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Movie review: 'Friday the 13th' remake a needed return to simplicity

Movie review: 'Friday the 13th' remake a needed return to simplicity

I don't know about you, but my last encounter with Jason Voorhees was less than pleasant. We were in space, if I remember, and his employment situation, bloody awful in the best of times, only steady during the Reagan administration, had grown so desperate that he had to venture outside Earth's atmosphere to find anyone left to kill.

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The latest by Michael Phillips

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Iron Man's suit: Can we build it?

Iron Man's suit: Can we build it?

By Julia Keller | Tribune critic
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