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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ (2022) spectacular, insubstantial

“Thor: Love and Thunder” (2022) is easily digestible as entertainment, but even as I watched it, I knew I was taking in empty calories. Director/co-writer

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‘Doctor Strange’ enters ‘Multiverse of Madness’ (2022), and it looks familiar

Thanos was defeated in 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,” but the MCU has somehow gotten more complex since then. The first of the three 2022 films, “Doctor

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Leitch’s ‘Bullet Train’ (2022) barely stays on the rails

I gave positive reviews to director David Leitch’s “Deadpool 2” and “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw,” but they won me over with a

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‘Black Adam’ a goofily fun but hypocritical superhero romp

The line between video-game graphics and movie CGI is almost erased in “Black Adam” (HBO Max). It was ostensibly filmed in New Zealand, but I

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‘Violent Night’ isn’t always naughty, but it’s definitely bad

“Violent Night” is an ornament-laced wreath of unappealing faux-edgy bits of cinema. Every character other than Santa Claus (David Harbour) and sweet little Trudy (Leah

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Gibson plays a decidedly gruff Santa in ‘Fatman’ (2020)

In recent years, Kurt Russell has played Santa Claus in the “Christmas Chronicles” films, and he’s what you think he’d be: Jolly and lovable, if

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With ‘Westworld’ canceled, ‘Peripheral’ smoothly slides in

As if they got a warning from the future, “Westworld” executive producers Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan had already launched their new show – Amazon

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Satirical ‘Starship Troopers’ (1997) also a strong actioner

“Starship Troopers” (1997), which celebrates its 25th anniversary this week, has become famous/infamous for two things: 1, its biting social commentary, and 2, its wooden

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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ cruises along with spectacle, nostalgia

Much has been made about how “Halloween Ends” might be a good movie but it’s not a good “Halloween” movie. No such danger with another

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‘Cry of Thunder’ (2008) has Holmes, Kolchak … and messy plot 

“Sherlock Holmes and Kolchak the Night Stalker: Cry of Thunder” (three issues, 2008, collected in 2010) includes the Tombstone Thunderbird myth – remarkably underused in fresh

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