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A military woman in “The Tomorrow War” (Amazon Prime) tells a new draftee why they haven’t released photos of the alien invaders to the public.
Michael Crichton takes a step backward with his third John Lange book, “Easy Go” (1968). It has some good points: nice description of 1960s Egypt,
Agatha Christie is not widely loved for her espionage novels featuring high-level politics. But she loved writing about those subjects. Somewhat making up for her
“Fear Street Part One: 1994” (Netflix), the first of a trilogy that continues over the next two Fridays, is a slick corporate product based on
“Evil Dead” (2013) is the fourth entry in the “Evil Dead” series (following Sam Raimi’s trilogy from 1981-92), but like many 21st century sequels, it’s
If nothing else, “Shaft” (1971) – which led to four sequels and a TV series – has style. Director Gordon Parks opens on Richard Roundtree’s
“Café Society” (2016), Woody Allen’s beautiful-looking ode to Old Hollywood, was overshadowed by “La La Land” a few months later. This is understandable, as “La