Movies

‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Terminator Salvation’ movie, novelization and comic book (2009) (Review)

The very first “Terminator” spinoff materials – the Now comics – explored the Future War, but aside from flashbacks/flash-forwards, it took another two decades for

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‘Manchester by the Sea’ a brutal tale of loss and recovery (Movie review)

There are safe tear-jerkers, like TV’s “This Is Us” (where we kind of chuckle at the fact that it makes us cry), and then there

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10 movies John wouldn’t mind seeing this summer (Commentary)

These are 10 movies I wouldn’t mind seeing this summer: (more…)

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‘The Monster’ makes a case for old-school creature effects, human resiliency (Movie review)

If you can spare 91 minutes for a taut, tense horror flick, check out “The Monster,” which had a limited theatrical release last year and is now

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Ricky Gervais’ old ‘Office’ humor still lands in ‘Life on the Road’ (Movie review)

Following up on BBC’s “The Office” – which aired back in “Two Thousand and cough-cough” (actually 2001-03) – Ricky Gervais finds there’s still plenty of

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16 years before ‘Riverdale,’ there was ‘Josie and the Pussycats’ (Movie review)

The Archie Comics gang debuted in 1941 and still hold their place as American high school archetypes. They made the leap to cartoons in the

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Movies and TV shows John is looking forward to in 2017 (Commentary)

Here are 10 movies and TV shows I’m looking forward to as a new entertainment year begins: (more…)

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Clone Wars’ (2008) launches in a small way on the big screen (Movie review)

Disney’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is getting a lot of buzz, an odd contrast to the last time a “Star Wars” film outside

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John’s top 10 movies of 2016

These were my 10 favorite movies of 2016: 1. “The Witch” – This horror film set in Colonial America delivers a striking sense of time and

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Cerebral alien visitation yarn ‘Arrival’ lacks a satisfying payoff (Movie review)

Like many alien visitation films before it, “Arrival” asks “What is their purpose on Earth?” After the requisite opening where the world tenses up as 12 giant

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