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‘The Maze Runner’ has lots of maze running, not enough world building (Movie review)

Considering how shallow and incomplete the story is, “The Maze Runner” is a fairy engaging tale about teenage boys forming a society while trapped in the center

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‘Sin City’ sequel ‘A Dame to Kill For’ offers more of the same, but that’s not such a bad thing (Movie review)

“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” was apparently made for me and about five other geeky guys, as almost no one went to see it

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‘The Wolverine’ (2013) adds appealing grit to the saga

When “Origins: Wolverine” came out in 2009, many fans assumed it would be the start of a series of “Origins” films focusing on individual “X-Men”

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Woodley, production design make ‘Divergent’ a fresh dystopian parable (Movie review)

“Divergent” plays with traditional dystopian sci-fi tropes and totalitarian government riffs in rather unsurprising ways, but it holds a viewer’s attention thanks to the immensely watchable

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First episode impressions: ‘24: Live Another Day’ (TV review)

“24: Live Another Day” (8 p.m. Central Mondays on Fox) comes along four years after the eighth season, but Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub slip

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III’ (1993) is saga’s low point

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III” (1993) is so maligned by fans and non-fans alike that it’s possible that snarky blog and YouTube reviews are the only

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze’ (1991) hasn’t aged well

I thought “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze” (1991) was such a cool movie when it came out, largely because of Vanilla Ice.

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ (1990) a great superhero film

When people ask me my favorite superhero movie, I always say “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (which will mark its 24th anniversary on Sunday) and it’s always

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Joke wears a little thin in ‘Machete Kills,’ but it’s still worth seeing (Movie review)

While it’s not as thematically rich as the brilliant immigration parody “Machete” — my No. 1 movie of 2010 — “Machete Kills” still delivers a lot of laughs and

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Jackman, production design shine in ‘The Wolverine’

With gorgeous location shoots in Tokyo and other parts of Japan (and with Australia sometimes standing in), “The Wolverine” is a pleasure to look at. And as

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