Townball love letter ‘Eephus’ (2025) is low and outside
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): We can see what this film could’ve been, but it’s too minor-league to reach its potential.
Townball love letter ‘Eephus’ (2025) is low and outside
It’s shark week in the panels of ‘TMNT Adventures,’ ‘Mighty Mutanimals’ (1992-93)
Turtle Tuesday (Comic book reviews): The introduction of Armaggon, a land shark from the future, spices up titles that had been lagging. I review “Adventures” 38-45 and “Mutanimals” 6-9.
Pearse’s ‘The Sanatorium’ (2021) isn’t all there, mentally
Book club book report: The setting of a hotel carved out of a sanatorium should be evocative, but it’s written flat enough for cross-country skiing.
‘Passing of Mr. Quinn’ (1928) a fascinating resurrection of the past
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Reprinted in 2018, the only novelization of an Agatha Christie movie is fascinating and bizarrely readable.
‘Agatha Christie Hour’ (1982) delightfully adapts romantic adventures
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): In particular, the too-short series demonstrates how well Parker Pyne plays on television.
TV special ‘Punisher: One Last Kill’ like a mini-‘Raid’ movie
TV review: Though the story has nothing to do with the “Daredevil: Born Again” narrative, it serves as a quick and brutal character profile.
All 8 ‘Omen’ movies and TV shows, ranked
Movie and TV rankings: For the saga’s 50th anniversary, RFMC looks back at the 666 … I mean, eight … entries of the “Omen” saga on screen.
‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 reclaims 2010s heights with a 2020s tale
TV review: As we follow a downscaled parallel to Trump’s America, the character arcs and improved fight scenes make “Daredevil” great again.
Americans lost in a Malaysian jungle: They’re ‘Four Frightened People’ (1934)
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Its humor misfires and its stereotypes are tiresome. But Colbert has fiery charisma and pre-statehood Hawaii is beautiful.
‘Ordeal by Innocence’ (2018) is Christie by way of ‘Gossip Girl’
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): Though it has no likeable characters, it’s still engrossing to sort through the upper-crust grime to find the killer.