Leila Latif

The author is Leila Latif. Her email address is leilalatif@me.com. Her Twitter is @Leila_Latif. Heads up, she is UK-based.

A photo including André Holland in the series The Big Cigar on Apple TV+

THE BIG PREMIERE

André Holland Delivers an Epic Performance in ‘Big Cigar’

Don Cheadle directs the new series, about Black Panther founder Huey P. Newton’s surprising relationship with a Hollywood producer in the 1970s.

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Powerful

Hulu’s New Historical Drama Will Leave You a Sobbing Wreck

One family fights to survive the horrors of World War II in the crushingly sad true story “We Were the Lucky Ones.”

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Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob Marley singing in a still from ‘One Love’

IS THIS HATE?

The Bob Marley Biopic Is a Total Mess

Bad wigs is just one problem with this shapeless drama about the life and career of the reggae superstar.

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A photo illustration of MLK and Malcolm X in Genius.

Legends

Can One Show Capture the ‘Genius’ of MLK and Malcolm X?

The fourth season of National Geographic’s acclaimed biographical anthology series “Genius” looks back on the short, meaningful lives of the Civil Rights leaders.

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Photo still of actors playing Will and Kate in 'The Crown'

A ROYAL FAREWELL

‘The Crown’ Final Episodes Ruined by Will and Kate Overkill

Netflix’s royal drama comes to an underwhelming ending, save for Margaret’s last scenes.

Leila Latif

Leila Latif

André Holland Delivers an Epic Performance in ‘Big Cigar’

Hulu’s New Historical Drama Will Leave You a Sobbing Wreck

The Bob Marley Biopic Is a Total Mess

Can One Show Capture the ‘Genius’ of MLK and Malcolm X?

‘The Crown’ Final Episodes Ruined by Will and Kate Overkill

Come Back for a Second Helping of Max’s Charming ‘Julia’

It Turns Out the End of the World Can Be Very Funny