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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Terminator 3’ Beckett series (2003) (Comic book reviews)

After a three-year hiatus (which, oddly, was packed with novels), the “Terminator” franchise returned to comics in 2003 with a six-issue series tying in with

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘T2: The New John Connor Chronicles Book Three: Times of Trouble’ (2003) (Book review)

Russell Blackford’s young-adult “New John Connor Chronicles” trilogy continues to be redundant and overwritten in the final book, “Times of Trouble” (2003). The previous book ends with

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines’ movie and novelization (2003) (Review)

Considering that it lacks James Cameron, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong and Brad Fiedel, I find “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines” (2003) to be a pretty darn

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘T2: The New John Connor Chronicles Book Two: An Evil Hour’ (2003) (Book review)

“An Evil Hour” (2003), the second book of Russell Blackford’s “New John Connor Chronicles” young-adult trilogy, is even more overwritten than the first novel. A remarkable

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‘Scream: The TV Series’ tries out horror-satire hybrid on small screen

“Scream: The TV Series” (9 p.m. Tuesdays on MTV) knows what it wants to be. As is the tradition in this increasingly meta franchise, the format

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‘Terminator Genisys’ is a smart sequel and fresh start for the saga (Movie review)

In a line from a parody of the “Terminator Genisys” trailer, Sarah Connor says in a voiceover: “John keeps sending Terminators. He’s lost his mind.” And judging

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‘Ted 2’: Cruise control (Movie review)

It’s probably just coincidence that the Supreme Court decided to rule on gay marriage the same day “Ted 2” hit theaters, although considering some of the Constitution-deaf

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A dozen random observations about ‘Jaws’ for its 40th anniversary

“Jaws” debuted 40 years ago this month, and I was lucky enough that my local theater featured an anniversary screening. Needless to say, the film totally

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‘The Clone Wars’ Season 7 is here! (sort of) (TV commentary)

Season 2 of “Star Wars Rebels” recently kicked off in our universe, but in an alternate dimension where George Lucas did not sell “Star Wars”

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First episode impressions: ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Season 2 (TV review)

I’ve been slower than most fans to embrace Disney’s take on “Star Wars.” Even though “Star Wars Rebels” features “Clone Wars’ “ executive producer Dave Filoni in

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