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‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ makes the end of the world thrilling

It’s been the end of the world as we know it for a while in pop entertainment. “The Terminator” (1984) predicted this would be the

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‘Shaun of the Dead’ (2004) the all-time elite zom-com

“Shaun of the Dead” (2004) is not only the best zombie comedy of all time, but a case could be made that it uses zombies

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Missing Mona Lisa: A look at ‘TMNT’s’ early CBS episodes (Season 4, 1990)

In the first CBS episode, as the Turtles (rather slowly) recognize that a giant fly footprint belongs to Baxter Stockman, they muse about who else

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‘TMNT’ Season 4 (1990) stumbles out of gate with syndicated episodes

After the March 1990 “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” movie, the cartoon’s move to CBS Saturday Mornings in the fall was much-hyped. As a kid, I

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Special effects artists are the stars of ‘Meg 2: The Trench’

Hollywood will eventually use AI to write some movie scripts, and if you want a sneak preview of what that will be like, check out

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‘28 Days Later’ (2002), ‘28 Weeks Later’ (2007) infect zombie fiction with emotion

“28 Days Later” (2002 in the U.K., 2003 in the U.S.) fast-tracked zombies back into the mainstream for a new century. Director Danny Boyle and

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Season 3 (1989) goes out in a ‘Big’ way

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Season 3’s (1989) concluding batch (episodes 38-47) features imaginative notions, the return of Baxter-Fly and the Neutrinos, and a suitably “Big”

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Leatherhead, Usagi enter the fray in ‘TMNT’ Season 3 (1989)

Season 3 episodes 30-37 (1989) of the “TMNT” cartoon is a fun and toyetic stretch as it features the debuts of action-figure characters Leatherhead, Usagi

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‘The Continental’ is a tasty supplement to ‘John Wick’

The four “John Wick” films are about gun-fu action, with the story being a mere excuse for said action. That’s OK when the gunplay and

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‘Land of the Dead’ (2005) shows easy mastery of zombie fiction

If a viewer were to watch only the “Living Dead” films among George Romero’s catalog, they’d see the shift from talented experimenter in “Day of

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