Science Fiction

‘Volcano’ (1997) not groundbreaking, but it’s a hot time at the movies

“Volcano” (1997) picks a smart topic to take advantage of how the burgeoning tech of CGI can work well in a disaster movie. Slow (yet

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‘Deep Impact’ (1998): Calm and comfort amid the chaos

Exposition is the blessing and the curse of “Deep Impact” (1998), a superbly acted, deeply emotional and relatively mellow end-of-humanity movie about a comet headed

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Not the peak of disaster films, ‘Dante’s Peak’ (1997) nonetheless sizzles

“Dante’s Peak” (1997) is more well-liked than “Volcano” from the same year, and — while it’s six of one pile of molten-rock fireballs, and half

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‘TMNT Adventures’ 32-37 and ‘Mighty Mutanimals 1-5 (1992) become ‘the banned issues’

When IDW collected Archie’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures” in the 2010s, it skipped over Issues 32-37 and “Mighty Mutanimals” (Vol. 2) Issues 1-5 (1992).

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‘Muppets from Space’ (1999) presents epic, funky identity quest of the Great Gonzo

“Muppets from Space” (1999) was released nine years after Jim Henson’s tragic death at age 53, 20 years after his first Muppet movie and 22

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Leo wins the battle of Turtle-focused miniseries in ‘Tales of Leonardo: Blind Sight’ (2006)

Not many people cite Leonardo as their favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (including me; I’m a Donatello guy), but when Mirage does a batch of

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‘Face/Off’ (1997) among the ‘who’s who’ of great body-swap movies

“Face/Off” (1997) is on the short list of great body-swap movies. Fans say they love John Travolta acting like Nicolas Cage and Cage acting like

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‘Last Ronin’ (2020-22) fills in Turtles’ dark future … at least on one timeline

Peter Laird got his “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” stories out of his system in the Aughts, and Kevin Eastman is going through his own phase

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‘Paradox of Chudnovsky’ (2025) takes its time reaching ‘TMNT’ fans

Toward the end of its holding of the “Star Wars” license, Dark Horse Comics released a good chunk of the under-printed stories in a couple

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‘Silver Surfer’ (1978) betrays a behemoth and steals the show

The pencils of Jack “King” Kirby in “The Silver Surfer” (1978) – the very first Marvel graphic novel – vault so totally over the top

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