‘Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald’ Review: Judd Apatow’s Latest Comedy Doc Sends Viewers Down a Laugh-Filled Rabbit Hole

As much as I adore Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared and The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Judd Apatow‘s greatest legacy may be the documentary project he started fairly late in his career. In the past decade, Apatow has directed or co-directed multi-part documentaries on Garry Shandling, George Carlin and…

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Narnia Fans Freak Out Over Greta Gerwig’s ‘Magicians Nephew’ Trailer: “Lost Its Soul to CGI”

Adapting C.S. Lewis’ beloved children’s book series The Chronicles of Narnia is no easy task, and certainly one that’s primed for some online controversy. So it’s probably no surprise that the trailer (below) for Netflix‘s adaptation of The Magician’s Nephew — chronologically the first novel in Lewis’ seven-book series — is getting some strong reactions…

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‘A Different World’ Review: Netflix College Comedy Takes a Beloved Classic Into a Lively New Era, With Charm and Smarts to Spare

In its first few episodes, Netflix’s A Different World does not quite live up to its title. Sure, the Hillman College we first encountered in the 1980s looks different now, full of modern young people with their modern concerns and their modern fashions and their modern music (beginning with an updated opening theme by Brandy)….

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