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‘Family Stone’ (2005), with loaded cast, better than a lump of coal

“The Family Stone” (2005) piles strong actors onto the screen and allows them to interact in an overstuffed house at Christmastime. This metaphorical snowball fight

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‘The Holiday’ (2006) is impossible, and impossibly cute

“The Holiday” (2006) has a large gap between screenplay quality and overall movie quality. It would be an interesting experiment for someone to read the

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Powell’s ‘Running Man’ takes a while to get up to speed

“The Running Man” (1987) predicted now-normal things like tech that spies on you, deep-fake insta-CGI and the ubiquity of “reality TV” (maybe the most Orwellian

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Self-cannibalizing ‘The Monkey’ is more dark than comedic

“The Monkey” is the fourth-biggest Stephen King adaptation of 2025, but it’s the one that most cynically comments on the fact that Hollywood can’t get

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‘It: Welcome to Derry’ expands from King’s work in King-y way

Showrunner (and often director) Andy Muschietti knows how to make a sale. As with the “It” movies, but more so, he gets stellar performances out

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‘Cinnamon Skin’ (1982) blows up into a good quest novel

By his 20th novel of out 21, “Cinnamon Skin” (1982), Travis McGee knows who he is and is starting to accept it. John D. MacDonald’s

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Gunn spends time with friends in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special’ (2022)

James Gunn is one of the modern greats at creating ensembles who are fun to hang out with. Since he usually does it for movie

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‘Christmas Evil’s’ (1980) reels should’ve been slashed up

Watching 15 minutes of “Christmas Evil” (1980) and then hoping it will get better is like asking a large woman if she is pregnant. You

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‘Go’ back to 1999 for a night of Xennial cool

“Go” (1999) was vaguely seen at the time as the younger generation’s “Pulp Fiction” (1994). Today we can articulate that as Xennials as compared to

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Trachtenberg expands ‘Predator’ mythos in ‘Killer of Killers’

More “Predator” isn’t a bad thing, but it’s not an Earth-shattering thing either in the animated film “Predator: Killer of Killers” (Hulu). Co-director/co-writer Dan Trachtenberg,

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