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‘Ghostwatch’ (1992) a little-known but highly influential found footage horror film

A fun thing about being a movie fan is that I still come across classics I hadn’t seen before, or – in the case of

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‘The Lady Vanishes’ (2013) is a lovely dramatic counterpoint

Seventy-five years after Alfred Hitchcock made a lightly comedic version of “The Lady Vanishes” from Ethel Lina White’s “The Wheel Spins” (1936), we got a

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‘Miss Marple’ (1984-92) stands as the spinster sleuth’s definitive portrayal

The early 1980s was a proving ground for British TV producers, with their prime audience being the Agatha Christie estate. Christie didn’t care for unfaithful

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Documentaries give solid overview of Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick fans interested in digging into his life are – appropriately – best suited to pursuing the written word, with Lawrence Sutin’s “Divine

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‘Bodyguard’ an intense, intricately plotted version of what ‘24’ would be like if it cared about details (TV review)

“Bodyguard” (2018, BBC and Netflix), the six-episode British suspense series, starts with police sergeant David Budd (Richard Madden) trying to talk down a terrorist bomber

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‘ABC Murders’ miniseries reinvents Poirot

“The ABC Murders,” a three-part miniseries that aired last year on BBC and is now on Amazon Prime, is a case study in the creativity

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Florence Pugh shines as ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ shifts from beautiful to deliciously dreary (TV review)

A friend mistook “The Little Drummer Girl” for a Christmas series, and I explained that’s not what it is. As for what it really is, there’s

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John’s favorite TV shows of the Aughts (Commentary)

Next, here are my top 10 TV shows. Some started in the ’90s, but for this list, I am just showing the years they aired

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