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‘Beverly Hills Cop III’ (1994) a dull trilogy capper

With Eddie Murphy making a full-fledged return to acting (“Coming 2 America” is coming soon, and “Beverly Hills Cop 4” is in the works), over

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‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ (1987) settles into formula

With Eddie Murphy making a full-fledged return to acting (“Coming 2 America” is coming soon, and “Beverly Hills Cop 4” is in the works), over

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‘Beverly Hills Cop’ (1984) a fun Murphy romp

With Eddie Murphy making a full-fledged return to acting (“Coming 2 America” is coming soon, and “Beverly Hills Cop 4” is in the works), over

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows’ (2016) opens toy box

In “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze” (1991), the cartoon’s Bebop and Rocksteady just missed out on their big-screen debuts as

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‘The Other Guys’ (2010) skewers action excesses

“The Other Guys” (2010) takes place entirely within the world of shoot-’em-up action movies, so it’s hard to take it too seriously – except that,

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Harrelson’s ‘Defendor’ (2009) a rare mentally challenged hero

As barriers continue to be broken down in superhero-ing and the world at large, “Defendor” (2009) was ahead of the curve in giving us a

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P&C’s ‘Brimstone’ (2004) a devilishly fun read

For a 700-plus-page doorstop, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s “Brimstone” (2004) is a fun read; you can knock off 100 pages in a sitting without

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‘X-Men’ finale ‘New Mutants’ taps into old story

Fox’s two-decade run of 13 “X-Men” films and two TV series ends in understated and underwhelming fashion with “The New Mutants,” which was originally supposed

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ (2014) takes some getting used to

I’ve probably seen the original “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” more than any other movie (granted, most of those viewings were from 1990-92). That film is

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‘30 Days of Night’ (2007) unleashes horror at the top of the world

I love adventures set in geographic extremes, and that’s the biggest appeal of “30 Days of Night” (2007), set in Barrow, Alaska. Odd places like this

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