Science Fiction

‘Companion’ and the shame of trailers telling the whole story

With roles in several horror-thriller films and TV, Sophie Thatcher (“Yellowjackets,” “Heretic”) seems here to stay as a new star, and “Companion” might be her

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The epic ends in a thrilling way in ‘TMNT’ Season 10 (1996)

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” goes out on a high note with Season 10 (1996, CBS) despite the fact that a brand-new writer, Jeffrey Scott, pens

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Not the Dreggs: ‘TMNT’ reaches new heights in Season 9 (1995)

As “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” was dropping in the ratings in the age of “Power Rangers” and “Batman: The Animated Series,” it was stepping up

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‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan’ (1982) and the Kobayashi Maru

“Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” (1982) pits Captain Kirk and his crew against a most formidable enemy; a crafty, smarter, stronger and better-looking

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‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ is almost impossible to follow

“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” has one of the most unnecessarily convoluted plots of any tentpole action movie. So much so that this eighth

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Red sky at night, animators’ delight: A look at ‘TMNT’ Season 8 (1994)

By 1994, I was losing interest in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” If memory serves, I recorded it via VCR timer and labeled the tapes with

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‘TMNT’ ‘Wises’ up for surprisingly strong Season 7 (1993, CBS)

In what seems like a conscious effort after the “European Vacation” sideseason (a.k.a. Season 7, part one), story editor and lead writer David Wise brings

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‘TMNT’ takes welcome ‘Vacation in Europe’ to start Season 7 (1993)

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ ” “Vacation in Europe” (1993) episodes have a mythic “lost episodes” quality in my mind. I was gradually losing interest in

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‘House of Leaves’ (2000) as fleeting as, well, a house of leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski’s “House of Leaves” (2000) is a weird novel, but it’s not so weird you can’t enjoy a smooth reading experience (you just

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Better late than ‘Nevers’: The back half of Whedon’s show (2023) is actually good

If we never get another Joss Whedon project, the common view is that he went out ignominiously by departing “The Nevers” after Season 1A (2021,

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