Amazon’s critically acclaimed comedy “Transparent” returns for its second season on Friday.

Christopher Lawrence
If nothing else, “Scrooged” should have taught Bill Murray the hazards of producing a live TV special on Christmas Eve.
In a year of reboots ranging from entertaining (“Mad Max: Fury Road,” “Jurassic World”) to dreadful (“Vacation,” “Terminator Genisys”), “Creed” may be the most surprising one yet.
For all the noise we make on New Year’s Eve, Las Vegas doesn’t have much in the way of Christmas traditions.
It isn’t quite as foolhardy as asking a teenage girl to lead a rebellion against a brutal police state. But it’s close.
One of the biggest drawbacks to adapting a series of books for the big screen, especially with the obligatory splitting of the final novel into two movies, is the lack of closure.
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