Family Drama

‘The Way Back’ puts on full-court press of emotions

Ben Affleck is less interested in playing Batman nowadays and more interested in roles like fallen small-town hoops hero Jack Cunningham in “The Way Back,”

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‘Vegas Vacation’ (1997) finds laughs without Hughes

Although not as much of a classic as “Vacation” (1983) and “Christmas Vacation” (1989), “Vegas Vacation” (1997) proves that National Lampoon’s series chronicling Griswold family

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‘Breaking Bad’ Season 2 (2009) embraces dark comedy

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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‘European Vacation’ (1985) fails to make memories – or humor

With “European Vacation” (1985), the first sequel to “National Lampoon’s Vacation” (1983), we’re forced to conclude that either 1, John Hughes is capable of writing

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Chase shines as ‘Vacation’ (1983) puts Hughes on map

“National Lampoon’s Vacation” (1983) both makes fun of and lauds the archetypal dad who wants to show his family a fun time but runs into

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Davidson breaks out in ‘The King of Staten Island’

“The King of Staten Island” is the most prominent of the few brave films that switched from theatrical release to video-on-demand amid the pandemic, and

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CW’s branch of DC universe blandly expands with ‘Stargirl’

“Stargirl” (Mondays on DC Universe; Tuesdays on CW) – one of 14 current TV series executive-produced by Greg Berlanti – falls into the category of

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‘Knives Out’ reinvigorates the whodunit

Who would’ve thought one of the most sneaky-cool films of 2019 would also be one you can recommend to your parents? Writer-director Rian Johnson’s “Knives

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PKD’s ‘Voices from the Street’ (2007) a new coming-of-age classic

“Voices from the Street” (written in 1952, published in 2007) was Philip K. Dick’s last published novel — finally hitting shelves a quarter-century after his

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‘Runaways’ Season 1 (2017-18) is kind of silly, kind of good

With an unusually long gap between new Marvel Cinematic Universe releases, I decided to finally check out “Marvel’s Runaways” Season 1 (2017-18, Hulu). Now through

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