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Noun
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That’s a realm the film itself dives into for extended, immersive and blearily entrancing interludes — a gateway into its eventual, more drastic breakdown of rational reality, controlled by one player’s will.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
24 May 2026 -
The woozy, choppily edited party sequence, featuring lots of handheld, cellphone-style footage and glassy slow-motion interludes, clearly illustrates the camaraderie and profound affection between the five main characters, who tease and tickle one another like sportive, overgrown puppies.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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New dramas On the drama front, Cold Country will be a six-part limited series from Sphere.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
26 May 2026
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But local screenwriters took issue with the TV regulator ending a policy of putting a priority on Programs of National Interest (PNI), or homegrown dramas and documentaries, including kids and youth programming and animation, to receive subsidies from foreign streamers.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
25 May 2026
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One of the most interesting additions is a batch of History Channel dramatizations of the lives of American presidents.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
15 May 2026
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Are there any like dramatizations of his life that exist in TV or film?—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The broadest of comedies, the film’s often puerile humor is driven by an endless stream of male bungling, blundering and whining, only to be kicked up a notch by pratfalls of nearly every variety, from getting bucked off a galloping horse to tripping into a pile of trash.—
Natalia Winkelman,
Variety,
27 May 2026
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Two comedies round out the five-strong announcement.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
26 May 2026
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The school commissions Broadway writers to pen musicals for students each year and recently has added in a new summer musical, where commercial producers can workshop and develop shows.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
25 May 2026
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Founded in 2007 by Gary and Erin Lewis, the company produces stage musicals year-round, as well as musical readings and youth drama education programs.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2026
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“Playlets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playlets. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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