Christmas

Russell, young actors have infectious holiday spirit in ‘The Christmas Chronicles’ (Movie review)

“The Christmas Chronicles” (Netflix) makes a strong bid to join the pantheon of holiday classics. Despite being a straight-down-the-middle yarn in a lot of ways,

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‘Batman Returns’ (1992) is an off-the-rails Christmas romp

With “Gotham” returning for its final season next month, I’m looking back at past “Batman” projects from the perspective of someone who enjoyed “The Animated

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‘The Princess Switch’ doesn’t take advantage of Hudgens, Christmas setting (Movie review)

Christmas movies have become a booming subgenre on Lifetime, the Disney Channel and now Netflix, so much so that even someone who wraps themselves in

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‘Angel’ flashback: All 12 short stories from ‘The Longest Night’ (2002), ranked (Book review)

It’d be cool to read an “Angel” book of 12 short stories that each take place in one hour on the longest night of the

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Black lends his idiosyncratic touch to ‘Iron Man 3’ (2013)

This blog series chronicles my first viewing of the complete MCU movie saga. I’ll examine each film under various categories that reflect popular discussion points.

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‘The Nice Guys’ reviews

John’s “The Nice Guys” flashback review, Feb. 27, 2020 Michael’s “The Nice Guys” review, Top 10 films of 2016, Medium, Feb. 27, 2017

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‘Better Watch Out’ a surprise gift of holiday-themed horror (Movie review)

I give a soft recommend to “Better Watch Out” – now available to stream for 99 cents on Amazon Prime – for anyone who hasn’t seen

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‘X-Files’ flashback: IDW’s 2015 Annual and X-Mas Special (Comic book reviews)

While the 2014 Annual and X-Mas Special featured multiple standalone yarns in each issue, IDW takes a different tactic with the 2015 installments, part of

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‘X-Files’ flashback: IDW’s 2014 Annual and X-Mas Special (Comic book reviews)

Resurrecting a tradition from the old Topps comics, IDW’s “X-Files” Season 10 comics have also featured special issues alongside the regular series, starting with 2014’s Annual (April)

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10 random observations about the Christmas classic ‘Gremlins’ (Movie commentary)

I’m not as big of a Christmas movie guy as I am a Christmas TV guy, but I have settled on my answer – at

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