Science Fiction

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III’ (1993) and the multiverse that might’ve been

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III” (1993) is correctly the most maligned of the trilogy. In retrospect, the handoff from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop to All

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‘TMNT II: The Secret of the Ooze’ (1991): Was Shredder almost Michael Myers?

It had bothered me that the Turtles seem to be at April’s apartment for months while Shredder and the Foot Clan “simultaneously” regroup in days

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‘Young Frankenstein’ (1974) among the best – and funniest – adaptations of the classic novel

I can imagine writer-star Gene Wilder and writer-director Mel Brooks watching “Frankenstein” (1931) and inserting jokes, a la the “Airplane!” (1980) writers when watching “Zero

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Every ‘Aliens/Predator’ Universe movie and series, ranked

For over 40 years, the nightmares of H.R. Giger have successfully been passed on to us via Ridley Scott, Sigourney Weaver and other filmmaking talents.

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‘Predator: Badlands’ (2025) proves Disney and the Yautja can coexist

Director Dan Trachtenberg has crafted a legitimate “Predator” film that’s almost a kid-friendly Disney film as well. The joke – stated with some concern –

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ (1990) and the art of great dialog

I’ve often heard great family movie screenplays complimented with “Both a child and an adult can like it,” but I don’t usually agree. One exception

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Deaf superhero’s miniseries a mere ‘Echo’ (2024) of ‘Daredevil’

“Echo” (2024, five episodes, Disney Plus) has one really cool thing about it and one inexplicably dumb thing. The cool thing is the title character,

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‘The Fly II’ (1989) reminds us that fly-human hybrids are gross

“The Fly II” (1989) doesn’t need to exist, but in the category of “We’re going to make it anyway, in order to make money,” it’s

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‘Life of Chuck’ is a small story with big thoughts

Ernst Lubitsch had the Lubitsch Touch in bringing classy filmmaking to mass-market concepts like rom-coms, and today Mike Flanagan has the Flanagan Touch in infusing

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All 37 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, ranked

Superhero fatigue? What superhero fatigue? In the 2010s, the Marvel Cinematic Universe completed the Infinity Saga, essentially a 22-episode TV season except with mega-budget movies.

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