Teen Drama

‘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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‘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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‘It: Welcome to Derry’ expands from King’s work in King-y way

Showrunner (and often director) Andy Muschietti knows how to make a sale. As with the “It” movies, but more so, he gets stellar performances out

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‘Go’ back to 1999 for a night of Xennial cool

“Go” (1999) was vaguely seen at the time as the younger generation’s “Pulp Fiction” (1994). Today we can articulate that as Xennials as compared to

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‘Freakier Friday’: Some things don’t change with age

“Freakier Friday” is a cute sequel to a cute 2003 remake of a cute 1976 movie that has been remade and sequelized several other times

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‘House of Wax’ (2005) doesn’t melt under pressure to be a good romp

“House of Wax” (2005) falls on the right side of that line with horror movies where you generally know what’s going to happen. On one

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Character exploration takes a backseat in rompish ‘Chucky’ Season 2 (2022)

In RFMC’s “All Dolled Up” series, I’m taking my first journey through the seven original films, one reboot film and one TV series of the

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‘Chucky’ makes a killer move to prestige TV in Season 1 (2021)

In RFMC’s “All Dolled Up” series, I’m taking my first journey through the seven original films, one reboot film and one TV series of the

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‘Bride of Chucky’ (1998) successfully hitches to post-‘Scream’ era

In RFMC’s “All Dolled Up” series, I’m taking my first journey through the seven original films, one reboot film and one TV series of the

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