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‘Blue Sun Rising’ (2020) won’t leave ‘Firefly’ fans feeling blue

The first two Boom! Studios “Firefly” arcs – “The Unification War” and “New Sheriff in the ’Verse” – are a little on the padded side

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‘Day of the Dead’ (2008) has Romero ties in name only

“Day of the Dead” (2008) completes an unofficial remake trilogy (each of the three remakes is by a different creative team) of George Romero’s original

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Mal switches sides in clever ‘Firefly: New Sheriff in the ’Verse’ (2020)

There are two ways tie-in fiction can go wrong: It either mimics the original show too closely and seems fake, or it goes hog-wild with

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Snyder gives ‘Dawn of the Dead’ a butt-rock 2004 remake

“Dawn of the Dead” (1978) was ripe for a remake. The premise of zombie-plague survivors holed up in a mall and learning to work together

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John’s top 10 movies of 2023

In movies, 2023 was a year of endings for major action franchises. Sort of; we know that nothing truly ends anymore. “John Wick” bowed out

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John’s top 10 TV shows of 2023

We’re not exactly at a stable point in TV history, so it’s fitting that my list of 2023 favorites includes various types of series. Two

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‘Strange Days’ (1995) rings in a future of untrustworthy institutions, virtual socializing

In his directorial work, James Cameron set aside sci-fi visions after 1991’s “Terminator 2” to prove he could do comedy (1994’s “True Lies”) and historic

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Poor little rich cartoon: A look at the end of ‘TMNT’ Season 4 (1990)

The back half of CBS’ first season of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (Season 4, episodes 27-39) (1990) is around the time my interest started to

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‘Foreign Correspondent’ (1940) lauds journalists but isn’t about journalism

“Foreign Correspondent” (1940) is one of the “underrated” Alfred Hitchcock movies. But when a body of work is so thoroughly scrutinized, it’s hard to find

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‘Blue Beetle’ should’ve been given the ‘Batgirl’ treatment

DC cared enough about protecting the brand of “Batgirl” that it scrapped a completed movie so the public wouldn’t see a bad “Batgirl” movie. But

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