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Rat King, mistaken identities emerge in ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Season 3 (1989)

In “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Season 3 episodes 9-21 (1989), we can see the writers straining against the quick production schedule to give us more

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Morgan’s ‘Agatha Christie: A Biography’ (1984) a thorough, engaging portrait

Janet Morgan’s “Agatha Christie: A Biography” (1984) is the estate-approved life story of the author, and still stands as the most definitive. I’d recommend reading

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Australian scarer ‘Talk to Me’ maintains grip till the end

It’s hard to make a mainstream horror movie that stands out from the pack while also checking the required boxes of being scary, moody, mysterious

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‘Omen IV: Armageddon 2000’ (1983) continues horror saga in novel form

After the “Omen” trilogy capper “The Final Conflict” (1981), the franchise sat in that middle ground between popular and unpopular that meant the story would

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‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ gives Rocket’s tear-jerking backstory

The MCU doesn’t deserve James Gunn, but with “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (now streaming), the writer-director delivers one last pop-masterpiece before becoming the

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Family bonds, colorful realm drive ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’

“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” (now streaming), the third film in the series and 31st Marvel Cinematic Universe film overall, starts the 2023 calendar strong

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Shredder and Krang throw schemes at the screen to open ‘TMNT’ Season 3 (1989)

In 1989, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Inc. went into high gear cranking out product. Season 3 of the cartoon numbers 47 (!) episodes so it

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‘Monogram Murders’ (2014) proves Christie estate made a wise hire

Nearly a century after Agatha Christie invented Hercule Poirot, another writer was given the go-ahead to put words in his mouth for the first time,

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‘Flash’ brings multiverse to DCEU with thrills, tears, cameos

The DCEU has notoriously been trying (and mostly failing) to catch up to the MCU, but the company is starting to figure things out. First

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‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ mostly continues original’s fun

“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” (now on Max) is among the latest live-action cartoons in the DC Extended Universe – colorful, expensive, and earnest in

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