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‘Terminator/RoboCop: Kill Human’ (2011) serves both fanbases

Writer Rob Williams delivers equal doses of spectacle and story in “Terminator/RoboCop: Kill Human” (2011), a four-issue series from Dynamite Comics that stands alone as

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‘Judge Dredd’ (1995) an entertaining critique of police states

“Judge Dredd” (1995) lacks nuance as it presents a 22nd century police state where Street Judges (cops) serve as judge, jury and executioner. But should

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‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’ (2005) pokes fun at hardboiled noir

Writer Shane Black, in one of the most assured directing debuts ever, delivers a great modern detective noir while also poking fun at the genre

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‘Ford v Ferrari’ brings niche subject to 7,000 rpm life

Aside from its wonderful locations and car designs that capture the 1960s, director James Mangold’s “Ford v Ferrari” (2019) is a sober re-creation of a

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PKD’s ‘Lies, Inc.’ an awkward expansion of ‘Unteleported Man’

Paul Williams’ afterword in the Vintage edition of “Lies, Inc.” (1984) is almost a better read than the novel itself. The literary executor of Philip

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Zack Whedon crafts alternate ‘Terminator’ in ‘2029-1984’ (2010)

Writer Zack Whedon, showcasing a lot of the witty dialog his brother Joss is known for, crafts an alternate take on the “Terminator 1” time

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‘Phantom’ (1996) mixes superhero with ‘Indiana Jones’

The Phantom is a pivotal figure in comic superhero history. Unlike most other proto-superheroes (those who predate Superman), he originated not in pulp novels but

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‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ Part 3 is a step backward

After the first two parts showed a lot of potential and sometimes were quite fun, “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” Part 3 (January, Netflix) is more

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‘Riverdale’ gets another spinoff with ‘Katy Keene’

The “Riverdale” empire expands further with its second spinoff, “Kate Keene” (Thursdays, CW), about three gals and a gay dude trying to make it big

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‘High Fidelity’ (2000) examines love, music, love of music

When it came out, I underrated “High Fidelity” (2000) because it’s not as good as the 1995 novel by Nick Hornby. But like its fellow

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