Science Fiction

Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ a confusing time-travel experiment

I watched “Tenet” on one of those bare-bones discs from Redbox, but presumably we can also buy editions that include bonus features. Hopefully one of

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‘Wheel of Darkness’ (2007) riffs on Titanic tragedy

Past and present collide as Agent Pendergast and Constance hit the high seas in a nod to the 1912 Titanic tragedy in Douglas Preston and

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‘The Thing’ (2011) too much of the same thing

I’m a sucker for when franchises expand their continuity into prequels, sequels and spinoffs, so when someone says “Here’s the story of what happened to

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‘Book of the Dead’ (2006) a trilogy-capping epic

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child wrap up the Diogenes Trilogy in epic, sprawling and satisfying fashion in “The Book of the Dead” (2006). By the

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows’ (2016) opens toy box

In “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze” (1991), the cartoon’s Bebop and Rocksteady just missed out on their big-screen debuts as

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P&C’s ‘Brimstone’ (2004) a devilishly fun read

For a 700-plus-page doorstop, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s “Brimstone” (2004) is a fun read; you can knock off 100 pages in a sitting without

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‘X-Men’ finale ‘New Mutants’ taps into old story

Fox’s two-decade run of 13 “X-Men” films and two TV series ends in understated and underwhelming fashion with “The New Mutants,” which was originally supposed

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‘Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick’ (1995) collects odds and ends

Lawrence Sutin follows up his excellent biography of Philip K. Dick, 1989’s “Divine Invasions,” with a peek at his research materials as he curates “The

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ (2014) takes some getting used to

I’ve probably seen the original “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” more than any other movie (granted, most of those viewings were from 1990-92). That film is

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‘Transmigration of Timothy Archer’ (1982) puts bow on PKD catalog

It’s tempting to think of the last four books Philip K. Dick book wrote – all after his 1974 beam-of-pink-light experience – as his crazy

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