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Wolverine trilogy goes out on top with unshackled ‘Logan’

“Logan” (now available on streaming) is the most unconstrained “X-Men” film so far, and – not coincidentally – it’s also the best of the saga, which

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‘Family’ Season 1 (1976) ahead of its time among TV dramas

Any discussion of the continuum of family dramas in TV history has to include the aptly named 1970s series “Family.” Although the premise is simple – it’s

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Terminator Salvation: Trial By Fire’ (2010) (Book review)

In some ways, spinoff novel authors have less freedom than movie writers. For example, we know Timothy Zahn is not going to kill off John

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All 10 episodes of ‘James at 16’ (1978), ranked

Although it’s still technically the same show, just with a new name, the 10 episodes known as “James at 16” (1978, NBC) divert from the 11 previous

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Terminator Salvation: Cold War’ (2009) (Book review)

Greg Cox’s “Cold War” (October 2009) is the first spinoff material to come out after “Terminator Salvation,” but it’s actually another prequel story, like “From the Ashes”

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Terminator Salvation’ movie, novelization and comic book (2009) (Review)

The very first “Terminator” spinoff materials – the Now comics – explored the Future War, but aside from flashbacks/flash-forwards, it took another two decades for

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All 11 episodes of ‘James at 15′ (1977-78), ranked

If not for “Dawson’s Creek,” I might not know “James at 15” (1977-78, NBC) existed. Somewhat obsessed with “DC” at its inception, I picked up Andy Mangels’

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‘Manchester by the Sea’ a brutal tale of loss and recovery (Movie review)

There are safe tear-jerkers, like TV’s “This Is Us” (where we kind of chuckle at the fact that it makes us cry), and then there

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Terminator Salvation: Sand in the Gears’ (2009) (Comic book review)

Around the same time that the novel line provided a “Terminator Salvation” prequel with “From the Ashes,” IDW – the seventh (and, as of now,

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Terminator Salvation: From the Ashes’ (2009) (Book review)

Even as Fox deemed the “Terminator” franchise not popular enough to renew “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” for a third season, the movie wing of

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