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‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ needed another editing pass 

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” needn’t be as overwhelming as its title suggests. The writing/directing duo of Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert invent a multiverse

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Preston, Child dig up Roswell incident in ‘Diablo Mesa’  

Writing a book about the Roswell crash mystery is a tall order because it’s been done so many times before. On the other hand, it’s

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‘Blade Runner’ explores ‘Origins’ of hunters, hunted in ‘Products’ (2021)

In 2010, Boom Studios delivered a “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” prequel (“Dust to Dust”), and in 2021, Titan Books launched its “Blade Runner”

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‘Blade Runner 2029: Reunion’ (2021) front-loads immigration metaphor

With “Blade Runner 2029: Volume 1 – Reunion” (Issues 1-4, 2021), Titan’s “Blade Runner” saga drops from outstanding down to great; I suppose the high

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Reeves’ grounded, hardboiled ‘The Batman’ flies high

Hollywood trends can be measured in “Batman” pictures, and the current social-media driven zeitgeist finds filmmakers actually listening to filmgoers. In the 1960s, camp was

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‘Blade Runner 2019: Home Again, Home Again’ (2020) expands lore

“Blade Runner 2019” wraps its run in “Volume 3: Home Again, Home Again” (Issues 9-12 and a Free Comic Book Day issue, 2020) by presenting

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Blake stakes out next gen in ‘Buffy: In Every Generation’

First, the elephant in the room. “Buffy: In Every Generation” (January, hardcover) takes place in an alternate timeline – in almost-present day, but with “Angel”

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‘Blade Runner 2019’ finally ventures ‘Off-World’ (2019-20)

“Blade Runner 2019: Volume 2 – Off-World” (2019-20, collecting Issues 5-8) marks many readers’ first experience of the colony worlds of the proper Philip K.

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Connery, Snipes add spice to gripping ‘Rising Sun’ (1993)

“Rising Sun” is the most quickly turned-around Michael Crichton adaptation since “Binary”/ “Pursuit,” with a 1993 film following the 1992 novel. Although it’s by far

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‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ (2021) is smoothly nostalgic

“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” (2021) is the best of the three sequels. That’s a low bar to clear, but it’s also a reasonably impressive achievement. The original

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