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Fun-loving filmmakers invite audience along for ‘EuroTrip’ (2004)

As comedies disappeared from theaters during the PC era of the past 10-15 years, some throwaways from the period before that gained stature. A prime

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‘Alien’ returns to ‘Earth’: This time, is it here to stay?

Noah Hawley (“Fargo”) is one of the few writer-directors working with pop-culture franchises who actively resists ’memberberries. When watching “Legion,” I had to actively remind

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Westlake’s ‘Jimmy the Kid’ (1974) and the ‘fiction vs. reality’ conundrum

Donald E. Westlake (1933-2008) wrote more than 100 novels, so it’s no wonder he desired to have some fun and mix things up. Attacking the

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Have the ‘Jurassic Park’ films really gotten that bad? Or have tastes changed?

If I took a time machine from 1993 – the day after seeing “Jurassic Park” – to today, then watched the six sequels, I’d figure

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‘Marvels’ (2023) is rather fun despite being indecipherable

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has achieved a weird semi-success, semi-failure with Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), introduced in “Captain Marvel” (2019) and getting her second showcase

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Cute ‘Freaky Friday’ (1976) leads to even better 2003 remake

When “Freakier Friday” hits theaters, it will be a sequel to the 2003 version of “Freaky Friday,” which remade the original (1976), which itself had

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‘Sleepless’ (2001) more like a pleasant horror dream than a nightmare

As the century turned, Dario Argento had already earned the title of Master of Giallo, and while some would argue he’s done nothing in the

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Koepp, Edwards simplify ‘Jurassic World’ story for a ‘Rebirth’

The seventh “Jurassic” movie is for some reason called “Jurassic World: Rebirth,” but colloquially I suppose people will call it “the 2025 one” or “the

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‘King of Comedy’ (1982) an engrossingly awkward satire of showbiz

“The King of Comedy” (1982) is a rather simple tale of two unhinged people – Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro) and his friend Masha (Sandra

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Scares of ‘Dangerous Animals’ go beyond the sharks

Among the chum-bucket full of shark movies to come out of Australia in recent years, “Dangerous Animals” is one of the juiciest pieces of meat.

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