Science Fiction

A look at ‘Firefly’s’ ‘Holiday Special’ (2021) and ‘20th Anniversary Special’ (2022)

Special issues of franchise tie-in series are always irresistible, and always risky. Discerning readers of Boom! Studios’ “Firefly” will want to be cautious with “The

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Poor little rich cartoon: A look at the end of ‘TMNT’ Season 4 (1990)

The back half of CBS’ first season of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (Season 4, episodes 27-39) (1990) is around the time my interest started to

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‘Blue Beetle’ should’ve been given the ‘Batgirl’ treatment

DC cared enough about protecting the brand of “Batgirl” that it scrapped a completed movie so the public wouldn’t see a bad “Batgirl” movie. But

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‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ makes the end of the world thrilling

It’s been the end of the world as we know it for a while in pop entertainment. “The Terminator” (1984) predicted this would be the

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‘Shaun of the Dead’ (2004) the all-time elite zom-com

“Shaun of the Dead” (2004) is not only the best zombie comedy of all time, but a case could be made that it uses zombies

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‘A Murder at the End of the World,’ ‘Fargo’ Season 5, ‘The Irrational,’ ‘The Spencer Sisters’

The writers’ strike slowed down production, but mystery fans wouldn’t know it this month, as we’re hit with FX/Hulu’s “A Murder at the End of

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Missing Mona Lisa: A look at ‘TMNT’s’ early CBS episodes (Season 4, 1990)

In the first CBS episode, as the Turtles (rather slowly) recognize that a giant fly footprint belongs to Baxter Stockman, they muse about who else

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‘TMNT’ Season 4 (1990) stumbles out of gate with syndicated episodes

After the March 1990 “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” movie, the cartoon’s move to CBS Saturday Mornings in the fall was much-hyped. As a kid, I

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‘Return of the Living Dead’ (1985) takes the comedic route

“The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” (1974) has one of the messiest horror-franchise continuities, with each of the co-creators trying their own narrative continuation: one in

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Such sights to show you: All 11 ‘Hellraiser’ films, ranked

“Hellraiser” is an oddball among horror franchises, starting with idiosyncratic gore-horror from the writings of Clive Barker, ranging into straight-to-video films where Pinhead (Doug Bradley

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