‘Christmas Evil’s’ (1980) reels should’ve been slashed up
Frightening Friday (Movie review): This film originally titled “You Better Watch Out” bungles its character study of a psycho Santa.
Author: John Hansen
‘Christmas Evil’s’ (1980) reels should’ve been slashed up
‘Go’ back to 1999 for a night of Xennial cool
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Doug Liman shows “Swingers” was no fluke with another core piece of Nineties indie attitude and style.
Trachtenberg expands ‘Predator’ mythos in ‘Killer of Killers’
Movie review: The violent saga goes the animated – but not kid-friendly – route in this triptych that cleverly combines the tales.
‘Freakier Friday’: Some things don’t change with age
Movie review: The game cast and good gags make this sequel worth watching, but unfortunately it has no new insights.
Fantastic ‘F is for Fugitive’ (1989) is far from a failure
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Grafton takes Kinsey up the coast to deliver her best novel since “C is for Corpse.”
‘Hawkeye’ (2021) unleashes Christmas spirit and awesome arrows
Superhero Saturday (TV review): Though Clint Barton never got a solo movie, this six-episode series is an even better deal, as it allows Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld to act.
This time, the ‘Final Girl’ (2015) is fully prepared
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Abigail Breslin won’t be confused with Sylvester Stallone, but Shields constructs a sturdily stylized world.
‘The Package’ (1989) theorizes a thrilling end to the Cold War
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The complex plot might drive off some, but Hackman and Jones make this a stealth alternate Christmas offering.
‘Daredevil’ gets ‘Born Again,’ and he’s not overly Disney-fied
TV review: The lessened fight-choreography budget is a shame, but a lot of what we liked about the Netflix series gets resurrected.
A century of suspense: All 52 Alfred Hitchcock films, ranked
Movie list: One hundred years after his first silent film, we rank the cinematic catalog of the Master of Suspense.