Movies

‘Die Hard 2: Die Harder’ (1990) is a stone-cold classic

“Die Hard” (1988) is required Christmas season viewing for many, but “Die Hard 2: Die Harder” (1990) should not be overlooked. Although both are rightly

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‘Total Recall’ (1990) is vintage Verhoeven

Broadly speaking, there are three kinds of Philip K. Dick adaptations: Those that are faithful to his themes while switching the medium to movies (“Blade

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‘The Crow’ (1994) gives Goths their own superhero

“The Crow” (1994) is more style than substance, as director Alex Proyas uses the comic book adaptation as a testing ground for his brilliant “Dark

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‘Blinded by the Light’s’ Pakistani family drama awkwardly mixes with Springsteen tunes (Movie review)

I love the way Javed (Viveik Kalra) loves Bruce Springsteen in “Blinded by the Light.” The Pakistani-British youth sings and dances in the street once

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‘The Vicious Kind’ (2009) a sweet and sour Thanksgiving flick

Thanksgiving plays a small role in “The Vicious Kind” (2009). There’s a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it turkey dinner, and one character sleeps through the holiday. But the fall

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Phoenix pulls off impressive magic trick with ‘Joker’

In 1988, Alan Moore wrote “The Killing Joke,” imagining the Joker’s origin story outside the primary DC Comics continuity. And now director/co-writer Todd Phillips (“The

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‘Return of Swamp Thing’ (1989) an improvement, but still terrible

“Swamp Thing” (1982) achieved a spot on the short list of worst movies to get a sequel upon the release of “The Return of Swamp

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Come for the Beatles tunes, stay for Lily James in ‘Yesterday’ (Movie review)

“Yesterday” isn’t the first movie to use Beatles songs as its foundation – see also 2001’s “I Am Sam” and 2007’s “Across the Universe” –

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Sci-fi masters meet for engrossing ‘Minority Report’ (2002)

Director Steven Spielberg’s “Minority Report” (2002) isn’t the most by-the-book adaptation of a Philip K. Dick story (most agree that’s “A Scanner Darkly”). But it

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‘Constantine’ (2005) tries to become Reeves’ next franchise

Between the “Matrix” and “John Wick” franchises, Keanu Reeves took a stab at another franchise with “Constantine” (2005), based on the DC/Vertigo comics antihero (invented

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