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The epic ends in a thrilling way in ‘TMNT’ Season 10 (1996)

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” goes out on a high note with Season 10 (1996, CBS) despite the fact that a brand-new writer, Jeffrey Scott, pens

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Parker takes the baton from Chandler in refreshing ‘Poodle Springs’ (1988)

Seven novels showed Philip Marlowe as a serial bachelor who resists marriage like it’s the plague, so at first blush, that should have us scratching

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Wilson’s series takes a good golf swing, can’t quite ‘Stick’ it

“Stick” (Apple TV Plus) takes old generation-gap and coming-of-age issues and sometimes makes them as fresh as the dew at the morning’s first tee time.

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Bava lays a foundation with ‘Blood and Black Lace’ (1964)

If Dario Argento constructed beautiful horror castles, his mentor Mario Bava laid the foundations and dug out the basements first. As such, he’s a director

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Parker Posey is a ‘Party Girl’ (1995) in a librarian world

The Nineties is a fascinating decade in which to find characters who now play differently (sometimes even the opposite) from how they were intended. The

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‘Buddy Buddy’ (1981) one last funny romp from an iconic duo

Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond conclude their screenwriting careers in the most appropriate and hilarious way with “Buddy Buddy” (1981), which also features a legendary

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‘Slasher’ team gets back to gory basics with ‘Hell Motel’

The “Slasher” troupe delivered the most consistently gory TV horror from 2016-23, sometimes also adding in good mysteries, and stumbling only with Season 5, “Ripper.”

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Not the Dreggs: ‘TMNT’ reaches new heights in Season 9 (1995)

As “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” was dropping in the ratings in the age of “Power Rangers” and “Batman: The Animated Series,” it was stepping up

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Chandler salvages screenplay for one more Marlowe novel, ‘Playback’ (1958)

Hollywood’s loss becomes literature’s gain with “Playback” (1958), the last novel fully written by Raymond Chandler, who died in 1959. It seems odd for someone

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‘Alice, Sweet Alice’ (1976) driven by a great Evil Kid performance

“Alice, Sweet Alice” (1976) is one of the most fascinating American proto-slashers to discuss, and it’s watchability factor isn’t far behind. Since the juiciest talking

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