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Freakier Friday

‘Freakier Friday’: Some things don’t change with age

“Freakier Friday” is a cute sequel to a cute 2003 remake of a cute 1976 movie that has been remade and sequelized several other times

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F is for Fugitive

Fantastic ‘F is for Fugitive’ (1989) is far from a failure

Kinsey Millhone is tired, annoyed, criticized coming and going, and attacked by a tennis-racket wielding nutjob in “F is for Fugitive” (1989). In other words,

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Hawkeye

‘Hawkeye’ (2021) unleashes Christmas spirit and awesome arrows

The four most famous members of the Avengers got solo movies prior to the end of the Infinity Saga in 2019, and the two also-rans

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Final Girl

This time, the ‘Final Girl’ (2015) is fully prepared

Two similarly titled movies came out in 2015, “The Final Girls” and “Final Girl,” and neither has much to say about the roots of the

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The Package

‘The Package’ (1989) theorizes a thrilling end to the Cold War

Before big events happen in the real world, filmmakers like to write their own possible versions. These movies later serve as retro-alternate histories and become

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Daredevil Born Again Season 1

‘Daredevil’ gets ‘Born Again,’ and he’s not overly Disney-fied

“Daredevil: Born Again” Season 1 (March-April, Disney Plus) – aside from the “missing seven years” elements wherein Wilson Fisk had disappeared and Matt Murdock had

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Hitchcock rankings

A century of suspense: All 52 Alfred Hitchcock films, ranked

A century ago, Alfred Hitchcock quietly (indeed, soundlessly) started his career with throwaway rom-dram “The Pleasure Garden.” Fifty-two years and exactly 52 films later, he

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Sun Down Motel

YA-style mystery ‘Sun Down Motel’ (2020) floats off like a ghost

Simone St. James’ “The Sun Down Motel” (2020) has a structure that’s almost like cheating. Twenty-ish Viv investigates cold cases in 1982 while working at

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Final Girls

‘Final Girls’ (2015) makes fun of old tropes, unfortunately shepherds new one

“The Final Girls” (2015) continues the grand tradition of making fun of slasher movies, something that has always happened to some degree even within serious

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Blues Brothers

‘Blues Brothers’ (1980) is an absurdly bombastic crowd-pleaser

“The Blues Brothers” (1980) has such massive set pieces and action sequences that the belly laughs have little chance at being equally big. But it’s

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