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  • Luc Besson’s Romantic, but Uneven “Dracula”

    Luc Besson’s Romantic, but Uneven “Dracula”

    Over 100 films and TV productions are either based on Bram Stoker’s classic horror novel Dracula or feature characters from the story. A dozen are direct adaptations of the 1897 novel that introduces Count Dracula and his nemesis, Abraham Van Helsing, along with the hapless Jonathan Harker, Mina, Jonathan’s fiancée, Lucy, who is stricken by the Count,…

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  • Review: “Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1”

    Review: “Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1”

    Mr. Phelps (Peter Graves) might be long since past his prime as the head of 1960s TV hit “Mission: Impossible” but the basic concept of a secret team surreptitiously funded by the government and tasked with the missions that no other agency could accomplish remains. Taking over as head of the Impossible Mission Force in…

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