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Scott Tobias is a film critic, co-founder of The Reveal, and former Editor of The Dissolve. He also writes about television and pop culture.

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    Every Ridley Scott Movie, RankedSizing up the director’s decades-long career.
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    Dune: Prophecy Series-Premiere Recap: The Space Witch ProjectHBO’s latest series of warring houses and political intrigue goes interstellar following the Bene Gesserit’s multi-millennia-long conspiracy.
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    Slow Horses Season-Finale Recap: Family MattersHow is it possible that Lamb is River’s best father figure?
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    Slow Horses Recap: Concrete BoxThe Slow Horses are plunged into as much chaos and crises as possible before the finale.
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    Every Francis Ford Coppola Movie, RankedWhere does Megalopolis fall in the director’s rich filmography?
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    Slow Horses Recap: Moving TargetThe mad scramble to secure David Cartwright turns this episode into a tense action-thriller.
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    Slow Horses Recap: That’s a Big DogDavid Cartwright probably knows more than he’s letting on. Or he’s completely lost in his own mind. Either way, he’s actually lost in London.
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    Slow Horses Recap: Tourist SeasonRiver goes rushing into a situation utterly unprepared and without a plan, as he’s wont to do.
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    Slow Horses Season-Premiere Recap: Identifying MarksNot even the supposed death of one of his agents can keep Lamb from being his usual caustic self.
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    Clipped Series-Finale Recap: RebuildingThe Sterlings are gone, but this ugly moment in Clippers history continues to haunt everyone involved.
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    Clipped Recap: Silly RabbitThe Clippers get past the Warriors, but they can’t escape the media.
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    Clipped Recap: Get OutDoc’s first stint with the Clippers was also impossibly fraught.
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    Clipped Recap: Game DayClipped arrives at the most historic moment in Clippers history and puts the team’s decision into context.
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    Every Richard Linklater Movie, RankedWith a sensibility defined by boundless curiosity and wanderlust, Linklater has refused to be boxed in.
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    Clipped Recap: From Side Piece to C-suiteLeaking your boss’s racist tirade to TMZ is not what Sheryl Sandberg meant when she said to “lean in,” but maybe it’ll work for V.
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    Clipped Series-Premiere Recap: The Clippers CurseDoc Rivers arrives to L.A. looking to turn the Clippers into a winning organization, but he has more off-court problems than he can handle.
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    The Jinx Finale Recap: Trust IssuesDespite the predictable ending, The Jinx turns into a fearsome indictment of an elite class that will look the other way when it benefits them.
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    The Jinx Recap: The VerdictThe verdict is in, but not before Robert Durst makes an embarrassing spectacle of himself on the stand.
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    The Jinx Recap: Not a Professional ContextDurst’s defense strategy is starting to get wobbly.
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    The Jinx Recap: Why Do I Like This Guy?The trial is underway and everyone is getting an additional 15 minutes of fame.
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    The Jinx Recap: Naughty BoysLet’s meet the morally bankrupt friends Robert Durst tries to keep loyal before the case begins.
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    The Jinx Season-Premiere Recap: Beverley HillsPart 2 manages to be both a followup to the fallout of the 2015 miniseries and a victory lap for director Andrew Jarecki.
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    Every HBO Miniseries, RankedSome of the network’s best, most daring work has come in the form of a limited series.
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    Every HBO Show, RankedHBO has produced some of television’s best shows, but which ones are the network’s best?
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    The Regime Finale Recap: A Little WobbleThe Regime finds its satirical punch just in time for the finale, but it’s too little too late.
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    The Regime Recap: Christmas CarpThe inevitable collapse of Elena’s administration leaves this show with nothing left to satirize, and us with nothing left to care about.
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    The Regime Recap: A Situation With a HorseElena and Zubak aren’t fairing very well without each other.
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    The Regime Recap: Slush Funds in BelizeIs Zubak a more savvy politician than we think? Does it even matter?
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    The Regime Recap: Country MedicineIs Elena a savvy stateswoman or an easily manipulated ruler? The show isn’t interested in making that clear yet.
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    The Regime Series-Premiere Recap: To Err Is HumidKate Winslet plays an autocratic strongwoman who, like all strongmen, is actually quite weak.
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    Slow Horses Season-Finale Recap: Home AloneAn incident-packed, drum-tight finale sets the table for a fourth season.
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    Slow Horses Recap: CheckmateSo this entire season has been about Ingrid and Diana moving pieces around the board.
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    Slow Horses Recap: Best-Laid PlansThe more we learn about Ingrid, the more questions come up.
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    Slow Horses Recap: Corrupted FilesIt’s delightful to see the buffoonery of insiders and power players who are constantly left with their pants around their ankles.
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    20 Essential Cold-Weather ThrillersMovies worth bundling up for.
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    Slow Horses Recap: Keep WalkingThese first two episodes have felt as busy as the climaxes of previous seasons.
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    Slow Horses Season-Premiere Recap: Ringo LevelOur lovable spy rejects are back, and it’s maybe alarming how comfortable it feels to find ourselves in another twisty story.
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    Every David Fincher Movie, RankedWhere does The Killer rank compared to films like Gone Girl and Seven?
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    Winning Time Finale Recap: Leave the Dynasties to UsThe Lakers lose the ’84 finals but will more or less live happily ever after. Winning Time as a series, on the other hand …
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    Winning Time Recap: It’s Actually Losing TimeWe’re skipping right over the ‘82 championship to get to the good stuff: the Lakers’ professional and personal failures.
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    Winning Time Recap: Press Conference MassacreA combination of Jerry’s mismanagement and Magic flexing his power combusts into a historic mess.
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    Winning Time Recap: The SystemWhat’s the point of being Magic Johnson if the team that owns you won’t let you be Magic Johnson?
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    Winning Time Recap: RebuildingAs the Lakers regroup after a disappointing playoffs, Magic’s greatest rival is growing his reputation as a ruthless competitor and trash-talker.
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    Winning Time Recap: Et Tu, Pat?Westhead’s refusal to embrace Magic, flaws and all, creates a disconnect within the team … and an opening for Riley.
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    Winning Time Season-Premiere Recap: Our YearFor all his talk about turning the Lakers into a family business, Jerry’s track record as a father remains spotty.
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    The Righteous Gemstones Season-Finale Recap: Cool Cousins, AgainA holy intervention may wrap up the finale a little too neatly, but it’s still part of another excellent season.
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    The Righteous Gemstones Recap: Hands Hold HandsThe Gemstone children finally get their priorities straight and work together, but the Montgomerys are still divided and dangerous.
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    The Righteous Gemstones Recap: Sins of the FatherAn action-oriented episode delivers a viscerally entertaining payoff to this season’s various parent-child tensions.
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    The Righteous Gemstones Recap: Go Off, QueenBJ fights for Judy.
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    The Righteous Gemstones Recap: That Gemstone TemperJudy’s brash hotheadedness and deep insecurity were evident as far back as the Y2K scare.
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