All 8 ‘Mission: Impossible’ movies, ranked
Movie rankings: For the 30th anniversary, I look back at Tom Cruise’s saga that reinvented the spy-oriented TV series as an action-genre all-timer.
‘The Raid’ (2011) accomplishes its mission and then some
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The Indonesian classic reset the style path for the action genre and is timeless in every way.
All 30 of Agatha Christie’s other books, ranked
Book rankings: I search beyond Poirot, Marple and Westmacott for the Queen of Crime’s other gems.
Zimbalist adds vibrant color to ‘Man in the Brown Suit’ (1989)
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): The “Remington Steele” actress is delightful as the first of Christie’s spunky “one and done” heroines, Anne Beddingfeld.
Third time’s charming for ‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?’ (2022)
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): Writer-director-actor Hugh Laurie massively improves upon the two previous adaptations of Christie’s 1934 romance-mystery.
All 16 of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple books, ranked
Book rankings: With a twinkle in my eye, I rank the complete literary canon of the iconic spinster sleuth.
All 40 of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot books, ranked
Book rankings: The novels and short story collections about the brainy Belgian get treated to order and method as I rank them from worst to first.
Disasters and family bonds know no language barrier in ‘The Wave’ (2015)
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The eventual director of “Tomb Raider” (2018) delivers a localized but high-stakes tsunami story.
All 24 John Carpenter movies and TV episodes, ranked
Movie and TV list: This master of horror has also directed sci-fi, dark comedy and even a biopic. Here are my rankings of his work.
Jonsson makes ‘Murder is Easy’ (2023) into an easygoing tale with substance
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): Though faithful to Christie in most ways, the reinvention of Luke Fitzwilliam adds a fresh spin.