There are so many wonderful cast members in the fourth season of “Only Murders in the Building” that it becomes like a great comedy party with different talented artists throughout the soiree riffing on what they do best. A show that pushed the star throttle forward in a third outing that added the most acclaimed actresses of all time in Meryl Streep and one of the most likable comedy actors ever in Paul Rudd has not let up on bringing familiar faces into the fold.

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The Bingeworthy™ Breakdown is an occasional look at new TV shows. An estimated 500 scripted seasons of TV will air in 2017, and to help you sort the wheat from the chaff, we’re going to give you the lowdown to help you work out whether it’s worth tuning in every week for them or waiting to binge later. Today we look at the final season of Amazon’s “Red Oaks.”

You seem upset, buddy.

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There are passion projects, there are vanity projects, and then there are films like Katie Holmes’ directorial debut, “All We Had,” which is neither especially passionate nor especially vain, and is instead entirely offensive. It isn’t consciously offensive, mind you, and it isn’t offensive on social terms, either; it’s offensive purely as narrative, a breach against common decency and originality in storytelling. The French have a phrase for yarns like this: “Nostalgie de la boue,” yearning for the mud, in which the author consciously appropriates the stylings of society’s lower classes just to tickle themselves.

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It’s hard to believe, but it’s been almost 20 years since Katie Holmes starred in the teen drama “Dawson’s Creek.” The actress, who has gone on to star in numerous films and TV series, is now going behind the camera for her next film, “All We Had,” and there’s no lack of drama in the first trailer.

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In “All We Had,” Holmes, who stars and directs, plays an impoverished single mother in the mid-2000s who does whatever it takes to help support her rebellious teen daughter.

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Review: Pixar Finds Poetry In Emotion With 'Inside Out'

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Director Greg Jacobs Talks His Amazon Show ‘Red Oaks,’ The Sequel To ‘Magic Mike,’ ‘The Knick’ & More

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Watch: First Clip & Behind-The-Scenes Look At David Gordon Green's Amazon Pilot 'Red Oaks'

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Watch: Robin Williams Is ‘The Angriest Man In Brooklyn’ In First Trailer For Co-Starring Mila Kunis

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Sundance Review: ‘Obvious Child’ Takes on Love, Abortion and Stand-Up Insecurity

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The film, which Eastwood calls his “chick flick,” was written by Peter Morgan (“The Queen,” “Frost/Nixon”) and follows three plotlines: Matt Damon plays a psychic in San Francisco who can’t connect emotionally with his girlfriend (Bryce Dallas Howard) and wants nothing to do with his powers; Cecile DeFrance plays a French TV journalist/talk show host who has a near death experience in the 2004 Tsunami and the third character is a young boy whose twin brother dies in an accident (played by unknowns Frankie and George McClaren).

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The actor will play a forty-something jockey’s agent and joins the already illustrious cast of Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Farina, Nick Nolte, John Ortiz, Kevin Dunn, Kerry Condon and Tom Payne, just one of many talent-heavy HBO productions this coming season. Also added to the cast is British actor Ian Hart who will play a loudmouth gambler who comes into some cash.

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Among the photos is our first good look (he only featured in a flash in the recent trailer) at Richard Kind whose portrayal of the protagonist’s (Michael Stuhlbarg) deadbeat brother does have some award-season hype surrounding it — though on what grounds other than Kind’s abilities, we’re not sure.

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The story focuses on a Midwestern professor (Stuhlberg) in the mid/late 1960’s whose life begins to unfold when his wife leaves him and his socially inept brother (Kind) won’t move out of the house.

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