Book club book report: Regular socializing might be a bland topic for extroverted readers, and for some introverts, it might be too weighty. It might be just right for others.
Stephen King flashback (Movie review): The horror legends join forces for the only time, in an imperfect but memorable way.
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Lumet’s brilliant boredom-killer both satirizes and educates about the inner workings of a TV network.
‘Dark Angel’ flashback (Book review): After the TV show’s cancellation, this spinoff prequel takes us back in time.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): The second McGee novel especially reveals the secret that these are men’s romance novels.
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Carpenter efficiently packages Seventies paranoia as a prime-time vehicle for Lauren Hutton.
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): In riffing on “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” the late Jim Henson’s studio crafts a deeper character journey.
Movie review: The 73-minute horror film gives a dog’s view of life, and perhaps monsters.
Turtle Tuesday (Comic book review): Under Archie in the 1990s, Clarrain was allowed to tie foreign cultures into his mythology. Viacom isn’t so keen on that.
Mel Brooks Monday (Movie review): Even comedy legends misfire sometimes, as proven in Brooks’ centuries-spanning collection of sketches.