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The Fifth Element

Besson’s ‘Fifth Element’ (1997) an art-design paradise

“The Fifth Element” (1997) requires a pact with the audience that they’ll be up for something stylistically and tonally different from the average SF space

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‘Valerian’ serves up grand adventure while showing how its source material influenced ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Avatar’ (Movie review)

I consider myself to be an amateur “Star Wars” historian, but until recently, I didn’t know about the influence of the “Valerian and Laureline” comics on

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First episode impressions: ‘Nikita’ (TV review)

Here are my first impressions of “Nikita,” which airs at 8 p.m. Central Thursdays on The CW. (more…)

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