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By Sheri Linden

A canceled TV show is reborn on the big screen in Joss Whedon's feature debut, "Serenity", an appealingly low-rent, if not earth-shattering, 26th century "Star Wars" with faint glimmers of "Blade Runner", "Buckaroo Banzai" and "The Manchurian Candidate" for good measure.

Whedon's series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" have inspired die-hard devotion... Read the full review and more at hollywoodreporter.com.

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