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Ugly, mechanical, soulless: Apple TV+’s Hijack reviewed

Plus: Netflix’s Black Mirror is outclassed by the debauched brilliance of Sky Atlantic’s The White Lotus

Black Mirror is starting to look a bit too pleased with itself: Salma Hayek in ‘Joan Is Awful’, the opening episode of season six. Credit: Nick Wall/Netflix 
issue 08 July 2023
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    Apple TV+

  • Black Mirror – season six

    Netflix

  • The White Lotus

    Sky Atlantic

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