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‘Eighth Grade’ goes inside the heart and mind of an outsider many of us can relate to (Movie review)

Ah, a tale of a kid who feels like an outsider. It’s not exactly untapped territory for a movie, yet comedian Bo Burnham, in his

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‘Buffy’ flashback: All 7 short stories from ‘Tales of the Slayer Vol. 1’ (2001), ranked (Book review)

I remember when “Tales of the Slayer Vol. 1” (October 2001) came out, it felt to me like for first time the Buffyverse had a

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Pitch-black ‘Thoroughbreds’ a meditative portrait of empathy-challenged teenagers (Movie review)

People who lack emotions, ironically, can spur conflicted emotions in filmgoers. As Amanda (“Ready Player One’s” Olivia Cooke) says in “Thoroughbreds,” since she doesn’t feel

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‘Unfriended’ films put the ghost in the machine – sometimes literally (Movie reviews)

The first “Unfriended” (2015; see John’s review below) did a nifty job of tweaking the subgenre of found-footage horror, telling its story entirely through a

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James Gunn’s firing might be the turning point – in a good way – for fans of good movies (Commentary)

Last week, Disney fired “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (2020) writer-director James Gunn (who also wrote and directed the first two pictures) for tweets

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‘Angel’ flashback: ‘The Curse’ (2005) (Comic book review)

A little more than a year after the “Angel” TV series ended, the saga returned in comic-book form via new licensee IDW. Whereas Dark Horse’s Volume

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The new ‘Buffy’ series: A spinoff would be awesome, a remake would be awful (TV commentary)

Fox 21 announced Friday that a new “Buffy” TV series is in the works, with most media using the term “reboot.” This usually means “remake”

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10 essential ‘Buffy’ comics that expand TV show’s narrative

Perhaps you’re a fan of the “Buffy” TV series or the TV-series-plus-the-current-comics who is thinking of tip-toeing into the canonically muddy waters of the old

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‘Slasher’ Season 2 (2017) finds winter chills

Frustrated with “Scream” Season 3 being delayed indefinitely, I was excited to stumble across “Slasher” Season 2 (2017) on Netflix. Chiller’s Season 1 was strong,

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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘The Lost Slayer’ (2001) (Book review)

The four-book serial novel “The Lost Slayer” (August-November 2001) is one of the grimmest “Buffy” stories on record, oddly taking place near the start of

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