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‘Total Recall’ makes brief comic splashes in 1990, 2011

Other than “Blade Runner,” “Total Recall” not surprisingly has the most presence on the comic book racks among Philip K. Dick-inspired franchises. First was the

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‘Eternals’ (2021) lacks the usual MCU fun, but has gravity

Of 2021’s four Marvel Cinematic Universe films, “Eternals” is the most intellectual but the least fun. “Black Widow,” “Shang-Chi” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home” are

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Slow-burn ‘Dune’ illustrates imperial machinations

Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part One” (HBO Max), adapting the start of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel, is more like homework than entertainment. But it’s not entirely

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‘Jupiter Ascending’ (2015) is Wachowskis’ masterpiece

It’s bizarre that the Wachowskis’ high bar is still considered to be “The Matrix” (1999) and that “Jupiter Ascending” (2015) is a blip on the

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Besson’s ‘Fifth Element’ (1997) an art-design paradise

“The Fifth Element” (1997) requires a pact with the audience that they’ll be up for something stylistically and tonally different from the average SF space

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‘Deep Rising’ (1998) is weird, watery, wild

All I remembered from my 1998 viewing of “Deep Rising” was Famke Janssen in a sexy red dress; Anthony Heald explaining that the tentacled sea

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Adventurous ‘Lost in Space’ (1998) updates 1960s series

I have a soft spot for “Lost in Space” (1998). In retrospect, it’s neat how long “Titanic” stayed at No. 1 at the box office, but

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‘Solaris’ (2002) fails to find purpose of its existence

Writer-director Steven Soderbergh’s “Solaris” (2002) tries to do something different 30 years after the classic Russian adaptation of the Stanislaw Lem novel. It fails in

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‘Heart of the Jedi’ an intriguing lost ‘Star Wars’ novel

Kenneth C. Flint’s “The Heart of the Jedi,” written in 1992, was originally published on starwarstimeline.net in 2015. But it received new attention in recent

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‘Supernova’ (2000) spaces out on its big ideas

“Supernova” (2000) was disowned by director Walter Hill (a writer on “Aliens” and “Alien 3”) before its release (the fake name Thomas Lee is used),

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