Frightening Friday (Movie review): Just because Cronenberg’s film is many people’s introduction to body horror doesn’t mean he eases you into the subgenre.
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The Gene Hackman-starring, Irwin Allen-produced film influenced the next wave of ocean-based disaster movies.
Movie review: The retro-futurism production design is on point, and so is the acting, but the story is overblown and flat.
TV review: Never losing sight of his makeshift family, Gunn also uses multiverse portals to indicate how the DCU is both a continuation and a fresh start.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): The fifth Kinsey Millhone novel is a plate of Christmas cookies when it could’ve been a satisfying feast.
Movie review: The saga’s emphasis on the investigators rather than the documented case is starting to become a bit much in the fourth entry.
Stephen King flashback (Movie review): Although the sequel has strong enough acting and direction to not be labeled a Loser, something is missing.
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Standout turns by Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx make a relatively small, inconsequentially plotted film into a big deal.
Preston & Child flashback (Book review): Thirteen of Douglas Preston’s best nonfiction writings are gathered together.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Kinsey Millhone probes the down-and-out of Santa Teresa in her fourth alphabetical adventure.