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'MLK/FBI' probes 'the darkest part' of the bureau's history - Fri, 15 Jan 2021 17:47:59 GMT

The government-sanctioned harassment of Martin Luther King Jr. provides the chilling spine of "MLK/FBI," a documentary timed to the annual holiday for the civil rights icon. Director Sam Pollard's film also raises an interesting question -- namely, what historians and journalists owe King's legacy in terms of releasing material amassed specifically in an effort to sully his name.
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'WandaVision' flexes some different muscles as Marvel adds its power to Disney+ - Thu, 14 Jan 2021 17:15:04 GMT

Marvel flexes different muscles with "WandaVision," leveraging major assets while stretching its creative formula in this first series for Disney+. The result wields more of a scalpel than a hammer, wryly celebrating the history of television while slowly, very slowly, pulling the viewer into an enticing "The Twilight Zone"-esque mystery.
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'Batwoman' gets a new lead, but Season 2 looks like the same flawed show - Sat, 16 Jan 2021 15:49:09 GMT

After a first season that never quite got off the ground creatively, "Batwoman" announced that original star Ruby Rose would be leaving but that the series would hang around without her. The contortions necessary to arrange that baton (or Batarang) pass mostly fizzle in the opening episodes, fueling a sense that this CW drama might be flying on fumes.
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Politics in pop culture needs a time-out - Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:12:19 GMT

If there is one thing the people of a beleaguered, weary and divided America could probably agree on right now, it would be the collective need for a break from politics.
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Producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector dies - Sun, 17 Jan 2021 22:08:26 GMT

Music producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector died of natural causes on Saturday at the age of 80, according to a statement released by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
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'Locked Down' turns quarantine into a romantic heist movie for the Covid time capsule - Wed, 13 Jan 2021 21:45:54 GMT

Anyone who has felt their relationship tested by quarantine (no need to raise hands, we see you) will at least partially relate to "Locked Down," which takes the idea of a couple trapped by those circumstances, then builds an improbable heist plot around it. Thanks to Chiwetel Ejiofor and Anne Hathaway it's mildly watchable, but mostly an artifact that might look better after a few years in the Covid time capsule.
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