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Taylor-Joy, Goth feature in slow-burn ‘Marrowbone’ (2018) 

About 15 years ago when mass layoffs hit newspapers, editors were encouraged to use the catchphrase “Do more with less.” It was idiotic in that

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Christie hones craft in ‘Under Dog and Other Stories’ (1951) 

Although published as a U.S. collection in 1951, “The Under Dog and Other Stories” takes us back to the early days of Poirot and Hastings’

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Ti West’s ‘X’ blends sex, violence in tasty package 

As wannabe porn star Maxine in the horror/dark comedy “X,” Mia Goth sets a record that will never be broken for most side-boob in a single

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‘Night House’ (2021) is magnetic psychological horror 

Rebecca Hall will star this summer in “Resurrection” (Aug. 5), and she’s already set a high bar for herself in psychological horror with “The Night

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New ‘Firestarter’ digs compelling tale from ashes of ’84 dud 

“Firestarter” (1984) served as a cautionary tale for Blumhouse’s “Firestarter” (2022) by showing what not to do in every instance. Writer Scott Teems (“Halloween Kills”)

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Miss Marple takes a vacation ‘At Bertram’s Hotel’ (1965)

Agatha Christie combines crime syndicates with a murder mystery in “At Bertram’s Hotel” (1965) in a manner similar to her spycraft-murder combo in “The Clocks”

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‘Firestarter: Rekindled’ (2002) an interesting experiment 

“Firestarter: Rekindled” (2002, Sci-Fi Channel), similar to “Superman Returns,” is one of those odd movies (technically a 2-hour, 48-minute miniseries) that’s a sequel to a

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Summer movie preview 2022: Calendar of releases, plus 10 films in spotlight 

The 2022 summer movie season appears to be a little on the thin side. Maybe everyone wants to stay away from the T-rex teeth and

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Brainy ‘Severance’ Season 1 comes together by the end 

Like a long-form “Twilight Zone,” “Severance” Season 1 (Apple TV Plus) mixes mind-bending “What ifs” about brain surgery, pitch-black humor about cubicle life, and characters who

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‘So Many Steps to Death’ (1954) pulls back Iron Curtain

“So Many Steps to Death” (1954, also published as “Destination Unknown”) is one of the most different Agatha Christie novels. It’s one of her sweeping

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