If you like your stake medium-well, check out ‘Vampires’ (1998)
Frightening Friday (Movie review): In a decade of bloodsuckers, John Carpenter checks in with his own respectable vampire-Western.
If you like your stake medium-well, check out ‘Vampires’ (1998)
‘Volcano’ (1997) not groundbreaking, but it’s a hot time at the movies
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The lava CGI still looks good, and while you might not erupt with applause, you’ll wish all city officials were like Jones and Heche.
‘Undertone’ makes small scares into a big deal
Movie review: This Canadian film gets a lot out of a little, with new angles into supernatural horror and cinematographic cliches.
‘Darker Than Amber’ (1966, 1970) is first McGee novel to darken screens
Sleuthing Sunday (Book and movie reviews): The plot’s relative simplicity makes it a good choice, and the casting is solid. But MacDonald’s introspection can’t be mimicked.
Horror-comedy ‘Deadstream’ (2022) doesn’t sacrifice scares or laughs
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Joseph Winter’s found-footage parody threads a needle by being funny and spooky in equal measure.
Not the peak of disaster films, ‘Dante’s Peak’ (1997) nonetheless sizzles
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The chemistry between Brosnan and Hamilton is almost as hot as the lava.
‘C.B. Strike’ Seasons 1-6 (2017-24) in no danger of striking out
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): The adaptations – at six seasons and counting – are treats for fans of Rowling’s mystery novels, and “Troubled Blood” even improves on the source material.
Teen thriller ‘Kill Creatures’ (2025) short on killer characters
Book club book report: But Rory Power’s young-adult novel is cleverly structured and could translate nicely to the screen.
Damn, ‘Village of the Damned’ (1995) is bad
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Carpenter made the best horror remake of all time in “The Thing” … and later he made one of the worst.
Report at 11: ‘Broadcast News’ (1987) stands apart with its love triangle
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): This isn’t a big scoop, but yes, “Broadcast News” is among the elite journo films.