Science Fiction

Special effects artists are the stars of ‘Meg 2: The Trench’

Hollywood will eventually use AI to write some movie scripts, and if you want a sneak preview of what that will be like, check out

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‘28 Days Later’ (2002), ‘28 Weeks Later’ (2007) infect zombie fiction with emotion

“28 Days Later” (2002 in the U.K., 2003 in the U.S.) fast-tracked zombies back into the mainstream for a new century. Director Danny Boyle and

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‘Survival of the Dead’ (2009) zombie-walks to series’ finish line

I have to give writer-director George Romero credit for this much: No two of his “Living Dead” films are quite like each other. He can’t

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P&C unearth another New Mexico conspiracy in ‘Dead Mountain’

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child deliver a chiller suitable for curling up against the autumn chill in “Dead Mountain” (August, hardcover). A comfortingly familiar novel

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Season 3 (1989) goes out in a ‘Big’ way

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Season 3’s (1989) concluding batch (episodes 38-47) features imaginative notions, the return of Baxter-Fly and the Neutrinos, and a suitably “Big”

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Romero tackles found footage in ‘Diary of the Dead’ (2007)

For his fifth “Living Dead” film, writer-director George Romero redefines (or clarifies) his franchise as an anthology. Rather than continuing further into a zombie-dominated future

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Leatherhead, Usagi enter the fray in ‘TMNT’ Season 3 (1989)

Season 3 episodes 30-37 (1989) of the “TMNT” cartoon is a fun and toyetic stretch as it features the debuts of action-figure characters Leatherhead, Usagi

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‘Land of the Dead’ (2005) shows easy mastery of zombie fiction

If a viewer were to watch only the “Living Dead” films among George Romero’s catalog, they’d see the shift from talented experimenter in “Day of

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‘TMNT Adventures’ gets worldly in Issues 12-20 (1990-91)

In “TMNT Adventures” Issues 12-20 (1990-91), writer Dean Clarrain (real name Stephen Murphy) goes full bore into both environmental themes and world-building that’s totally distinct

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‘Totally Killer’ comments on change of times with dry humor

The best thing about “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” was how Kiernan Shipka’s title character approached the supernatural nuttiness with seen-it-all-before Gen-Z wryness. So she’s the

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