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Small Axe (Amazon Studios)

Amazon's Education finds joy in struggle

Melanie McFarland
Infinite Race (ESPN)

The fetishization of the ultramarathon

Ashlie D. Stevens
Lovie Simone in "Selah and the Spades," Carrie Coon in "The Nest," Orion Lee in "First Cow" (Amazon, IFC Films, A24)

6 great film performances you missed

Gary M. Kramer
Actor Tom Cruise talking and making selfie with his fans during a pause on the set of the film Mission Impossible 7 in Piazza Venezia, just in front of the Victor Emmanuel II Monument (Tomb of the Unknown Soldier). Rome (Italy), November 29, 2020 (Samantha Zucchi/Insidefoto/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

Cruise rips crew for COVID safety fails

Ellise Shafer - Variety
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Dave Chappelle (Netflix)

Chappelle pulling his show off HBO Max

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (New Line Cinema)

Jackson didn't write his fave LOTR scene

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
The Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) and the Child in THE MANDALORIAN (Disney+)

Is "The Mandalorian" award-worthy?

Libby Hill - Indiewire
Baby God (HBO)

In "Baby God" fertility fraud is no joke

Ashlie D. Stevens
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America Ferrera in "Real Women Have Curves" (Nicola Goode/HBO)

Hollywood is failing its Latinx audience

Gary M. Kramer
(L-r) TOM HARDY as Bane and CHRISTIAN BALE as Batman in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ action thriller “THE DARK KNIGHT RISES,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. TM and © DC Comics (Ron Phillips)

Hardy's Bane performance: "Brando-esque"

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Natalie Portman (Getty/Emma McIntyre)

Portman felt unsafe as a child "Lolita"

Ryan Lattanzio - Indiewire
Henry Cavill in "The Witcher" (Katalin Vermes/Netflix)

Henry Cavill injured on "Witcher" set

Ryan Lattanzio - Indiewire
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Jill Biden (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

WSJ's Jill Biden op-ed isn't just sexist

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Mario Lopez and Justene Alpert in "A Recipe for Seduction" (Lifetime)

KFC's sexy Lifetime movie is a 2020 mood

Ashlie D. Stevens
Wild Mountain Thyme (Bleeker Street)

Wild Mountain Thyme: Messy Irish rom-com

David Ehrlich - Indiewire
Minari (A24)

Steven Yeun's "Minari" is unforgettable

David Ehrlich - Indiewire
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Sean Spicer | Newsmax (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The far-right fantasy shopping network

Melanie McFarland
Blake Lee and Ben Lewis in "The Christmas Setup" (Lifetime)

Grading 2020's queer Christmas movies

Ashlie D. Stevens, Hanh Nguyen
The Mandalorian (Disney+)

Star Wars expands – in unoriginal ways

Melanie McFarland
The Wilds (Amazon)

The Wilds: Amazon's YA dystopian drama

Ann Donahue - Indiewire
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Wolfwalkers (Apple TV+)

"Wolfwalkers": A tale of love and loss

David Ehrlich - Indiewire
Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono outside of the Times Square recording studio 'The Hit Factory' before a recording session of his final album 'Double Fantasy' in August 1980 in New York City, New York. (Getty Images/Salon)

Critics got "Double Fantasy" all wrong

Kenneth Womack
Wonder Woman 1984 (Warner Bros./HBO)

Here's what's on HBO Max in December

Ashlie D. Stevens
Tommy "Tiny" Lister arrives at a screening of Lionsgate Films' "The Expendables" (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Actor-wrestler Tommy "Tiny" Lister dies

Pat Saperstein - Variety
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