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Happy Gilmore 2

Sandler fans will be ‘Happy’ with ‘Gilmore 2’

After becoming rich from his 1990s hits, Adam Sandler earned a reputation for cranking out movies with his friends – always fun for them to

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American Beauty

This is how it is in suburbia: ‘American Beauty’ still does 1999 proud

“American Beauty” (1999) shoulders the weight of being the chosen representative as the best movie of the best year in cinema history. It won the

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TMNT 2003

‘TMNT’ goes wildly off track with Season 5’s ‘lost’ episodes (2008)

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (2003) Seasons 1-4 are “TMNT” done right, and Season 5 (2008) is “TMNT” done so wrong that its biggest upside is

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Marple Season 2

Jane gets nosy in ‘Agatha Christie’s Marple’ Season 2 (2006)

“Agatha Christie’s Marple” Season 2 (2006) starts with the same high standards as Season 1, with “Sleeping Murder” and the best episode so far, “The

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Mother of Tears

Argento finally wraps trilogy with ‘Mother of Tears’ (2007)

Dario Argento has his own style, but it can’t be denied he rolls with the times. His ’70s films look like the Seventies, his ’80s

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Runaway Jury

Courtroom drama ‘Runaway Jury’ (2003) avoids running off rails

“Runaway Jury” (2003) is about the gun control versus gun rights debate. Before this gets your blood boiling by assuming the movie will take one

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TMNT 2003

No Shredder, no problem: ‘TMNT’ Season 4 (2005-06) is a scary smorgasbord

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Season 4 (2005-06, Fox) continues its style of adapting the Mirage comics but tightening the narrative links between street-level villains, outer

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The Quick Red Fox

‘The Quick Red Fox’ (1964) is not a lazy dog of a novel

Travis McGee is John D. MacDonald’s continuation of Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe in the timeline of knights-errant transposed into 20th century American crime detection, and

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Venom The Last Dance

‘Venom: The Last Dance’ (2024) a sweet friendship story

The Sony branch of the Marvel multiverse has been a punchline as much as it’s been a line of movies, but the bright spot has

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The Card Player

Argento brings his B-game to ‘The Card Player’ (2003)

Dario Argento combines aspects of his greatest hits with Aughts trends in “The Card Player” (2003), an ultimately ridiculous but incongruously watchable giallo. While the

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