Sleuthing Sunday (Book and movie reviews): Benjamin Black pens an elite pastiche novel, but the adaptation continues filmdom’s weird obsession with older Marlowes.
TV review: One of the minds behind “Parks and Recreation” delivers the “Twin Peaks” for the 2020s and stays barely on the scary side of the horror-comedy line.
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): The Hulk meets Daredevil in the second of three TV films that followed the hit series.
Movie review: Kim Byung-woo’s Netflix disaster film hits us with action right away but ends up a moving piece about people.
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Known for popularizing the sport, the film also stands as an understated yet brutally tragic romance.
Book review: Preston & Child deliver their first Pendergast prequel, and reveal he’s always been who he is. But would we have it any other way?
Mel Brooks Monday (Movie review): The director’s sophomore effort, a historical comedy, fortunately represents a path mostly not taken in his career.
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): Caan’s gumshoe is a workaholic approaching retirement age more so than someone navigating a work-marriage balance.
First episode impressions (TV review): The third adaptation of John D. MacDonald’s novel is poised to go into even darker corners than before.
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Jim Henson’s creations go to the big city in a fun musical that could stand to have more music.