Family Drama

‘Haunting of Bly Manor’ a beautiful, flawed meditation on love

With “The Haunting of Bly Manor” (Netflix) – his spiritual (pun intended) sequel to 2018’s “The Haunting of Hill House” — Mike Flanagan continues to

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‘Uncle Buck’ (1989) has lots of heart, fewer laughs

John Candy wraps up his trilogy of starring roles in John Hughes movies – following “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” and “The Great Outdoors” – with

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‘Away’ a flighty drama about work-life balance

With many shows releasing entire seasons at once nowadays, I haven’t had time to watch full seasons yet, but I have checked out some first

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‘The Breakfast Club’ (1985) a low-key teen masterpiece

A popular Twitter and Facebook game is to describe a classic movie in the most boring way possible. It’s easy to do with “The Breakfast

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‘Sixteen Candles’ (1984) launches Hughes as teen king

Here’s where it all begins: “Sixteen Candles” (1984) marks the start of John Hughes’ reign as a teen-cinema king and it’s the first of Molly

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In ‘Breaking Bad’ Season 5 (2012-13), you’re god damn right Walter is Heisenberg

Over six Sundays, we’re looking back at the five seasons (and one movie) of one of the last decade’s elite TV series: AMC’s “Breaking Bad.”

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‘Some Kind of Wonderful’ (1987) shows a lot of heart

“Some Kind of Wonderful” (1987) offers little we haven’t seen in other movies, but it has such heart and such an easygoing, naturalistic charm that

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Everyone is hero of own story in ‘Breaking Bad’ Season 4 (2011)

Over six Sundays, we’re looking back at the five seasons (and one movie) of one of the last decade’s elite TV series: AMC’s “Breaking Bad.”

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‘Becky’ a taut, woodsy home invasion thriller

Lulu Wilson has built up quite a resume of horror films and thriller TV, including “Ouija: Origin of Evil,” “Annabelle: Creation,” “The Haunting of Hill

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‘Great Outdoors’ (1988) among Hughes’ most quotable works

“The Great Outdoors” (1988) is the John Hughes movie I most watched as a kid, probably for the random reason that we taped it off

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