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‘Dinosaurs in the Attic’ (1986) a virtual museum tour

Although he didn’t know it at the time, Douglas Preston’s nonfiction book “Dinosaurs in the Attic: An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural History”

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‘Murder on the Orient Express’ (1974) adds comedy

Albert Finney looks the part of Hercule Poirot in his only turn as the Belgian detective extraordinaire in the 1974 adaptation of Agatha Christie’s “Murder

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‘She Makes Comics’ (2014) leaves unanswered questions

“She Makes Comics” (2014) is invaluable simply for its existence. Although it juggles a bevy of comics-related topics and raises more questions than it answers,

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‘Hannibal’ (2001) can’t recapture magic of ‘Lambs’

To mark the 40th anniversary of author Thomas Harris’ invention of Hannibal Lecter and the 30th anniversary of “The Silence of the Lambs” – the

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Everyone breaks bad in ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 5 (2020)

With AMC’s “Breaking Bad” spinoff “Better Call Saul” set to air its sixth and final season later this year, we’re looking back at the first

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‘What’s Up, Tiger Lily?’ (1966) presages ‘MST3K’

Woody Allen makes a creative directorial debut (he was only the writer on his previous credit, 1965’s “What’s New Pussycat?”) with “What’s Up, Tiger Lily?”

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‘John Hughes: A Life in Film’ (2015) a starter bio

Coffee-table books are a risky proposition, as they can lure you in with nice design and colorful photos only for you to later discover that

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‘Deep Storm’ (2007) finds thrills at ocean’s floor

In “Deep Storm” (2007), Lincoln Child dives into some of the biggest science fiction ideas of his career without letting the story become untethered. While

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‘Clarice’ explores heroine after ‘Silence of the Lambs’

Adding both cachet and pressure, “Clarice” (Thursdays, CBS) has the weight of “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991) behind it as it chronicles Special Agent

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Tommy and Tuppence debut in ‘Secret Adversary’ (1922)

Agatha Christie’s second novel, “The Secret Adversary” (1922), introduces Tommy and Tuppence, best friends since childhood who form The Young Adventurers in their early 20s.

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