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Airing from 1990-96, Captain Planet and the Planeteers— a show where a planet-Earth-themed superhero appeared from the combined power of five magic rings created by the Spirit of Earth and given to a pointedly diverse cast of teenagers so that they could fight baddies such as oil drillers, radioactive men, and corrupt business moguls— is…

Amanda Seyfried is once again generating big buzz. Her hit mystery-thriller-drama The Housemaid is following its theatrical success by dominating streaming; meanwhile, the actress’s Emmy-and-Golden Globe-winning role as Elizabeth Holmes is propelling her into the middle of Nathan Fielder’s highly anticipated new documentary (about the actual Elizabeth Holmes), You Can See Everything.

In comparison to recently released collectable toy lines based on some of the biggest children’s shows and movies of the 1980s, vintage Kenner toys from that decade are often very basic, with limited joint movements and bearing very little resemblance to their on-screen counterparts. Yet, many childhoods of 80s kids were hugely enriched by these…

Nana Patekar is gone. At 75, an actor who spent five decades making Indian cinema sit up and listen has left behind a body of work that feels almost impossible to contain within a single tribute. Yet, if one scene can explain what made him singular, it is the climax of “Krantiveer”. The scene begins…