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Bertino’s latest ‘knock at the door’ horror is ‘Vicious’-ly boring

Writer-director Bryan Bertino kicked off a wave of “knock at the door” horror with “The Strangers” (2008), paving the way for the likes of “Knock

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Fall movie preview 2025: 10 films I wouldn’t mind seeing

Tis the season for Stephen King adaptations, biopics, mysteries, Oscar bait and oddities. These are my picks for 10 films from Fall 2025 worth checking

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John’s top 10 TV shows of 2024

Prestige miniseries and streaming franchise “content” ruled the roost, but traditional network TV surprisingly hung on to life this year – even if the format

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‘Apartment 7A’ could be called ‘Terry’s Baby’

With “Apartment 7A” (Paramount Plus), it’s all relative. It’s the least-bad “Rosemary’s Baby” spinoff (following a film sequel, a book sequel and a miniseries remake),

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Fall movie preview 2024: 10 films I wouldn’t mind seeing

Depth might be returning to Hollywood’s offerings this fall. The season is short on mega-hyped movies, but a closer look reveals many projects whose taglines

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‘Evil’ wraps 50-episode run as one of TV’s sneaky-best shows

The days of being saddened by the end of a TV series, and of wondering if a series finale will stick the landing, are largely

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John’s top 10 TV shows of 2022

Twenty years ago, there were more good TV episodes per year, but today there are more good TV shows. They just have shorter seasons, and

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‘Beavis and Butt-head’ more smartly stupid than ever in Season 9

Stupidity knows no generational boundary, as “Beavis and Butt-head” proves with the 22 15-minute episodes and one half-hour episode that make up Season 9 (Paramount

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‘Orphan: First Kill’ silly where ‘Orphan’ (2009) is creepy 

“Orphan” (2009) is one of the all-time great “creepy kid” horror films, driven by an amazing turn by Isabelle Fuhrman and a skin-crawling final-act twist.

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Beavis and Butt-head score with ‘Do the Universe’ 

I wasn’t the biggest fan of “Beavis and Butt-head” during its 1993-97 run. Not because of the lowbrow humor – the brow level was comfortably

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