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‘MaXXXine’ wades into belly of beast to cap ‘X’ trilogy

If “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” (2019) was Quentin Tarantino’s love letter to Sixties Hollywood, “MaXXXine” is Ti West’s hate letter to Eighties

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‘Cobra Kai’ eventually gets its kicks back in Season 6, Part 1

Has “Cobra Kai” (Netflix) lost its fighting edge in the five-episode Season 6, Part 1? Episode one is quite flat, episode two is spicier, but

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‘Space Cadet’ launches an underachiever into … space!

Prime Video’s “Space Cadet” is like “Legally Blonde” with law students replaced with astronauts-in-training. It also recalls “Private Benjamin.” Or perhaps it’s a comedic “Top

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‘The Fall Guy’ freefalls from its high ambitions

“The Fall Guy,” the latest epic actioner from writer Drew Pearce – who collaborated with Shane Black on “Iron Man 3” (2013) – really wants

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‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ is No. 1 among the trilogy

Platinum Dunes goes against its reputation as an IP-cash-in studio with “A Quiet Place: Day One,” a prequel that’s the best and most heartfelt of

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‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ goes bananas with character creation

Ten films in, and the “Planet of the Apes” saga is still worth going ape for. Wes Ball, director of the “Maze Runner” films, brings

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‘Godzilla Minus One’ (2023) is Japan’s ‘Independence Day’

Surprising for a nationalistic era in human history, 2023 saw the release of two World War II films that aren’t particularly complimentary toward their source

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‘Mind Body Spirit’ is simple yet original low-budget horror

“Mind Body Spirit” (Hoopla) is evidence that micro-budget indie filmmaking is alive and well – maybe even healthier than ever. Writer-directors Alex Henes and Matthew

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‘The First Omen’ is stylistically grand, narratively odd

Holy cow – or should I say “unholy cow” – “The First Omen” is actually a worthy prequel to Richard Donner’s 1976 classic “The Omen,”

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Coming-of-age story exhilarates in tasty ‘Snack Shack’

“Snack Shack” fits firmly into the coming-of-age genre, but it has a tremendous sense of place in 1991 Nebraska City, Neb., and its rhythms are

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