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‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Love and Death’ (2004) (Book review)

Jeff Mariotte probably didn’t know “Love and Death” (October 2004) would be the last “Angel” novel when he wrote it, but it plays pretty well

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‘iZombie’ Season 5 aims to continue delicate balance

Last season, when “iZombie” constructed its new reality wherein the U.S. government and the Fillmore Graves corporation team up to keep zombies and humans behind

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‘Unbreakable’ (2000) a rare ‘real-world’ superhero story

Ten years ago today, I started this blog with a (shamefully positive) review of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” so I’m marking the anniversary with the launch

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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Season 12: The Reckoning’ (2018) (Comic book review)

“Buffy” Season 12 should ideally be longer than four issues, and I’m guessing it would’ve been 12 issues if the timing had worked out better.

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‘Can’t Hardly Wait’ (1998) is a generation’s graduation party

There are ’90s teen movies with more shock value, but “Can’t Hardly Wait” (1998) is the one I point to as the “American Graffiti” of

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‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ stays strong in Season 1, Part 2

On the “Buffy” fan Facebook page I frequent, “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” (Netflix) is often mentioned when someone asks “What’s a new show that’s sort

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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Giles: Girl Blue’ (2018) (Comic book review)

During the time of “Buffy” Season 11, Giles is off at high school in Los Angeles in the clunky four-issue series “Girl Blue” (February-May 2018).

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‘Avengers: Endgame’ is prestige superhero entertainment

The grand experiment is over, and it’s a success. The first 22 films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe comprise a saga similar to a TV

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‘Lakeboat’ (2000) favors writing and acting over plot

“Lakeboat” (2000) is an odd duck among David Mamet’s catalog. Written by Mamet based on his own play and directed by his friend Joe Mantegna,

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‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Book of the Dead’ (2004) (Book review)

As she did with “Buffy: These Our Actors” (2002), co-written with Dori Koogler, Ashely McConnell writes an “Angel” novel – “Book of the Dead” (July

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