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Dave’s ‘The Night We Lost Him’ blends romance, mystery

In the 19th century, authors snuck mystery elements into their stories and an exciting and popular new genre gradually emerged. In “The Night We Lost

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Smartly structured ‘Challengers’ breaks at love

“Challengers” gets a lot of mileage out of what is essentially a “Gossip Girl” premise: Two male tennis players – besties who have won the

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‘I Saw the TV Glow’ a mesmeric metaphysical journey

“I Saw the TV Glow” is one of the weirdest movies I’ve ever liked. This neon-lit, wrongly categorized “horror” movie from writer-director Jane Schoenbrun taps

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‘Smile 2’ is worth a smirk as it illustrates celebrity stress

At least give writer-director Parker Finn credit for finding a new angle into his “Smile” saga. He follows up his popular but slightly overrated 2022

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‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ a fine continuation, with some gator aid

“Bad Boys: Ride or Die” picks up soon after 2020’s legacy sequel “Bad Boys for Life,” but it doesn’t ride on that movie’s fumes. The

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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ is the (F) bomb – but not due to its gratuitous nature

The Oscars have talked about adding new categories to appeal to a wider demographic. If there was one that rewarded backroom office-politics navigation in order

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‘Twisters’ a thrilling legacy sequel with new twists

“Twisters” recaptures that feeling of thrills from natural-disaster movies in the waning days of the flickering-projector, catch-it-in-the-dollar-theater era. We get pseudo-science delivered with a straight

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Teen TV looks to the past with ‘Cobra Kai,’ ‘Hysteria!,’ ‘Cruel Intentions’

Some Gen-Z teen TV shows have original premises and say something specific about this point in history … but I’m not reviewing those here. Instead,

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Fall TV premieres continue with ‘Disclaimer,’ ‘Day of the Jackal,’ ‘Creep Tapes’

My look at fall TV’s premieres continues into November with a trio of streaming offerings. Although these series have several episodes out now (I miss

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‘Caddo Lake’ an engrossing metaphysical mystery

“Caddo Lake” (Max) smartly taps into both emotions and metaphysics, along with the gorgeously foreboding bayou straddling Texas and Louisiana, in one of 2024’s minor

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