“Million Dollar Duck,” a documentary about the wacky (quacky?) world of the annual duck stamp competition looks terrific. It will be available for streaming next month. Don’t confuse it with the Disney movie of the same name!

Director Roger Ross Williams says that his new documentary, “Life, Animated,” is “a very universal coming of age tale. It’s really about growing up.” But it is a very specific story as well. It follows Owen Suskind, a young man with autism, as he graduates and leaves home and gets a job. Suskind, whose father …

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Available today on Netflix: Winona Ryder stars in “Stranger Things,” a new series about a boy who disappears and what shows up in his place.

I’m willing to believe them. I mean, sure, the original is a classic, mostly thanks to Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, and a new approach to action/paranormal comedy. But the reboot has the Mount Rushmore of movie comedy with SNL writer/cast members Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Kristen Wiig, plus America’s sweetheart Melissa McCarthy. That’s some …

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The Emmy nominations are in! There has never been a tougher year as television is at the top of the list of all of the performing arts in both comedy and drama — and diversity. It was a special pleasure to see the previously-overlooked “The Americans” finally get some recognition, and I was also especially …

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