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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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‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ gives Rocket’s tear-jerking backstory

The MCU doesn’t deserve James Gunn, but with “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (now streaming), the writer-director delivers one last pop-masterpiece before becoming the

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‘Hellraiser: Bloodline’ (1996) explores Puzzle Box’s origin

“Hellraiser: Bloodline” (1996), the saga’s fourth film, might be of interest to fans because it tells the complete backstory of the Puzzle Box. Then again,

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Valerian and Laureline start on new path with ‘Where Stories Are Born’ (2022)

In 2010, the original “Valerian and Laureline” saga ended with “The Time Opener” (Volume 21), wherein our heroes save the universe, go back in time

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All 35 of Philip K. Dick’s science fiction novels, ranked

From his perch in the mid-20th century, Philip K. Dick (1928-82) was a great predictor of how the 21st century would be – because he

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Visions of the future: All 12 Philip K. Dick movies, ranked

For RFMC’s 3,000th post, I figured we should do something special, so let’s combine two of my favorite things: Philip K. Dick and movies. So

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Verisimilitude cruises away from ‘F9: The Fast Saga’ (2021)

When Richard Donner made “Superman” (1978), he regularly pitched the word “verisimilitude” around the set. He knew believability of the material – and universal cast-and-crew

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‘Soldier’ finally gets (somewhat) appreciated in ‘From Script to Screen’

Whatever you say about Danny Stewart’s “Soldier: From Script to Screen,” a 25th anniversary 134-page slice of obsessional archaeology about the Kurt Russell-starring sidequel to

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M.K. England makes crisp ‘Firefly’ debut with ‘What Makes Us Mighty’ (2022)

With some “Firefly” novels, a reader can sense an author is willing themselves to summon the TV series’ vibe. It’s just in M.K. England’s bones,

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‘Carnival’ (2021) the weakest of the first six ‘Firefly’ novels

Characterization is a tricky thing; we tend to say a tie-in fiction writer gets characterizations “right” or “wrong.” Getting it right can sometimes mean they

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