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‘Murdaugh: Death in the Family’ makes true crime chillingly personal

“Murdaugh: Death in the Family” (Wednesdays, Hulu) is the very definition of a mystery where you peel back layers. It can be enjoyed either by

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‘In Cold Blood’ gets colder for Brooks’ 1967 film adaptation

The wrongness of Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood” (1966) immediately turns into the wrongness of writer-director Richard Brooks’ “In Cold Blood” (1967). And this is

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‘Eden’ can’t quite match the story’s real-world intrigue

In digging up a fascinating slice of history in “Eden,” director Ron Howard comments on the utterly predictable qualities of humans that are still very

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Capote’s ‘In Cold Blood’ (1966) is a book I could read again

In the great 2000 “Once and Again” episode “Booklovers,” Lily is disturbed to learn that both her boyfriend Rick and her ex-husband Jake find “In

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‘Spirit of St. Louis’ (1957) shows the technical side of the spectacular

Charles Lindbergh’s biography is so fascinating that his 1927 New York-to-Paris flight is arguably not even the craziest event. That event is the entire purview

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‘All the President’s Men’ (1976) grandly caps Pakula’s ‘paranoia trilogy’

The cycle of life imitating art imitating life comes full circle for director Alan J. Pakula with the capper to his thematic “paranoia trilogy,” “All

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Ricci is devastatingly raw and true in ‘Prozac Nation’ (2001)

Despite being an amazing film, “Prozac Nation” (2001) just couldn’t fit in with normal movies. It had a film festival premiere in 2001 but the

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‘Open Water’ (2004) might be too realistic for some 

“Open Water” (2004) has among the fewest shark special effects – probably little more than false fins – of any shark movie. Yet a case

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‘Exorcism of Emily Rose’ (2005) puts Derrickson on map 

“The Exorcism of Emily Rose” (2005) makes many lists of elite exorcism films, but in broader circles it’s under the radar. It gets lost in

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‘American Underdog’ (2021) gets at heart of Kurt Warner 

Zachary Levi looks like Kurt Warner, he’s athletic enough to play an NFL quarterback, and he’s youthful enough that we’ll give the movie a free

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