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Poor little rich cartoon: A look at the end of ‘TMNT’ Season 4 (1990)

The back half of CBS’ first season of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (Season 4, episodes 27-39) (1990) is around the time my interest started to

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‘Evil Dead Rise’ is … another ‘Evil Dead’ movie

Like the 2013 “Evil Dead,” “Evil Dead Rise” – the saga’s fifth entry – tells the same story as the 20th century “Evil Dead” trilogy

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‘Thin Man’ movie (1934) emphasizes stars, but I can’t blame it

“The Thin Man” movie adaptation (1934) is a fascinating case study in how some things work for the written word and some things work for

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‘Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie’ is not only for obsessives

Revivals often invoke nostalgia for the bygone series, if enough time has passed. It’s been 14 years since “Monk” (2002-09, USA) ended its run as

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It’s hard to believe there was passion behind ‘Exorcist: Believer’

“The Exorcist: Believer,” a 50th anniversary legacy sequel from Blumhouse that – like its recent “Halloween” 40th anniversary trilogy – ignores all the previous sequels

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‘The Retaliators’ (2022) a ridiculously twisty yet effective revenger

A lot of revenge movies struggle for a sense of proportion. The early event that makes you hate the villain might be effective, but how

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‘Insomnia’ (1994) is long but not sleep-inducing

If a 787-page epic that Stephen King spent three years writing can be underrated and overlooked, “Insomnia” (1994) is it. Long enough to be an

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‘Foreign Correspondent’ (1940) lauds journalists but isn’t about journalism

“Foreign Correspondent” (1940) is one of the “underrated” Alfred Hitchcock movies. But when a body of work is so thoroughly scrutinized, it’s hard to find

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‘Blue Beetle’ should’ve been given the ‘Batgirl’ treatment

DC cared enough about protecting the brand of “Batgirl” that it scrapped a completed movie so the public wouldn’t see a bad “Batgirl” movie. But

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Hammett launches icons Nick and Nora Charles in ‘The Thin Man’ (1934)

I recalled “The Thin Man” (1934) being quite a bit lighter than Dashiell Hammett’s other masterpiece, “The Maltese Falcon” (1930). But on this reread the

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