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‘A is for Alibi’ (1982) an amiable start to Kinsey Millhone series

One risk of doing a mystery series based on the alphabet is a book buyer’s knee-jerk reaction to associate it with “Sesame Street,” but ultimately

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Mancini, Tilly do their ‘New Nightmare’ in ‘Seed of Chucky’ (2004)

In RFMC’s “All Dolled Up” series, I’m taking my first journey through the seven original films, one reboot film and one TV series of the

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Grisham clunkily comes to big screen with ‘The Firm’ (1993)

John Grisham had only written a few legal thrillers when his work was brought to the big screen for the first time in “The Firm”

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Bertino’s latest ‘knock at the door’ horror is ‘Vicious’-ly boring

Writer-director Bryan Bertino kicked off a wave of “knock at the door” horror with “The Strangers” (2008), paving the way for the likes of “Knock

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‘Bride of Chucky’ (1998) successfully hitches to post-‘Scream’ era

In RFMC’s “All Dolled Up” series, I’m taking my first journey through the seven original films, one reboot film and one TV series of the

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‘Agatha Christie’s Marple’ Season 5 (2010-11) offers something old, something new

Had “Agatha Christie’s Marple” kept going beyond its 23 episodes, it likely would’ve adapted all or most of the Marple short stories. The first one

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Chucky becomes clunky in dour, timid ‘Child’s Play 3’ (1991)

In RFMC’s “All Dolled Up” series, I’m taking my first journey through the seven original films, one reboot film and one TV series of the

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‘In Cold Blood’ gets colder for Brooks’ 1967 film adaptation

The wrongness of Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood” (1966) immediately turns into the wrongness of writer-director Richard Brooks’ “In Cold Blood” (1967). And this is

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Start of this ‘Monster’ (1995) epic hints at a masterpiece

Naoki Urasawa writes and draws “Monster” (1995-2002) like a movie. I’m simply describing what a graphic novel is, but this manga master especially reminds us

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Dourif, Mancini lean into the premise for ‘Child’s Play 2’ (1990)

In RFMC’s “All Dolled Up” series, I’m taking my first journey through the seven original films, one reboot film and one TV series of the

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