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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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‘Princess Bride’ (1987) both less and more than I remembered

Some have suggested Rob Reiner had the greatest five-film run of all time with “Stand by Me,” “The Princess Bride,” “When Harry Met Sally,” “Misery”

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‘Anaconda’ (2025): Don’t want none unless ya got laughs, hun

I probably would’ve liked “Anaconda” (2025) if it had come out eight years earlier to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the film it’s riffing

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III’ (1993) and the multiverse that might’ve been

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III” (1993) is correctly the most maligned of the trilogy. In retrospect, the handoff from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop to All

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‘TMNT II: The Secret of the Ooze’ (1991): Was Shredder almost Michael Myers?

It had bothered me that the Turtles seem to be at April’s apartment for months while Shredder and the Foot Clan “simultaneously” regroup in days

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Every ‘Aliens/Predator’ Universe movie and series, ranked

For over 40 years, the nightmares of H.R. Giger have successfully been passed on to us via Ridley Scott, Sigourney Weaver and other filmmaking talents.

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‘Predator: Badlands’ (2025) proves Disney and the Yautja can coexist

Director Dan Trachtenberg has crafted a legitimate “Predator” film that’s almost a kid-friendly Disney film as well. The joke – stated with some concern –

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