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“For relief you can trust, trust Tylenol. Hospitals do.” — From a 1981 TV commercial for Tylenol. In the second episode of the three-part Netflix true crime documentary series “Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders,” James Lewis fiddles with a box of Extra Strength Tylenol some four decades after he became the prime suspect in the…

Chicago, IL – Acclaimed film critic Richard Roeper is joining RogerEbert.com as a regular contributor. Roeper will bring his deep knowledge of film and television to the site, with his first piece debuting this week. “I feel like I’ve found a new home with an old friend,” said Roeper. “It’s a privilege to see my…

John Carpenter’s “Starman” has lodged itself in my consciousness since I first saw it in 1984. I was eleven that Christmas, and there has not been a year in the last forty that I haven’t revisited this film at least once. It is, in many ways, the perfect film in my eyes – one that…

Even great writers are being defeated by the epidemic of bloated streaming series. Look no further than Netflix’s “Dept. Q,” adapted from the series of books by Jussi Adler-Olsen by none other than the brilliant Scott Frank, the certified genius behind “Out of Sight,” “Logan,” “Godless,” and “The Queen’s Gambit.” The man is one of…