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Keith David's man of action won't make America great again, but he just might save it from itself
Instead of clearing up misconceptions about the annual desert bacchanalia, HBO's docuseries confirms them
This soapy Britbox drama trades worshipping high society for good old payback
In 1984, Jackson used "Saturday Night Live" to take a "last shot at America's mind" and faulty policies with jokes
Hayao Miyazaki's gorgeous epic is also his most humanist
In a contest between a difficult maniac and an insufferable family, Javier Bardem’s villain is my hero
To understand the heart of Hayao Miyazaki, start with this masterpiece
When Lindsey Graham died, Seth Meyers lost one of his best gags: the senator's imaginary, needling grandma
A new adaptation of the beloved tales maintains the frontier fantasy while looking at who really pays for progress
Major industry award pageants rarely take our feelings into account, but Emmy voters are predictable in some ways
Nickelodeon's beloved cartoon saga is one of many modern fantasies inspired by Hayao Miyazaki
Regardless of what “Elle” is doing, the 2001 movie still proves a woman’s limitless potential
Move over, 007. The daytime drama transformed the "Last Week Tonight" host into a new international man of mystery
The supposedly disgraced comic's mainstream return proves that expecting true accountability is the real joke
This confidently horny, sex-positive and humorous one-off confirms why Harley and Ivy are one of TV's best couples
From "Atlanta" to "This Fool," these 13 comedies highlight the real America in all its glory
The late-night host and ardent soap opera fan makes his first appearance Thursday on the iconic daytime drama
Nickelodeon's 15-year-old animated series came to set fire to Netflix at a time that we needed its lessons most
Wonder how a nation that refuses to honestly grapple with slavery will look as it "celebrates" its end? Just watch
The FX hit's final season shows that trust, love and sheer will can be the brightest fires in an end-of-days storm
Bosses like Joel McHale's NYC chef, who haunted Carmy and this show's viewers since the start, are all too common
In HBO's "Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness," the comedian makes pettiness all-American
A lot of shows and movies crashed so Targaryens could soar
During his six-decade career, Davis signed and mentored acts that defined the sound of American popular music
Stars Steve Toussaint and Abubakar Salim ponder the lesson of the bloodiest sea battle in Westeros history
The prolific TV maestro co-created "Cheers" and shaped the modern half-hour comedy as we know it
Apple TV’s timely hit is a metaphor for what happens when willful ignorance allows long-buried terrors to resurface
At long last, a D&D movie of which gamers need not be ashamed. Here's our list of its attributes and bonuses
The clergymen detectives of "Grantchester" and "Father Brown" prove some murder cases call for divine intervention
Anne Rice's seductive antihero made vampires the rock stars of the monsterverse
The TV adaptation returns with a visceral parable of the effect man's inhumanity has on our hearts
From "Buffy" to "Ted Lasso," his roles made us see that no man is beyond redemption
Questlove’s new documentary explores the spiritual magic that makes one of pop's biggest bands among its greatest
What if a "How I Met Your Mother" hypothesis also applies to our divided opinion about the "Star Wars" prequels?
The organization has hosted controversial speakers before, including one whose long ago speech was a warning
This show's updates to Anne Rice's vampires change the tension in the story, adding potential for longer life
Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson discuss the ways their eternal love story is more relatable than that other one
There are no jump scares in Hulu's new thriller, but the dread of being Black in a mainly white industry is real
Salon spoke to the comedian and her sister Lacey Lamar, who co-wrote "You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey"
In the end, Deborah Vance and Ava Daniels prove that a funnier world is worth fighting for
A sure sign that you've made it to the top is that the last great Hollywood star sends you a famous dessert
“Never apologize for a joke,” says Deborah Vance, echoing many comedians. This episode challenges that notion
Returning as 61-year-old Vanessa Williams drops a club track, the show reaffirms it still has legs, and miles to go
Eric Kripke's gory superhero satire concludes that the only way to save ourselves is to kill our gods
The political assassination plot is a coincidence. Pay attention to the empty unity rhetoric and what happens next
As Amazon's Nazi-triumphant alternate history ends, we don't need a reminder of how far gone America could be
Salon talks to Eric Kripke about how his show predicted our terrible present and his expectations for what's next
We'll see Stephen Colbert again, but his broadcast exit closes out David Letterman's absurdist TV legacy
"The Other Bennet Sister" proves it’s the quiet ones we need to be watching
Underneath its feel-good fleece, this film sounds quiet alarms about forgetting painful history