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Melanie McFarland is Salon's award-winning senior culture critic. Follow her on Bluesky: @McTelevision

Jessica Biel as Candy in "Candy" (Tina Rowden/Hulu)

The true crime of Hulu’s Jessica Biel-Melanie Lynskey murder series “Candy” is its wasted potential

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Mike Myers as Ken Scarborough in "The Pentaverate" (Netflix)

The problem with Mike Myers

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April Reign is the founder of the #OscarsSoWhite movement, has recently spoken out against HBO's planned series "Confederate." (Andre Chung for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

#OscarsSoWhite creator April Reign on what we all stand to lose if Elon Musk crashes Twitter

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Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Strange and Benedict Wong as Wong in Marvel Studios' "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (Marvel Studios)

Why am I not over the moon to see “Doctor Strange”? Because I’m drowning in Marvel

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Tim Guinee, Sophie Turner, Colin Firth, Olivia DeJonge and Patrick Schwarzenegger in "The Staircase" (HBO Max)

Before stepping into “The Staircase,” let’s take a swoop through The Owl Theory

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Yousuf Khan in "Bullsh*t The Gameshow" (Netflix)

Netflix’s “Bullsh*t: The Game Show” is the trivial pursuit that fits an era dominated by lies

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Grace and Frankie (Netflix)

Bidding farewell to “Grace and Frankie”: “We wanted people to cry at least at one point”

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Sarah Goldberg attends the premiere of HBO's "Barry" at NeueHouse Los Angeles on March 21, 2018 in Hollywood, California (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO)

“Barry” star Sarah Goldberg loves playing her unlikable role: “Make her a monster. I’m all for it”

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Actor Johnny Depp gestures as he stands in the courtroom during a recess amid his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard, at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on April 27, 2022. (JONATHAN ERNST/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Fox News is obsessed with Johnny Depp, its Manliness Under Siege mascot

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Jenifer Lewis (Photo by Salon)

From Ruby on “Black-ish” to CEO on “I Love That for You,” Jenifer Lewis is not just everybody’s mama

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Miles Teller as Al Ruddy in "The Offer" (Nicole Wilder/Paramount+)

As “Godfather” origin stories go, “The Offer” is so bad it’s criminal

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Better Call Saul (Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television)

“Better Call Saul” star on playing “the only character breaking good when everybody’s breaking bad”

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Chiwetel Ejiofor in "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (Aimee Spinks/SHOWTIME)

“The Man Who Fell to Earth” ambitiously picks up where the sci-fi cult classic’s mission ended

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Bill Hader as Barry Berkman in "Barry" on HBO (Merrick Morton/HBO)

“Barry” returns three years later and is funnier and darker than ever

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Claire Foy and Paul Bettany in "A Very British Scandal" (Prime Video)

Claire Foy and Paul Bettany can’t lift Amazon’s gloomy “A Very British Scandal” divorce tale

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Kaley Cuoco in "The Flight Attendant" season 2 (Julia Terjung/HBO Max)

“The Flight Attendant” returns with double the baggage and showcase for Kaley Cuoco

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Better Call Saul (Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television)

“Better Call Saul” reminds us of that the slow approach can be better than bingeing

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Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford, Viola Davis as Michelle Obama and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt in "The First Lady" (Ramona Rosales/SHOWTIME)

“The First Lady” tells the story of three revolutionary presidents’ wives in an inconsequential way

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Mads Mikkelsen as Gellert Grindelwald in Warner Bros. Pictures' fantasy adventure "Fanastic Beasts: Secrets of Dumbledore" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

The magical magnetism of Mads Mikkelsen, explained… in fantasy party guest terms

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Julia | Minx (Photo illustration by Salon/Seacia Pavao/HBO Max/Katrina Marcinowski)

Like food and sex, “Julia” and “Minx” are meant to be enjoyed together

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Abbott Elementary (ABC/Temma Hankin)

The joy of “Abbott Elementary” is its lesson about fulfilling work

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Richard S Castellano watching Al Pacino aim gun in a scene from the film 'The Godfather', 1972. | Saucepan with tomato sauce (Photo illustration by Salon/nito100/Paramount/Getty Images)

One of the greatest legacies left by “The Godfather” was basic instructions on how to make dinner

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Bridgerton (Courtesy of Netflix)

Why “Bridgerton” and “Sanditon” dialed back the sex – and came out stronger for it

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Atlanta (Oliver Upton/ FX)

On “Atlanta,” Van partied for every Black woman exhausted with being overlooked

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