‘The Abyss’ (1989) a timeless underwater odyssey

Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Overlooked compared to other Cameron films, “The Abyss” ranks among the great underwater SF epics.

‘Becky’ a taut, woodsy home invasion thriller

Movie review: Lulu Wilson shows her acting chops and Kevin James shows his range in this outdoorsy horror answer to “Home Alone.”

Hughes Day Tuesday (Movie review): Deutch, Hughes, Aykroyd and Candy join forces for a simple but hilarious tale of family vacation foibles.

Movie review: Ben Affleck excels in this simple but powerful story of an alcohol addict finding redemption as a basketball coach.

PKD flashback (Book review): Dick launches his thematic police state/drug war trilogy in thoughtful and entertaining fashion.

Blogging ‘Bad’ (TV review): The most memorable moral dilemmas crop up for Walter and Jesse in the third season of Gilligan’s series.

Superhero Saturday (Movie review): Although this bizarre “Batman” spinoff is as bad as you’ve heard, Halle Berry shouldn’t be blamed.

Frightening Friday (Movie review): Carpenter’s alien-infiltration metaphor is so thinly veiled it’s hardly a metaphor at all.

Throwback Thursday (Movie review): John Carpenter essentially remakes “Escape from New York” 15 years later, but with more humor.

Hughes Day Tuesday (Movie review): The Griswold family saga shows it can be funny without John Hughes in this fourth entry.