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Stars have a blast bringing ‘Charlie’s Angels’ films to big screen

A neat thing about the “Charlie’s Angels” franchise is that it’s one big saga, with the 1976-81 TV series, the 2000-03 movies, the short-lived 2011 TV

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PKD digs into religious questions in ‘VALIS’ (1981)

Philip K. Dick reworks the themes from “Radio Free Albemuth” (written in 1976, published in 1985) in “VALIS” (1978, 1981), after “RFA” was initially nixed

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‘Roswell’ flashback: ‘Loose Ends’ (2001) (Book review)

After Melinda Metz’s 10-book YA series “Roswell High” (1998-2000) handed the baton to the TV series “Roswell” in 1999, Jason Katims and his writing team

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‘Blade: Trinity’ (2004) closes trilogy with humor, fun

“Blade: Trinity” (2004) gives Blade (Wesley Snipes) some friends, and what a great decision that is. Blade retains his badass loner persona, but now Ryan

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‘Cobra Kai’ shows no mercy to the competition, stays badass in Season 2 (TV review)

With Season 2 (April), which recently wrapped its free-to-all run on YouTube Premium, “Cobra Kai” has secured its spot as the best continuation of a

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‘Rambo: First Blood Part II’ (1985) is pure Eighties action

“Rambo: First Blood Part II” (1985), following the 1982 masterpiece “First Blood,” is generally seen as the point at which “Rambo” turns into a dumb

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All 18 episodes of ‘Roswell’ Season 3 (2001-02), ranked

As “Roswell” fans, we often lament that we only got three seasons. But a positive way to look at it is that we got two

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I grew up and learned to love ‘Blade Runner’ (1982, 2007)

“Blade Runner” (1982, with director Ridley Scott’s “Final Cut” following in 2007) serves as a demarcation of child and adult movie tastes. I grew up

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‘Supergirl’ (1984) doesn’t quite get off the ground

“Supergirl” (1984) starts in cheesy fashion on a Kryptonian outpost, with Kara Zor-El (Helen Slater) impulsively deciding to chase a doodad that she has carelessly

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Eulogy for a trope: ‘Looking for Alaska’ turns its Manic Pixie Dream Girl into a full-fledged character (TV review)

The eight-episode Hulu series “Looking for Alaska” shatters the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope while also being one of the best MPDG stories ever told.

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