenge
Lizzie Borden has been part of the American cultural imagination for more than a century, immortalized in a nursery rhyme, countless books, movies and television shows—and, of course, the enduring question of whether she really did it. Now she gets the Monster treatment. Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story is the fourth installment of Netflix’s hit anthology series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, following Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer...
Mariska Hargitay Delivers, Apple Dominates and ‘Widow’s Bay’ Sweeps the 2026 Emmys
The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards had plenty of the usual Hollywood excess — stars, nostalgia, surprise winners and a few head-scratching upsets — but it also had something that awards shows don’t always manage: a host who genuinely seemed to be having fun. Mariska Hargitay, the longtime Law & Order: SVU star and one of television’s most recognizable leading ladies, proved to be an inspired choice to preside over the...
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