Romance

‘Flight Attendant’ Season 2 a stark study of alcoholism 

“The Flight Attendant” Season 2 (HBO Max) is a brilliant portrayal of alcoholism and the problems it can cause with relationships, friends, family, jobs and

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Life is at best bittersweet in King’s ‘Dead Zone’ (1979) 

I’ve always had a thing about carnivals and fairs – the hot summer night, the neon, and the false promises coalesce into something bittersweet. The

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Christie probes personalities in ‘Golden Ball’ (1971) 

“The Golden Ball and Other Stories” (1971) isn’t the most deadly serious Agatha Christie short story collection. There’s barely a murder or even physical violence

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Top 10 observations about ‘Top Gun’ (1986) 

“Top Gun” (1986) was a staple movie of the video-store era, the most likely film to pop up in a stack of VHS tapes your

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‘Firestarter: Rekindled’ (2002) an interesting experiment 

“Firestarter: Rekindled” (2002, Sci-Fi Channel), similar to “Superman Returns,” is one of those odd movies (technically a 2-hour, 48-minute miniseries) that’s a sequel to a

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‘So Many Steps to Death’ (1954) pulls back Iron Curtain

“So Many Steps to Death” (1954, also published as “Destination Unknown”) is one of the most different Agatha Christie novels. It’s one of her sweeping

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‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ needed another editing pass 

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” needn’t be as overwhelming as its title suggests. The writing/directing duo of Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert invent a multiverse

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Preston, Child dig up Roswell incident in ‘Diablo Mesa’  

Writing a book about the Roswell crash mystery is a tall order because it’s been done so many times before. On the other hand, it’s

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Spy-murder mashup ‘The Clocks’ (1963) is worth your time

“The Clocks” (1963) is a fun and entertaining late-career novel for Poirot, although he isn’t introduced until halfway through the events. He solves the case

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Affleck, de Armas keep ‘Deep Water’ from sinking

The sex appeal of Ana de Armas and the brooding charisma of Ben Affleck take center stage in “Deep Water” (Hulu), an adaptation of Patricia

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