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For years, the regeneration of older men has dominated our screens. Liam Neeson may have become the king of the “geriaction” drama in 2008 with “Taken” (and has had a death grip on the crown, with dozens of other high-octane films since then), but men of a certain age are always being dragged into second and third acts, invariably panting, “I’m getting too old for this,” as they scramble to save the girl/their marriage/the world. As with so many types of roles, it took Hollywood some time before creators and execs realized women could do the same — Jamie Lee Curtis in the 2018 sequel “Halloween,” Michelle Yeoh in an Oscar-winning turn in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Helen

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