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Teen TV looks to the past with ‘Cobra Kai,’ ‘Hysteria!,’ ‘Cruel Intentions’

Some Gen-Z teen TV shows have original premises and say something specific about this point in history … but I’m not reviewing those here. Instead,

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‘Creature with the Atom Brain’ (1955) a surprisingly brainy film

We all have atom brains. Even the non-creatures among us. All of our brains are made out of atoms. Our minds, on the other hand,

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‘Enemy of the State’ (1998) continues ‘The Conversation’

“Enemy of the State” (1998) is a link from the Seventies to the Nineties to today as it illustrates spy-state apparatuses at the point of

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Fall TV premieres continue with ‘Disclaimer,’ ‘Day of the Jackal,’ ‘Creep Tapes’

My look at fall TV’s premieres continues into November with a trio of streaming offerings. Although these series have several episodes out now (I miss

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‘Waltzes from Vienna’ (1934) a light but important Hitchcock film

“Waltzes from Vienna” (1934) isn’t quite a musical – after all, it focuses entirely on the creation of a single song, Johann Strauss II’s “The

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Last three ‘Thin Man’ movies (1941-47) are the thinnest entries, but worth a look

The “Thin Man” saga survives its transition away from the original trilogy’s writers (Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, working from stories by Dashiell Hammett) reasonably

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‘The Fury’ (1978) is weirder than ‘Carrie,’ but also worse

“The Fury” (1978) is no one’s pick for best or worst Brian De Palma movie, but it’s in contention for weirdest. A couple years after

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‘The Conversation’ (1974) explores psychological price of spying

Fifty years later, “The Conversation” (1974) remains a timely warning (or maybe now it’s just a portrayal, as the time for warnings has passed) about

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Country life is an unfunny slog in ‘The Farmer’s Wife’ (1928)

If I had a time machine to observe audience reactions of the past, I’d first go to an opening screening of “Psycho” (1960) to enjoy

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‘Caddo Lake’ an engrossing metaphysical mystery

“Caddo Lake” (Max) smartly taps into both emotions and metaphysics, along with the gorgeously foreboding bayou straddling Texas and Louisiana, in one of 2024’s minor

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