It’s one thing for an actor to replace a superstar in the second season of a TV series. For Amazon Prime’s “Homecoming” that meant Janelle Monae effectively needing to fill the shoes of one of the few real movie stars left in the world, Julia Roberts. It’s another thing for a filmmaker to replace the original director who brought a very distinctive style to the first season. That was the task for Kyle Patrick Alvarez.

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Walking out of the theater after “Toy Story 3” and ten years of waiting had us in an emotional mess. Now, with almost another ten years of waiting, Disney and Pixar Studios is going to take us right back to the toy chest with “Toy Story 4.” Start stocking up on the Kleenex, because the cast is already hinting that the ending will be more emotional than ever.

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When “Unicorn Store” opens, Kit (Brie Larson) is determinedly completing a painting awash in “My Little Pony” style colors and glitter, with a more is more approach that literally leaves the wall around her canvas splattered with her work. It’s an unintentional metaphor for the film itself, which alternately overreaches and underperforms as both a quirky comedy and indie dramedy, but nonetheless leans into both fairly hard.

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After a certain age, going on vacation with you parents seems like the worst idea ever. But it’s funny that as middle-age approaches, hanging out with your Mom and Dad in an exotic location doesn’t seem so bad anymore (at least for some people). And that seems to be the kernel from which the upcoming “Snatched” unfolds.

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Teaming up Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn, the comedy follows a woman who travels to South American with her Mom after her friend bails, and soon they’re caught up in a truly inconceivable adventure.

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In light of Netflix planning to double the number of its original shows next year, with 31 presently on the slate, the binge-watching phenomenon is in no danger of expiring. And now I have an extra reason to finish up “The Crown,” because “Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events” arrives next month, and it looks pretty damn good.

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Based on Daniel Handler‘s darkly humorous series of books, the story follows the helpless yet whip smart Baudelaire orphans who are taken in by their evil Count Olaf, who desires their inheritance.

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‘Tis the season for family get togethers, but we’re sure no one’s relatives will be as odious as Count Olaf. He’s the guardian of the ill-fated and orphaned Baudelaire children in the darkly funny and deliciously devilish “A Series Of Unfortunate Events” book series. The books by Daniel Handler have been adapted before, in the not particularly well received Jim Carrey vehicle in 2004. But now, a dozen years later, Neil Patrick Harris takes on the part played by Carrey, and the actor is excited about the opportunities the role affords for switching gears, as Count Olaf dons disguises to try and swindle the kids out of their inheritance.

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Watch: Kristen Wiig Wins The Lottery And Gets A Talk Show In First Trailer For 'Welcome To Me'

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Sundance Review: James Ponsoldt’s ‘The End Of The Tour’ Starring Jason Segel & Jesse Eisenberg

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