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Daniel Radcliffe propels beautiful, scary ‘Woman in Black’ (Movie review)

Daniel Radcliffe no doubt took the lead role in the horror film “The Woman in Black” in part to distance himself from Harry Potter. Ironically, it’s because

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Cloak of Deception’ and ‘Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter’ (2001) (Book review)

Welcome to a new feature where I revisit old “Star Wars” novels when inspired by new works. The inspiration for this first entry is James

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‘Comic Book Men’ opens up the 4-color world

As a TV geek, I respect and revere comic book geeks. Pop into any decent comic shop and those rows upon rows of long-boxed back

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‘Journey 2: The Mysterious Island’ is throwaway silliness, but in a good way (Movie review)

“Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” is a stupid blockbuster movie in the best sense of the phrase, just like its predecessor, 2008’s “Journey to the Center

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‘Phantom Menace’ in 3D: Now THIS is podracing (Movie review)

In the 1983 documentary “From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga,” George Lucas talks about how a lot of movies like to

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Network TV takes another crack at found-footage horror with ‘The River’

There’s nothing else on TV like “The River” (8 p.m. Central Tuesdays on ABC), so maybe it’s unfair to say this about a show that’s trying to

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With ‘The Visible Man,’ pop-culture thinker Klosterman adds new skill to his resume: Sci-fi novelist (Book review)

Readers of his essays know that Chuck Klosterman has long been fascinated by the idea of the true reality of human behavior. He wrote an

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‘The Descendants’ another low-key masterpiece from Alexander Payne (Movie review)

I just got done reading Chuck Klosterman’s novel “The Visible Man,” which deals with the nature of reality. In a wider sense, all pop entertainment

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‘Star Wars’ fans get 3 Darths for the price of 1 in ‘Darth Plagueis’ (Book review)

“Darth Plagueis” (January, hardcover) is arguably the most hyped-up “Star Wars” novel since 1996’s “Shadows of the Empire,” with the ForceCast (which plans an upcoming “Darth

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First episode impressions: ‘Smash’ (TV review)

I have to confess that I generally don’t enjoy musicals. With the notable exception of the “Buffy” musical episode, the genre doesn’t work for me.

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