Teen Drama

Chucky becomes clunky in dour, timid ‘Child’s Play 3’ (1991)

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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‘Buffy: The Bewitching Hour’ (2023) a treat for Tara fans

It’s always difficult for a new actor/character to enter an established show, but Amber Benson and Tara managed to do it with ease in “Buffy”

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‘Against the Darkness’ (2024) duly wraps Blake’s ‘Frankie’ trilogy

Kendare Blake’s “Frankie the Vampire Slayer” trilogy – about Willow’s immaculate witch-Slayer daughter and her Gen-Z Scooby Gang – wraps with “Against the Darkness” (2024).

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Coughlan goes to head of the class in ‘Teaching Mrs. Tingle’ (1999)

Because of its premise of high school students going toe-to-toe with an evil teacher, the star-making turn by Marisa Coughlan (who goes toe-to-toe with veteran

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This is how it is in suburbia: ‘American Beauty’ still does 1999 proud

“American Beauty” (1999) shoulders the weight of being the chosen representative as the best movie of the best year in cinema history. It won the

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Fun-loving filmmakers invite audience along for ‘EuroTrip’ (2004)

As comedies disappeared from theaters during the PC era of the past 10-15 years, some throwaways from the period before that gained stature. A prime

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Cute ‘Freaky Friday’ (1976) leads to even better 2003 remake

When “Freakier Friday” hits theaters, it will be a sequel to the 2003 version of “Freaky Friday,” which remade the original (1976), which itself had

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‘It’s a Boy Girl Thing’ (2006) tackles the double empathy problem with laughs

“It’s a Boy Girl Thing” (2006) could perhaps be an honorary member of that batch of Shakespeare-inspired teen films from the early 21st century. That

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Despite team-up, ‘Karate Kid: Legends’ is legendarily dull

If “Karate Kid: Legends” was merely a flat sequel to 2010’s “Karate Kid” – about the next kid, Li Fong (Ben Wang), mentored by Jackie

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‘Prom Queen’ invites more disposable ‘Fear Street’ fun

The “Fear Street” movies are the height of disposable slashers, but even so, it’s remarkable how disposable the characters are. These are the kind of

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