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‘Yoga Hosers’ (2016) colorful but utterly uninspired

It’s been said that it’s hard for adults to understand the younger generation, and that’s accidentally but clearly illustrated in “Yoga Hosers” (2016). This horror-comedy

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Christie, Osborne weave a tangled ‘Spider’s Web’ (2000)

Charles Osborne (1927-2017) wraps up his trilogy of Agatha Christie play novelizations with “Spider’s Web” (2000), based on her 1954 play. It’s another tasty snack

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Smith’s ‘Tusk’ (2014) gosh-dang original for a lark, eh?

Writer-director Kevin Smith is a funnyman and – as of 2011’s “Red State” – also a horror filmmaker. With 2014’s “Tusk” – the first of

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‘Dawson’s Creek’ Season 1 (1998) an all-time great teen romance

If “Dawson’s Creek” had lasted only through its first 13-episode season (1998, WB), it would be considered an all-time great one-season wonder and would be

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Westmacotts wrap with intriguing triptych ‘The Burden’ (1956)

Agatha Christie wraps up her six Mary Westmacott books – non-mysteries written under the pseudonym – with “The Burden” (1956 in the UK). It’s not

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‘The Menu’ (2022) serves up weirdness, skimps on horror

“The Menu” (2022) has big ideas yet ultimately feels so much of a piece with other cool, high-concept modern films that it’s more a smoke-and-mirrors

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Smith proves he can do brutally great horror in ‘Red State’ (2011)

I’m a horror fan, but sometimes I watch a movie that makes me say “Wait, do I really like horror?” Writer-director Kevin Smith’s “Red State”

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Lightning strikes twice for Apatow with ‘Undeclared’ (2001-02)

I went into this rewatch of “Undeclared” (2001-02, Fox) with a vague image of it in my brain. I remembered it as “‘Freaks and Geeks’

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‘A Daughter’s a Daughter’ (1952) presages ‘Gilmore Girls’ ’ generational clashes

In the fifth Mary Westmacott novel, “A Daughter’s a Daughter” (1952), Agatha Christie returns to the almost-autobiography format of “Unfinished Portrait,” my pick for the

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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ (2022) spectacular, insubstantial

“Thor: Love and Thunder” (2022) is easily digestible as entertainment, but even as I watched it, I knew I was taking in empty calories. Director/co-writer

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