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Mindy Kaling is moving through the stages of life. With Netflix’s “Never Have I Ever,” the comedy mogul took on high school; with HBO Max’s “The Sex Lives of College…
June 2, 2026
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Nearly 40 years have passed since the colossal financial failure of Cannon Films’ live-action feature “Masters of the Universe” signaled the cultural falloff of Mattel’s successful sci-fi sword-and-sorcery media franchise…
June 2, 2026
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AMD's Radeon RX 9070 GRE is finally available globally, and it's a solid performer for $549.
June 2, 2026
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The collection could be a chance for readers to expand their minds but only if they also ask tough questions about what the ‘genius’ in its pages really has to…
May 31, 2026
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A roundup of recent reviews published by Engadget.
May 30, 2026
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Of course the Hitman devs made a great James Bond game.
May 29, 2026
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Reviews
"Atonement" comes to a place that, in a lesser film, might appear sentimental but in this one is bracingly real. You can feel the movie burning away the fog of…
May 29, 2026
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Reviews
In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man to land on the moon. In Apple TV’s alternative-history sci-fiction drama “For All Mankind,” which premiered in 2019, creators Ronald D. Moore,…
May 29, 2026
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Reviews
Though he’s a prolific screenwriter with a number of popular arthouse titles to his name (“After the Wedding,” “In a Better World,” “The Promised Land”), the directorial efforts of one…
May 29, 2026
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Reviews
With the global craving for Korean genre entertainments showing no sign of abating, it can’t be easy to be a filmmaker tasked with feeding the beast with ever bigger, better,…
May 29, 2026
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Reviews
The Los Angeles suburb of Calabasas — tucked into the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains on the San Fernando Valley’s far western edge — is, in many ways, ground zero…
May 29, 2026
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Concert Reviews
On Wednesday night at a sold-out Nationals Park in this nation’s capital, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band had just reached the end of “Streets of Minneapolis,” the song…
May 28, 2026
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Reviews
Netflix’s “The Four Seasons,” an adaptation of Alan Alda’s 1981 film of the same name, has returned for a second season, and this time, grief, mid-life crises, babies and depression…
May 28, 2026
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Reviews
Pretty little phones with pretty big price tags.
May 27, 2026
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News
The British obsession with the weather goes from an easily mocked national quirk to a world-beating point of pride in “Pressure,” a handsome, efficient WWII drama that doesn’t go quite…
May 27, 2026
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Reviews
The first words spoken in Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo’s “Ben’Imana,” are of forgiveness. But the body does not forget and the speaker’s defiant stare and tight, unyielding stance suggest she is trying,…
May 26, 2026
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Culture
Top-notch ensemble cast, smart writing, and an engrossing supernatural mystery make for a winning combo.
May 26, 2026
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Reviews
Like most major film festivals, Cannes tends to be something of a choose-your-own-adventure affair: Any two people’s perspectives of the fest are likely to vary wildly depending on their professional…
May 26, 2026
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Outdoors
Gotrax's Mustang is a surprisingly practical choice for town and trail rides, thanks to a combination of solid suspension and fat tires that offer a comfortable ride tagging alongside an…
May 26, 2026
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Audio / Video
With the AirPods Pro 3, Apple set out for a new benchmark. The company reached pretty close to the summit, but notched a few unexpected wins along the way, as…
May 26, 2026
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Reviews
About halfway into “Forever Your Maternal Animal,” a striking confession appears almost out of nowhere. The two main characters in the film, sisters in their early twenties, are sitting in…
May 26, 2026
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Reviews
For his first narrative feature, Mexican director Bruno Santamaría Razo — who’s previously made documentaries — chooses a personal memory piece. “Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building” draws…
May 26, 2026
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Reviews
From “The 400 Blows” to “The Florida Project,” kids have made fascinating cinematic subjects. Even if they’re working from scripts, there’s always the sense that they’re not entirely acting —…
May 25, 2026
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Reviews
The wounds of abandonment and displacement are at the root of Zou Jing’s achingly poetic “A Girl Unknown,” a sober and quietly devastating portrayal of an adolescent girl whose identity,…
May 25, 2026
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Reviews
Every Cannes Film Festival needs a film like “De Gaulle: Résistance,” a proudly French and massively scaled production with the energy of a vintage Hollywood blockbuster. Indeed, Antonin Baudry’s old-fashioned…
May 25, 2026
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Reviews
Aided by producer wunderkind Andrew Watt, McCartney delivers some of his most personal and introspective songwriting in years, and makes amends for a few recent misfires
May 25, 2026
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Reviews
Some of the most effective horror films craft their scares out of the reassuring everyday. In “Passenger”, the familiar routines and sounds associated with driving become ominous signs of incoming…
May 25, 2026
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Reviews
James Graham’s state-of-the-nation footballing drama doesn’t have what it takes to make it past the group stage
May 25, 2026
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Reviews
A good phone held back by a lack of upgrades and better deals elsewhere.
May 24, 2026
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Reviews
Everyone who has ever experienced serious grief knows the strange, unsettling things it can do to time: stretching it or compressing it by turns, consigning some passages of it to…
May 24, 2026
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Reviews
The Botslab W510 records in 4K, can pan and tilt, comes with a solar panel, and needs no subscription.
May 24, 2026
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Reviews
Mixing sultry pop bangers with unfiltered aggression, Doja Cat defies expectations placed on female performers can do - while delivering an incredible show, writes Greta Simpson
May 24, 2026
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Reviews
The Australian soap star turned pop superstar recalls her rise to the top in unfiltered Netflix documentary
May 23, 2026
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Reviews
I can carry this with one hand, and I have encountered no electronics that it can't power.
May 23, 2026
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Culture
The plot is predictable, the fight scenes are meh, but you can't beat the charm of that little green Grogu.
May 22, 2026
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Did Instagram put its feed slop on notice?
May 1, 2026
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