Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): One of the most successful authors inspired by Chandler gets his own crack at Marlowe by finishing “The Poodle Springs Story.”
First episode impressions (TV review): But Owen Wilson and Marc Maron help raise the sometimes subpar writing.
Frightening Friday (Movie review): But later works would put his style innovations to scarier use than this procedural murder plot.
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Among Nineties slacker classics, this coming-of-ager is relatively tame and flat through today’s lens.
Wilder Wednesday (Movie review): Sure, there’s Lemmon and Matthau, but in this case I’m referring to the writing team of Wilder and Diamond.
First episode impressions (TV review): Check into this out-of-the-way spot for familiar scares, gore and guessing games.
‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): Even without Channel Six’s and Krang’s gangs, the show becomes well-animated in both senses of the word.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Though it’s the slightest Marlowe novel, it still gives us the goods we’ve come to expect.
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Though it lacks the intense scares of pure slashers, this film’s mystery hits on a psychological level.
Movie review: For viewers not concerned with plot and theme, the film delivers spectacular action … eventually.