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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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‘Looker’ (1981) warns of the perils of perfection

“Looker” (1981) is my second-favorite among writer-director Michael Crichton’s futuristic films, trailing “Coma” (which only gets futuristic in the final act) but coming in ahead

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Goodwin, Williamson squeeze ‘Blade Runner’ into 1982 comic

Both “Blade Runner” and comic books have drastically increased in prestige since 1982. When I consider the two-issue movie adaptation (October-November 1982) today, I think

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‘Total Recall’ makes brief comic splashes in 1990, 2011

Other than “Blade Runner,” “Total Recall” not surprisingly has the most presence on the comic book racks among Philip K. Dick-inspired franchises. First was the

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Crichton, Preston present big adventure in ‘Micro’ (2011)

Michael Crichton left us with one last grand mystery upon his passing. We know he wrote “over a third” of “Micro” (2011) before he died,

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‘Eternals’ (2021) lacks the usual MCU fun, but has gravity

Of 2021’s four Marvel Cinematic Universe films, “Eternals” is the most intellectual but the least fun. “Black Widow,” “Shang-Chi” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home” are

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‘Carey Treatment’ (1972) wildly adapts ‘A Case of Need’

I described Michael Crichton’s “A Case of Need” (1968, written under the name Jeffery Hudson) as a hardboiled medical mystery. But there’s the book version

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