There have been both better seasons and worse seasons of The Amazing Race...but watching this season...has been an odd, strangely disorienting experience...

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ENTER MAGGIE THATCHER AND PRINCESS DIANA: SEASON FOUR OF 'THE CROWN' MARKS THE SERIES' FINEST HOUR By Alex Strachan

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POIGNANT, STOIC, AND TERRIFYING BY TURNS, HULU'S 'I AM GRETA' IS NOT THE DOCUMENTARY YOU MIGHT EXPECT By Alex Strachan

It's that gentle, exquisitely personal side of a 17-year-old still learning to navigate her way through an uncertain future that jumps out over and over again in I Am Greta, the evocative, surprisingly moving feature-length documentary...

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NATGEO'S 'VIRUS HUNTERS' IS A SHORT, SNAPPY LOOK AT A LONG, ENDURING CRISIS OF OUR TIMES By Alex Strachan

The horse has bolted the barn where COVID-19 is concerned but, even so, National Geographic Channel's Virus Hunters... is an eye-opening look at the day-to-day travails of virus researchers...

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