Ullman, Allen conspire in amusing ‘Small Time Crooks’ (2000)
Woody Wednesday (Movie review): Allen nicely pairs with fellow comedian-actor Tracey Ullman in an endearing rags-to-riches trifle.
Author: John Hansen
Ullman, Allen conspire in amusing ‘Small Time Crooks’ (2000)
Creepy new dino highlights ‘Camp Cretaceous’ Season 3
TV review: The Scorpius rex steals the show, but “Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous” Season 3 is a winner all around.
‘Rising Sun’ (1992) makes trade pacts thrilling
Michael Crichton Monday (Book review): Crichton mixes a hardboiled murder mystery with Japanese corporate intrigue. It’s outdated but engrossing.
Snyder back in zombie zone in ‘Army of the Dead’
Movie review: Zack Snyder’s “Army of the Dead” is a confident mix of charismatic characters and zombie-killing action.
Poirot all business in ‘Murder in Mesopotamia’ (1936)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): You could hand this Agatha Christie novel to a newbie and say “This is the template for a Poirot mystery.”
‘Event Horizon’ (1997) remains a creepy cult classic
Frightening Friday (Movie review): It might not be the “scariest movie you’ll ever see.” But “Event Horizon” is deserving of its cult status.
‘Contact’ (1997, 1985) makes science accessible, lovely
Throwback Thursday (Movie, book reviews): In the late-1990s gamut of space-visitor movies, “Contact” is the mainstream one – in a good way.
‘Radio Days’ (1987) a trip back to medium’s heyday
Woody Wednesday (Movie review): Understated yet deftly crafted, Allen’s film gives us a good grounding in the ubiquity of radio in the 1930s and ’40s.
Crichton’s career stealthily begins with ‘Odds On’ (1966)
Michael Crichton Monday (Book review): The layperson knows his first novel as “The Andromeda Strain,” but it was actually “Odds On.”
Poirot airs his theories in ‘Death in the Clouds’ (1935)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Agatha Christie tries a new riff on the closed-room mystery with a closed-cabin mystery.