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Back home again: ‘SEAL Team’ returns to CBS

BY JAY BOBBIN

The need for fall programming caused by the enter-

Bravo Team; also an executive producer of the show,

episodes that will be new to them, all six existing sea-

tainment-industry strikes has led to some interesting re-

Boreanaz has directed a number of episodes as well

sons are available on Paramount+.

purposing, including the return of one show from the

(he handled two of the fifth-year stories that CBS is

streaming world to the broadcast network it left.

about to air).

For Boreanaz, “SEAL Team” is marking the continuation of a television career that now has spanned

“SEAL Team” started its fifth season still airing on

Former cast regular Jessica Paré (“Mad Men”)

26 years continuously, among several series. That run

CBS in 2021, but after the first several episodes, it

returned to direct a Season 5 story, and though he

began with his role as vampire sleuth Angel, first on

moved to Paramount+, which showed the remainder

didn’t handle any of the directing that year, co-star

“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (1997-2003) and then in

of that season exclusively … leading to much con-

Max Thieriot has also called the shots at times on the

his own spinoff, “Angel” (1999-2004). He followed

versation about whether viewers would pay to keep

series. It’s highly possible that he simply didn’t have

that by playing a more earthly detective, FBI Special

watching a program they previously had gotten for

the time for that extra duty then, since he was busy

Agent Seeley Booth, on “Bones” (2005-2017), and

free (or as part of a basic-cable subscription) on a

prepping his own show — CBS’s “Fire Country,”

then came “SEAL Team.”

broadcast network. Evidently, enough of them did,

which had a successful launch last fall and was re-

since the show earned a sixth year from Paramount+,

newed for a second season.

and a seventh has been ordered.

Boreanaz isn’t the first in his family to be a television personality: His father, who has used the profes-

The “SEAL Team” cast also includes Neil Brown

sional name Dave Roberts, was a weathercaster on

Jr. (“Insecure”), A.J. Buckley (“CSI: NY”), Toni Trucks

stations in Buffalo, N.Y., where Boreanaz was born,

previously are ending up on that network after all,

(“Corporate”), Judd Lormand (“Big George Foreman,”

and Philadelphia. Now, the son continues to uphold

with their broadcast run starting Thursday, Nov. 2.

2023) and Raffi Barsoumian (“The Code”). While

the general family business — and to make CBS sat-

David Boreanaz continues to star as Jason Hayes,

fans who haven’t seen the series since it moved from

isfied – by bringing his latest series back to where it

the leader of the elite group of Navy SEALs known as

CBS likely will be glad to see it back there, with

started, literally.

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enced day after day, winter after winter of snow day races. The wood wasn’t worn. Their riders, cold, bright-eyed. Sumter may not have the rolling hills found in cities farther north, but one neighborhood road between Alice Drive Elementary School and Second Mill Pond was slanted enough for those barely broken-out speedsters to provide hours of entertainment the morning after a handful of inches of snow powdered, then iced, the area. The Associated Press reported the largest snowfall — 8 inches — was found in Williamsburg County near Andrews but claimed areas around Sumter picked up 7 inches. There were about 4 inches on the lawns lining the street where a group of kids were playing Thursday morning. “I think it caught us all off guard,” said Robert Jones, whose two sons, Wyatt, 8, and Jeremiah, 12, were taking turns racing on

Grayson Sanders, 8, sleds past some friends down an icy road in Sumter. sleds with their friends. The children playing all attend Wilson Hall, which was closed Thursday because of Winter Storm Grayson. Paige Sanders, 10, stood among the Jones brothers and their friends, laying out the rules for the race. You go there, and you go there. “Yesterday, we tried to go out here, but it was too powdery,” Sarah Smith said. Her sons, 9-yearold Banks and 7-year-old Eli, were also taking turns racing. “Now that there’s a layer of ice, it’s perfect.”

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height of it Wednesday evening was not so fun for Smith’s husband. Sumter County Sheriff’s Office and South Carolina Department of Transportation reported traffic was backed up on U.S. 378 because of cars sliding off the road, getting stuck and being unable to make it up an icy hill. Smith said her husband was in traffic for two hours.

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787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Attorney for any unknown Defendants who are, or may be, in the Military Service of the United States of America and as such are entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember's Civil Relief Act aka Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, and any amendments thereto, to represent and protect the interest of said Defendants,

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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2017-CP-43-01794 FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC,Plaintiff, v. Any heirs-at-law or devisees of Robert A. England a/k/a Robert England, deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons or entities entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons or entities with any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as Richard Roe; and any unknown minors, incompetent or imprisoned person, or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe; Sonja G. England a/k/a Sonja England; Brittany England, Defendant(s). TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the

the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given by Robert A. England and Sonja G. England to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Amerigroup Mortgage Corporation dated March 21, 2002 and recorded on April 5, 2002 in Book 837 at Page 1842, in the Sumter County Registry (hereinafter, "Mortgage"). Thereafter, the Mortgage was transferred to the Plaintiff herein by assignment and/or corporate merger. The premises covered and affected by the said Mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, more particularly described in the said Mortgage and are more commonly described as: THE LAND REFERRED TO IN THIS POLICY IS SITUATED IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF SUMTER, AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL, OR LOT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT # 14, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT PREPARED BY JOSEPH R. EDWARDS, RLS, DATED MARCH 14, 1986, AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN

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Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

ABOVE

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on October 3, 2017. A Notice of Foreclosure Intervention was also filed in the Clerk of Court's Office.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the filed Petition for Appointment of Kelley Woody, Esquire as Guardian ad Litem for unknown minors, and persons who may be under a disability, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to said appointment.

Estate:/Rollie K. Jackson #2017ES4300722

Personal Representative Ellen B. Jackson 4760 Olivia Lane Pinewood, SC 29125

Estate:/Waddell Williams #2017ES4300725

FURTHER upon reading the filed Petition for Appointment of Kelley Woody, Esquire as Attorney for any unknown Defendants who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, and may be, as such, entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember's Civil Relief Act, and any amendments thereto, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to act for and represent said Defendants, it is

Personal Representative Colette W. Terrell 1057 Crown Landing Pkwy McDonongh, GA 30252

Estate:/David L. Lee, Jr. #2017ES4300720

Personal Representative James T. Lee C/O A. Paul Weissenstein, Jr. Attorney at Law PO Box 2446 Sumter, SC 29151

ORDERED that Kelley Woody, Esquire, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons who may be under a disability, all of whom may have or claim to have some interest or claim to the real property commonly known as 609 N Magnolia Street, Sumter, South Carolina 29150; that she is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendants, unless said Defendants, or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for said Defendants.

Estate:/Vinia Gamble Williams #2017ES4300726

Personal Representative Colette Terrell 1057 Crown Landing Pkwy McDonongh, GA 30252

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AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED That a copy of this Order shall be forth with served upon said Defendants by publication in The Item, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons and Notice of Filing of Complaint in the above entitled action.

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“Jurassic Park” still brings the thrills BY JAY BOBBIN

Though the week of Halloween is a good time for

face, followed by Neill’s, as their characters get their

anything that generates scares, “Jurassic Park” is an

first sightings of beings long considered extinct – with

all-purpose, year-round thrill ride.

John Williams’ majestic music adding extra punch to

As it nears the end of its 30th-anniversary year, the

the moment.

Steven Spielberg-directed blockbuster is streaming on

Two youngsters also are in the scenario, with Jo-

Peacock, along with several of its sequels. It remains

seph Mazzello and Ariana Richards as attenborough’s

just as exciting as it was when audiences first sampled

grandchildren, who find themselves uncomfortably in

it three decades ago, with Michael Crichton’s best

the thick of the action as larceny by some of the island

seller about cloned creatures from the prehistoric age

employees helps set the stage for the mayhem that

providing an ideal basis for Spielberg and company

comes. The plotting helps make “Jurassic Park” more

to pour on the visual and emotional excitement.

than just a special-effects show, though those effects

It’s interesting to note that Spielberg also was work-

surely are worth the price of admission on their own.

ing on “Schindler’s List” at the time he was filming

Indeed, “Jurassic Park” won all three Oscars for

“Jurassic Park,” and the clear diversity and ultimate

which it was nominated in the categories of sound

triumphs of those two projects stand as testimony to

and visual effects. The sequels (including the expan-

his celebrated skill and breadth as a filmmaker. The

sion to the “Jurassic World” chapters) inevitably tried

method he uses in “Jurassic Park” to warm viewers up

to go bigger and better, but a big part of the magic of

for the eventual appearance of the dinosaurs recalls

the first film is that nothing like it really had been seen

his slow and steady pace in bringing the shark into

before. Sure, there had been plenty of movies with

view in the smash that really put him on Hollywood’s

prehistoric monsters, but the determination of Spiel-

map, “Jaws.”

berg and his collaborators to make theirs as realistic

Richard Attenborough plays a businessman who

as possible paid off uniquely and enormously.

wants the island where the “Jurassic” creatures roam

“Jurassic Park” remains a singular experience with

certified safe, following a fatal mishap, so he sum-

a timelessness that keeps it fresh, owing in part to the

mons three scientists (Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Gold-

fact that it brings the Stone Age into modern times.

blum) to the site to assess it. One of the greatest looks

And it does so in a way that is guaranteed to keep it

of wonder in screen history can be found on Dern’s

iconic as time goes on.

Taste and talent: Peruvian chef Franco Noriega sizzles in ‘Hot Dish’ BY GEORGE DICKIE Good food and good stories — that’s what makes a

tricks,” exploring everything from cheese-covered Are-

perfect meal. And having tried everything — from acting

pas with Chorizo and Vegetable Ceviche to Crispy

to modeling to competitive swimming — before becom-

Parmesan Lemon Asparagus, Deconstructed Tiramisu

ing a professional restaurateur, this Peruvian chef certain-

and ooey-gooey Lava Chocolate Chip Cookies in pre-

ly has both to share. All-new episodes of “Hot Dish With

viously aired episodes.

Franco” air Saturdays on Food Network. During this series, “Franco shares personal heartfelt

stories of his Peruvian and Italian roots as he prepares

delicious dishes with his signature flare for flavor,” Food

Network describes. “From quick and easy weeknight

meals to brunch and classic Latin dishes with a twist, all

of Franco’s food is easy, accessible and brings people

together.” Even before the show’s premiere, Noriega’s enthusi-

asm for the program was evident. “Delicious food has

always been central in my life as some of my favorite

memories have been in the kitchen eating and cooking

with my family and traveling across the world enjoying

fantastic meals. Now, I’m thrilled to share my favorite

During the season’s fifth episode, chef Franco invites viewers to taste a Peruvian-inspired feast — what he dubs the perfect comfort food. “Crispy and fluffy Baby Arepas with melted cheese and chorizo are the perfect appetizer,” the episode description promises, “and there’s nothing more comforting than juicy Pollo a la Brasa with crispy skin, smothered in a spicy green sauce. Papas Huancaina with a Spicy Cheese Sauce makes for the perfect side, especially when paired with a Pisco Sour.” Finally, during the series’ upcoming Season 1 finale, Franco tackles brunch, sharing his recipe for piledhigh Avocado Toast before crafting an elevated take

recipes and lifelong passion for cooking with Food Net-

on Tex-Mex Huevos Rancheros, complete with fried

work viewers,” he recently shared.

tortilla strips then covered in homemade salsa, refried

Throughout the series’ six half-hour episodes, Food

beans, crema and fried eggs.

Network promises that “Franco takes viewers on a culi-

Bursting with flavor and Franco’s signature flair, the

nary journey, sprinkling in tidbits of his Latin American

Season 1 finale for “Hot Dish With Franco” airs Satur-

and Italian background along with cooking tips and

day, Nov. 4, on Food Network.

Frankenstein: Though Boris Karloff established the legend of playing Dr. Frankenstein’s monster, the screen incarnation pre-dated him, going back to 1910 – and actors from Lon Chaney Jr. to Robert De Niro would succeed him. Turner Classic Movies shows the 1931 Karloff version during the concluding day of a two-day Halloween “Terror-Thon” Tuesday, Oct. 31. Dracula: Here’s another situation where one actor (Bela Lugosi) made a frightening role his trademark, but others actually played it before he did, including in the unauthorized adaptation “Nosferatu.” Christopher Lee and (on both stage and screen) Frank Langella also would become noted for their interpretations of the character. King Kong: The mightiest ape of all first reigned supreme in a 1933 stopmotion-animation milestone in which he famously carried a shrieking Fay Wray, then returned in a 1976 version (with Jessica Lange in his massive palm) and director Peter Jackson’s 2005 version (featuring Naomi Watts as the apple of Kong’s eye). Godzilla: Originated in Japan and brought to America in a 1956 version of the initial movie that added scenes featuring Raymond Burr, this giant sea monster has been revived on film numerous times in projects of varying quality, the most notable of which starred Matthew Broderick (1998) and Bryan Cranston (2014). The Fly: First played by Al (later David) Hedison and later by Jeff Goldblum and Eric Stoltz, this character derived its terror from generating thoughts of what could happen if man tampered with nature. “Bruce” the Shark: Bruce was the name by which the mechanical creature was known to the cast and crew of “Jaws” (1975) who famously endured many malfunctions while engineers figured out how to get the model working again. Once it was, the scares it provided moviegoers became legendary ... and pretty much cemented the career of a then-novice filmmaker named Steven Spielberg. The Alien: Based on designs by H.R. Giger, the intergalactic enemy that first terrorized a space crew in “Alien” (1979) — then had friends and relatives who continued that campaign in the sequels — surely gave astronaut Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and others much opportunity to test the famous advertising line, “In space, no one can hear you scream.”

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Operatic opposition: HBO period drama lifts curtain on Season 2 BY JAY BOBBIN Whether first heard as a quippy one-liner from famous New York humorist Fran Lebowitz (“Pretend It’s a City”) or read in Esther Crain’s book “The Gilded Age in New York, 1870–1910,” there is little doubt you’ve heard about New York City’s penchant for change. Per Crain’s aforementioned book, released in 2016 and available through most major booksellers, “the most common observation about New York is that it never stops evolving.” This is especially true in the HBO series “The Gilded Age,” premiering Season 2 on its home network and the Max streaming service Sunday, Oct. 29. Starring Carrie Coon (“Gone Girl,” 2014), Cynthia Nixon (“Sex and the City”) and Christine Baranski (“Mamma Mia!,” 2008) as some of New York’s finest wealthy gossips, the series follows a group of business moguls and socialites as they work hard to make a name for themselves and build an empire in New York City during the turn of the 20th century. Coon stars as Bertha Russell, a “new money heiress” who caused some major waves in Season 1 alongside her husband, railroad tycoon George Russell (Morgan Spector, “The Plot Against America”), and her fellow socialite Mrs. Caroline Astor (Donna Murphy, “The Nanny Diaries,” 2007), the leader of

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aristocratic social society called The Four Hundred. With her own societal standing foremost in her sights, Bertha often stirs up more trouble than is necessary to get what she wants. Also to blame for her fair bit of trouble is Marian Brook (new talent Louisa Jacobson), who fell on hard times when her father died in the series premiere and began Season 1 by moving into her estranged aunts’ house for a bit of a lifestyle makeover in the Big Apple. Marian’s aunts, Ada Brook (Nixon) and Agnes Van Rhijn (Baranski), both belong to the old-money world and thus have very particular views on how things should be done among New York’s finest. While Marian does her best to please her aunts, she has also learned that not everyone subscribes to her family’s conservative school of thought. Returning alongside Coon, Murphy, Jacobson, Nixon and Baranski for Season 2 is Denée Benton (“UnREAL”), who plays highly motivated writer Peggy Scott, who moved from Pennsylvania to New York City with Marian. Despite holding down a job as Agnes’ secretary, Peggy is of respectable societal standing herself and has come to enjoy the company of her old friend in a new city. She also enjoys testing the boundaries set in place by those in high-up positions, often complicating matters for herself and those closest to her. Headed into the show’s second season, the Primetime Emmy-winning series follows more of the petticoat-clad drama that comes along with Gilded-era expansion. This time, according to the official HBO trailer, it seems that the bulk of the hullabaloo centers on the world of the operatic arts. More specifically, it likely revolves around the 1886 closing of the Metropolitan Opera House. As newcomers to the show (and maybe even some avid fans) may not yet know, “The Gilded Age” takes many of its plot lines from the annals of history. While hardly to be considered a true story, the first season held to realities of the robber barons of the late 1800s, like the railroading Russells. (The Astors were also a real family, fictionalized for the series.) Now headed into its second season, “The Gilded Age” is placing its focus on the so-called “Opera House War” of the 1890s and the subsequent end of the “Knickerbocker era.”

DEAD RECKONING PART ONE” Tom Cruise returns to action as Impossible Missions Force operative Ethan Hunt, who spends the franchise’s seventh entry doing more globetrotting while trying to prevent enemies from gaining control of the Entity, an artificial intelligence that can cause enormous destruction. Prominent among his rivals on his assignment is a thief played by Hayley Atwell (“Marvel’s Agent Carter”), who sometimes is an ally to him … but a very tenuous one. As usual, the stunt-driven sequences

The wall giveth, and the wall

pairs’ faith in each other will be test-

taketh away. Count your lucky stars

ed as they play the remainder of the

(or balls), as all-new episodes of the

game without any communication.”

high-risk, high-reward game show

Needless to say, skill can only take

“The Wall” premiere, starting Friday,

you so far. Players make it to the wall

Nov. 3, on NBC.

and brave that fateful drop, but once

While it may be fun to watch from

they do, any chance of winning is no

the couch, the infamous wall is much

longer in their hands. The wall has

taller — and trickier — when your

the final say.

fate is in its hands. Players come from across the nation hoping to conquer it, but time and time again find that there is no way to control the randomness of a dropping ball. “The rules are simple,” NBC describes. “Get a question correct and a green ball will fall down the wall and add the value of the slot to the players’ winning total. Miss a question and an ominous red ball will fall and deduct the value from the teams’ total. Teammates have to work together to build a huge cash prize.” They continue: “However, the tow-

Led by returning comedian, actor and host Chris Hardwick (“@midnight”), the upcoming season promises a record-breaking cash prize and a game-changing twist, as a brandnew segment — The Superdrop, in which all seven balls rain down in a waterfall drop with millionaire potential — allows contestants the chance to win up to $13 million each night. But be careful: with more risk comes more reward, and even more chances to lose. “Every question and every decision could make the differ-

ering wall is not easily conquered.

ence of millions of dollars on what is

Wildly unpredictable, the wall is

truly the most unpredictable show on

capable of millions of different out-

television,” NBC says.

comes. As the game progresses, the

Produced by NBA superstar LeBron

stakes get even higher when one

James (“Space Jam: A New Legacy,”

player is sent into an isolation room

2021), a new season of “The Wall”

behind the wall. It is here where the

begins Friday, Nov. 3, on NBC.

Family Viewing Ratings

BY JAY BOBBIN

are huge in nature, and the title should give away that despite a running time of nearly three hours, the story has more to come (“Part Two” is slated for theatrical release next June). Among other returnees from previous installments in the series are Ving Rhames, Henry Czerny, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg and Vanessa Kirby; frequent Cruise collaborator Chrisopher McQuarrie directed and co-wrote the film. *** (PG-13: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, Digital and On Demand)

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George Lopez, Adriana Barraza and Elpidia Carrillo also appear. DVD extras: three “making-of” documentaries. *** (PG-13: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, Digital and On Demand)

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– originally shown last year on what then was called HBO Max – returned Peter Billingsley to the Jean Shepherd-created role of Ralphie, who only wanted a Red Ryder air rifle as a gift to make his holiday complete. In his adult years, he “JURASSIC PARK: THE makes a journey from Chicago ULTIMATE COLLECTION” back to his Indiana hometown after As the initial movie nears the his father passes away, inheriting end of its 30th-anniversary year, “The Old Man’s” mission to make this 4K Ultra HD Steelbook set Christmas special for the family. Ian combines the six films in the franPetrella, Scott Schwartz, R.D. Robb chise to date, also including the and Zack Ward also reprise their “Jurassic World” entries. The overall roles from the original movie as quality varies, but the initial, Steven Randy, Flick, Schwartz and Farkus “BLUE BEETLE” Spielberg-directed telling of novelist respectively, with Julie Hagerty Another DC Comics superhero Michael Crichton’s story (which, assuming Melinda Dillon’s former gets movie treatment with this adnot surprisingly, earned Oscars in role as Ralphie’s mother. While this venture, as Xolo Mariduena plays several technical categories) always doesn’t have quite the magic of the Jaime Reyes, a newly minted colis worth a view … particularly for first picture that continues to get anlege graduate whose life undergoes those who can handle the scares. nual 24-hour television marathons, an upheaval when he comes into That film features Sam Neill, Laura it’s enjoyable to see so many of its possession of an ancient scarab. Dern and Jeff Goldblum as scientists cast members reunited here. *** The item has incredible power that asked to verify that an industrialist’s (PG: P) transforms Jaime into the latest (Richard Attenborough) island par“NATIONAL LAMPOON’S incarnation of the costumed Blue adise – which is a home for clones ANIMAL HOUSE” Beetle, giving him the ability to fight of prehistoric creatures – is safe an enemy whose sinister plans have for visitors. Chris Klein and Bryce Directed by John Landis, one a basis into severely strained relaof the most successful comedies Dallas Howard are among the stars tions between families. The story in movie history gets a new, limitof the “Jurassic World” chapters. ends on something of a cliffhanger, **** (PG-13: P, V) ed-edition 4K Ultra HD release as but the picture’s below-expectations part of the “Universal Essentials” se“A CHRISTMAS STORY box-office performance have left ries, with a Faber College yearbook doubts about a sequel being made CHRISTMAS” and a replica of a cell from the Almost 40 years after the peren- film included in the package. The – though the major character could resurface elsewhere in the so-called nially popular “A Christmas Story” rebellious members of Delta House again make mayhem on campus, DC Universe. Susan Sarandon, was released, this direct sequel

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with Bluto (played uproariously by John Belushi) among the foremost rule-breakers at toga parties, on caf eteria lines, at a supermarket and elsewhere. Tim Matheson, Peter Riegert, Tom Hulce, Stephen Furst (“Babylon 5”), Bruce McGill (“Rizzoli & Isles”) and James Widdoes (who became a top TV-sitcom director later) also are in the fraternity, which is the scourge of strict Dean Wormer (John Vernon); Karen Allen, Donald Sutherland and – in one of his earliest roles – Kevin Bacon also are in on the fun. One of the 1978 picture’s most underrated elements is the brilliantly appropriate score by veteran composer Elmer Bernstein. **** (R: AS, N, P, V)

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