Adventure
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Star Trek: Section 31
If you want a case study for the expansion, then contraction, of branded properties in the now-dwindling streaming era, look…
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3
The dream of the ‘90s is alive in “Sonic the Hedgehog 3,” with Jim Carrey giving not one but two…
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Freaky Tales
Where were you on the night of May 10, 1987? If you’re a longtime Golden State Warriors fan, you’ll remember…
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A Minecraft Movie
How do you turn a game about the individual art of creation into the inherently passive experience of film-watching? It’s…
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My Penguin Friend
There’s something radical about the old-fashioned approach of “My Penguin Friend.” It’s an earnest, crowd-pleasing family film – nothing snarky or self-referential, no on-the-nose…
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Borderlands
I have spent hundreds of hours in the worlds of Gearbox Software and 2K Games’ “Borderlands,” enraptured by its addictive…
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Harold and the Purple Crayon
As someone who venerates Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson’s 1955 hymn to the power of imagination, so highly…
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Hundreds of Beavers
“Hundreds of Beavers,” a boldly bizarre, nearly silent slapstick comedy about a 19th-century trapper doing battle with nature, exceeds expectations…
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Twisters
Aren’t movies of this summer spinning delightfully vintage vibes? Just collectively consider “Mad Max” offshoot “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” seeing…
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The Imaginary
Born from the still unbridled creativity of children, where an empty room and a random assortment of objects can inspire…
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