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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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‘Con Air’ (1997) doesn’t fly as high as it aims to

An unwritten rule of movies is viewers allow one massive implausibility, but not a mountain of small implausibilities. This is why “Con Air” (1997) is

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‘Paradox of Chudnovsky’ (2025) takes its time reaching ‘TMNT’ fans

Toward the end of its holding of the “Star Wars” license, Dark Horse Comics released a good chunk of the under-printed stories in a couple

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‘Silver Surfer’ (1978) betrays a behemoth and steals the show

The pencils of Jack “King” Kirby in “The Silver Surfer” (1978) – the very first Marvel graphic novel – vault so totally over the top

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Snakes alive! ‘Anaconda’ (1997) a standout of natural-world horror

We were spoiled by great natural and supernatural scare flicks as part of the overall horror renaissance in the late 1990s. “Anaconda” (1997) was, at

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