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Lovegrove steps up game in ‘Firefly: The Ghost Machine’

After leaning into the Western side of sci-fi/Western in his first two “Firefly” novels, James Lovegrove uses sci-fi to good effect in “The Ghost Machine”

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‘Alienist’ makes welcome, if not happy, return with ‘Angel of Darkness’

With all the depressing news in the world lately, it’d be nice to get a happy new TV show to watch. So on Sunday, TNT

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‘Palm Springs’ gets by on charming chemistry

Andy Samberg tones down his manchild shtick while retaining his Everyman charms, and he pairs wonderfully with Cristin Milioti in “Palm Springs,” a new Hulu

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Davidson breaks out in ‘The King of Staten Island’

“The King of Staten Island” is the most prominent of the few brave films that switched from theatrical release to video-on-demand amid the pandemic, and

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Patterson’s ‘Vast of Night’ a gripping, stylish debut

Usually when a director drops his calling card, he has a few minor credits on his IMDB resume before that. But Andrew Patterson’s resume is

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‘Bloodshot’ inoffensively launches Valiant superhero saga

I don’t know if anyone keeps track of this sort of thing, but Vin Diesel must hold the record for most franchises for a B-list

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‘Invisible Man’ is more about increasingly visible woman

Leigh Whannell was a writer before he was a director, but “The Invisible Man” shows off his directorial skills more than his screenplay-penning talent. This

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CW’s branch of DC universe blandly expands with ‘Stargirl’

“Stargirl” (Mondays on DC Universe; Tuesdays on CW) – one of 14 current TV series executive-produced by Greg Berlanti – falls into the category of

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Horror film ‘The Lodge’ doesn’t dodge mental illness

When “Glass” came out about a year ago, it seemed like the last gasp of an era: No way would filmmakers continue to portray people

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‘Underwater’ dives right into intense frights

“Underwater” is like a fond throwback to those B-list horror films that used to hit theaters in January a couple decades ago. 1997 through 2000

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