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‘Buffy’/‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Seven Crows’ (2003) (Book review)

As he did with his only other “Buffy” novel, “Coyote Moon” (1998), John Vornholt gives a different – and not precisely right, but still intriguing

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All 13 episodes of ‘Luke Cage’ Season 2 (2018), ranked

Burning slowly like a 1970s urban street thriller, “Luke Cage” feels more comfortable in its suits and shades and bullet-riddled sweatshirts than it did in

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‘Dark City’ (1998) is a gorgeous-looking sci-fi classic

“Dark City” (1998) perhaps came out just before the window when it would’ve been a mainstream smash, since “The Matrix” achieved that status one year

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You’ll have a good (if slow) time with ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’ (Movie review)

A priest, a singer and a vacuum salesman walk into a hotel … What sounds like the beginning of a good joke is the basis

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‘Angel’ flashback: IDW ‘Angel’ Issues 36-44 (2010-11) (Comic book reviews)

Starting with three transitional issues (36-38) where they share plotting and scripting duties with Bill Willingham, the duo of David Tischman and Mariah Huehner takes

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‘Batman & Robin’ (1997) is a vibrant toy commercial

With “Gotham” returning for its final season this month, I’m looking back at past “Batman” projects from the perspective of someone who enjoyed “The Animated

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‘Buffy’/‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Monster Island’ (2003) (Book review)

With “Buffy” and “Angel” on different networks, massive crossovers weren’t in the works on TV, but “Monster Island” (March 2003), by Christopher Golden and Thomas

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‘Gotham’ Season 5 aims to go out in a crazy, big way

“Gotham” (8 p.m. Eastern Thursdays on Fox) starts its fifth and final season in bats**t-crazy fashion (pun intended). In a way, that’s par for the course

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‘Her’ (2013) is a personal peek into future of AI technology

“Her” (2013) might be the pinnacle of the 2010s zeitgeist, a movie that chronicles humans’ steadily changing relationship with technology. But it doesn’t come off

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Momoa, artistry keep ‘Aquaman’ from being all wet

“Aquaman” (2018) is an artistic feast, with its underwater city of Atlantis, its bevy of sea creatures and the way the ocean peoples’ hair flows

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