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‘Bad Times at the El Royale’ (2018) are had by all

Having proven himself in the Joss Whedon school (“Buffy,” “Angel”) and with crowd-pleasers (“The Martian”), writer-director Drew Goddard tries his hand at a Quentin Tarantino-style

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‘A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge’ (1985) goes beneath surface

From Sept. 18-Oct. 16, we’re looking back at the nine films of the “Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise. Next up is the second film, “A

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‘Weird Science’ (1985) probably couldn’t be made today

Many moments in “Weird Science” (1985) – the third directorial effort from writer John Hughes – make me think “This movie couldn’t be made today.”

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‘Nick and the Glimmung’ (1988) aims for young readers

A couple years before writing “Galactic Pot-Healer” (1969), Philip K. Dick invented that story’s world (Plowman’s Planet) and villain (Glimmung) in the children’s novel “Nick

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Preston & Child break through with ‘Relic’ (1995)

As it did for many fans, “Relic” (1995) launched my appreciation for the books of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child – both as a duo

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‘Batman: Gotham Knight’ (2008) plays in ‘Dark Knight’ sandbox

In retrospect, “The Dark Knight” (2008) perhaps didn’t need much of a promotional boost; it was one of those movies that came out at the

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‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ (1984) a slasher legend

From Sept. 18-Oct. 16, we’re looking back at the nine films of the “Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise. First up is the original “A Nightmare

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‘A League of Their Own’ (1992) a bittersweet slice of time

“A League of Their Own” (1992), based in spirit if not specifics on the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League of the 1940s, is easy to

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‘The Third Day’ miniseries starts out weird, mysterious

If “The Third Day” (Mondays, HBO) was an open-ended series, I’d bow out after this first episode, cuz ain’t nobody got time fo’ a “Lost”-ian

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‘The Breakfast Club’ (1985) a low-key teen masterpiece

A popular Twitter and Facebook game is to describe a classic movie in the most boring way possible. It’s easy to do with “The Breakfast

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