‘Counter-Clock World’ (1967) so absurd that it’s funny
PKD flashback (Book review): This Dick novel is absurdly funny.
PKD flashback (Book review): This Dick novel is absurdly funny.
Mamet Monday (Movie review): “A Life in the Theatre” is an intermittently engaging peek behind the curtain.
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): A better villain and bigger stakes make “Rise of the Silver Surfer” a superior sequel.
TV review: Like a lot of chapter twos, “Roswell” gets darker in its second season. Have Kleenex handy as I run down my rankings of the 21 episodes.
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): “Twister” has a reputation as a dumb movie. But if so, this is glorious, spectacular, thrilling dumbness.
First episode impressions (TV review): Epix tackles the “Batman” butler’s backstory in “Pennyworth.”
PKD flashback (Book review): Dick gains more mainstream attention with “Ubik.”
Mamet Monday (Movie review): Richard Dreyfuss gives a surprisingly sympathetic turn as the famous mob boss in this TV film.
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): This vampire comic adaptation, of all things, becomes Marvel’s first successful big-screen outing.
Movie and TV preview: Here are my thoughts on the five movies and five TV shows of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase Four.