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‘Fantastic Beasts: Secrets of Dumbledore’ imperfectly magical

Placed alongside commodified Marvel and bastardized “Star Wars,” the Wizarding World stands as the last great original blockbuster franchise. I think it will be appreciated

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Top 10 observations about ‘Top Gun’ (1986) 

“Top Gun” (1986) was a staple movie of the video-store era, the most likely film to pop up in a stack of VHS tapes your

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‘Firestarter: Rekindled’ (2002) an interesting experiment 

“Firestarter: Rekindled” (2002, Sci-Fi Channel), similar to “Superman Returns,” is one of those odd movies (technically a 2-hour, 48-minute miniseries) that’s a sequel to a

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‘So Many Steps to Death’ (1954) pulls back Iron Curtain

“So Many Steps to Death” (1954, also published as “Destination Unknown”) is one of the most different Agatha Christie novels. It’s one of her sweeping

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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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