‘Honey Don’t’ seemingly doesn’t complete its story
Movie review: Though Coen’s film has appealing pieces, it leaves so many of them unconnected that you’d think this was a TV pilot.
Author: John Hansen
‘Honey Don’t’ seemingly doesn’t complete its story
Saga gets back in the horror mood for ‘Curse of Chucky’ (2013)
‘Child’s Play’ flashback (Movie review): “Chucky” combines with “Conjuring”-era mood-horror for a revitalizing sixth entry.
‘A is for Alibi’ (1982) an amiable start to Kinsey Millhone series
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Not merely a marketing gimmick, Grafton’s series is a mission to launch a mainstream female P.I. It’s successful right away.
Mancini, Tilly do their ‘New Nightmare’ in ‘Seed of Chucky’ (2004)
‘Child’s Play’ flashback (Movie review): The franchise goes full comedy and satire for its fifth entry.
Grisham clunkily comes to big screen with ‘The Firm’ (1993)
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): One of the deepest big-name casts ever assembled ushers the famous novelist to film.
Bertino’s latest ‘knock at the door’ horror is ‘Vicious’-ly boring
Movie review: It’s no fault of Dakota Fanning or even the technical craftsmanship. “Vicious” simply makes no narrative or thematic sense.
‘Bride of Chucky’ (1998) successfully hitches to post-‘Scream’ era
‘Child’s Play’ flashback (Movie review): Mancini and a game cast find the perfect horror-comedy balance in the saga’s fourth installment.
‘Agatha Christie’s Marple’ Season 5 (2010-11) offers something old, something new
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): A Miss Marple short story finally gets adapted, along with two non-Marple novels and one of her standout novels.
Chucky becomes clunky in dour, timid ‘Child’s Play 3’ (1991)
‘Child’s Play’ flashback (Movie review): Though the production values remain high, the storytelling discipline is shoddy in the third Chucky tale.
‘In Cold Blood’ gets colder for Brooks’ 1967 film adaptation
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): In a film that pries into the nature of evil, it’s the lack of a good answer that’s most disturbing.