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Jeffrey Dahmer’s latest media moment continues in ‘Conversations With a Killer’

By Brian Lowry, CNN Joe Berlinger maintains he didn’t set out to become the official chronicler of notorious serial killers, but the producer finds himself capping off a “trilogy” of real-life horror via Netflix’s “Conversations With a Killer” series, which — after multipart documentaries devoted to Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy — shifts to

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‘Walker Independence’ and ‘The Winchesters’ are far from pioneering prequels

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN If all shows were animated like “The Simpsons,” networks wouldn’t need to strain to keep them alive. Yet live-action dramas come with shelf lives, which explains the CW’s twin attempts to extend two of its franchises with prequels: “Walker Independence,” a back-to-the-Old-West adjunct to its Texas Ranger reboot; and “The

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Hulu’s ‘Hellraiser’ doesn’t raise the bar on Clive Barker’s gory original

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Although the new “Hellraiser” is billed as “reimagining” Clive Barker’s 1987 horror film, it’s not like the title ever went away, raising six direct-to-video productions (the last one in 2018) after the four theatrical movies. If you somehow skipped, ballpark, nine of those, this direct-to-Hulu version offers a credibly creepy

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‘Mr. Harrigan’s Phone’ gets its message across with a smart Stephen King adaptation

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Add “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone” to the relatively short list of really good Stephen King adaptations, garnishing a coming-of-age story with understated hints of the supernatural and thoughtful rumination about cellphones that finds true horror in their ubiquity. Amid a month of Halloween-tinged offerings, it might be one of the few

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Brad Pitt’s rep disputes details in Angelina Jolie’s latest allegations about 2016 airplane incident

By Chloe Melas, CNN A countersuit filed Tuesday by actress Angelina Jolie against her ex-husband Brad Pitt includes more information about an alleged physical altercation between the former couple that took place on a plane in 2016. Jolie and Pitt are battling over Jolie’s sale of her stake in their joint French winery, Chateau Miraval.

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