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‘Awake’ a woke but tired spin on the apocalypse

“Awake” (Netflix) has one of those premises that could turn out ingenious or stupid, but it unfortunately leans more toward the latter. In an unneeded

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Creepy new dino highlights ‘Camp Cretaceous’ Season 3

When the “Jurassic Park” toy line released “Chaos Effect” figures back in the day, I thought “Why not make more actual dinosaurs?” What Mother Nature

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Snyder back in zombie zone in ‘Army of the Dead’

After the bloated movie (miniseries? deleted scenes collection?) that was Zack Snyder’s 4-hour “Justice League,” the writer-director-cinematographer returns to his comfort zone with “Army of

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‘Woman in the Window’ is too transparent

“The Woman in the Window” (Netflix) calls to mind Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” as Amy Adams’ Anna – an agoraphobic if you want to be nice;

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‘Camp Cretaceous’ Season 2 mixes dino action, mystery

“Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous” Season 2, which snuck onto Netflix in January like a velociraptor sneaking into a kitchen, continues to do what Season 1

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‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ loses magic in Part 4

I gave decent marks to the previous seasons (which this series calls “parts”) of “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” but in retrospect it was because I imagined

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‘Cobra Kai’ Season 3 balances fan service, sharp writing

“Cobra Kai,” which recently dropped its 10-episode third season on Netflix (after two years on YouTube Premium), has come along at a perfect cultural intersection

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3 TV shows and 3 movies to see in 2021

2021 will be a hugely transitional year for television and cinema as they react to our new post-pandemic habits. It could also be hugely entertaining

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John’s top 10 movies of 2020

The Oscars are expanding the 2020 movie year by two months in order for more films to get released and compete for statuettes. That’s a

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John’s top 10 TV shows of 2020

Like everything else, TV took a hit in this year of the pandemic, but networks felt the impact more so than streaming and premium. The

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