Romance

‘Back to the Future’ (1985) a nostalgic classic about nostalgia

“Back to the Future” (1985) is one of the all-time great films, utterly fun and free-wheeling, yet it rewards film nerds’ deeper explorations with its

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PKD’s career starts (sort of) with ‘Gather Yourselves Together’ (1994)

“Gather Yourselves Together” (written about 1950, published in 1994) is a 373-page novel with no plot, and whether that’s a feature or a bug depends

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PKD’s ‘Broken Bubble’ (1988) isn’t SF, but it is predictive

“The Broken Bubble” (written in 1956, published in 1988) isn’t a science fiction novel, but it is a predictive novel from Philip K. Dick. Jim

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PKD writes memorable female lead in ‘Mary and the Giant’ (1987)

“Mary and the Giant” (written in 1954, published in 1987) is a nice gender-swapped companion piece to “Voices from the Street” (1952, 2007), this time

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‘High Fidelity’ remix justifies its existence

In the early going, “High Fidelity” (February, Hulu) so precisely re-creates several iconic scenes from the 2000 movie that it’s like watching a painful amateur

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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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‘Roswell, New Mexico’ moves forward in Season 2 premeire

“Roswell, New Mexico” (Mondays, CW) returns with an excellent Season 2 premiere that smoothly reminds us of the threads from the long-ago Season 1 while

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‘All the Bright Places’ a not-too-annoying Gen-Z romance

“All the Bright Places” (February, Netflix) walks a fine line. For some young viewers, it’ll be the best movie they’ve ever seen; for cynical older

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‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ Part 3 is a step backward

After the first two parts showed a lot of potential and sometimes were quite fun, “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” Part 3 (January, Netflix) is more

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