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‘American Made’ compares favorably with ‘Narcos’ as an old-school drug-trade thriller (Movie review)

Something about the ’80’s/’90s Mexican and Colombian drug scene really appeals to me, so I was excited for “American Made” (2017). Then after watching the

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All 10 short stories from ‘Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams,’ ranked

Even if you’ve watched Amazon Prime’s “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams,” you still don’t know the 10 short stories they came from. The teleplay writers

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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Unnatural Selection’ (1999) (Book review)

I’ll have good things to write about Mel Odom’s Buffyverse work when I get to the “Angel” novels, but he makes an inauspicious debut with

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‘Supergirl’ vs. ‘Riverdale’: Which is the dumber show?

Since I have for some bizarre reason watched every episode of “Supergirl” (now in Season 3) and “Riverdale” (now in Season 2), I might as

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All 10 episodes of ‘Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams,’ ranked

“Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams” (Amazon Prime) has one of the best opening-credits sequences in recent memory: The music gets tenser and creepier as we

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Surprisingly funny ‘Girls Trip’ is the female answer to ‘The Hangover’ (Movie review)

So I got “Girls Trip” (2017) because my wife and a friend were dying to see it. They watched it by themselves before I did

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‘The Shape of Water’ turns ‘E.T.’ into a romance for adults (Movie review)

Director and co-writer Guillermo del Toro puts a lot of winning elements from successful films into a blender and delivers “The Shape of Water” (2017),

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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Visitors’ (1999) (Book review)

After the “Buffy” novels split into adult and young-adult lines in late 1998, “Visitors” (April 1999) relaunched the YA line. At 163 pages, and without

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‘Valerian and Laureline’ flashback: ‘The Complete Collection, Volume 3’ (Comic book review)

Looking for a “Valerian” fix after last year’s movie, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” I’m delving into the comics that started it

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‘Valerian and Laureline’ flashback: ‘The Complete Collection, Volume 2’ (Comic book review)

Looking for a “Valerian” fix after last year’s movie, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” I’m delving into the comics that started it

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