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‘Volcano’ (1997) not groundbreaking, but it’s a hot time at the movies

“Volcano” (1997) picks a smart topic to take advantage of how the burgeoning tech of CGI can work well in a disaster movie. Slow (yet

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Not the peak of disaster films, ‘Dante’s Peak’ (1997) nonetheless sizzles

“Dante’s Peak” (1997) is more well-liked than “Volcano” from the same year, and — while it’s six of one pile of molten-rock fireballs, and half

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‘TMNT Adventures’ 32-37 and ‘Mighty Mutanimals 1-5 (1992) become ‘the banned issues’

When IDW collected Archie’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures” in the 2010s, it skipped over Issues 32-37 and “Mighty Mutanimals” (Vol. 2) Issues 1-5 (1992).

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Leo wins the battle of Turtle-focused miniseries in ‘Tales of Leonardo: Blind Sight’ (2006)

Not many people cite Leonardo as their favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (including me; I’m a Donatello guy), but when Mirage does a batch of

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‘Mummy’ (1999) puts impressive wrap on 20th century Universal Monster flicks

1999 was such a loaded year for movies that “The Mummy” seemed like a middle-of-the-road entry among tentpole films, one last May appetizer – and

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‘Face/Off’ (1997) among the ‘who’s who’ of great body-swap movies

“Face/Off” (1997) is on the short list of great body-swap movies. Fans say they love John Travolta acting like Nicolas Cage and Cage acting like

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‘Last Ronin’ (2020-22) fills in Turtles’ dark future … at least on one timeline

Peter Laird got his “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” stories out of his system in the Aughts, and Kevin Eastman is going through his own phase

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‘Robin Hood: Men in Tights’ (1993) a tight parody – with an English accent

“Robin Hood: Men in Tights” (1993) was one of my regular rewatches as a kid, vastly more so than “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” (1991),

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‘Deep Blue Good-by’ (1964) a confident, rollicking hello to Travis McGee

John D. MacDonald had already written dozens of novels when, at 47, he launched his only series and most famous character, Travis McGee. A lot

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‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ (1996) is a really good half of a movie

I overrated “From Dusk Till Dawn” (1996) in my head because of the great mid-film twist – but upon researching, it’s not a twist; it’s

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