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Joshua Jackson has long been one of the cooler gentlemen on television.
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Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Apr. 2026
Head coach Jamahl Mosley has made some notable stylistic changes since Orlando’s five-game loss to Boston last spring, but his team still plays with the same physicality that battered the Celtics during that gentlemen’s sweep.
Despite making choices that would bring traditional dudes to blows, these two forged a real connection, a real trust, a real relationship.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
12 Apr. 2026
The first half of this sequel is a dull underwater sci-fi action flick all about folks turning on each other for natural resources and Jason Statham's diver dude saving his trouble-magnetic daughter.