‘Clarice’ explores heroine after ‘Silence of the Lambs’
First episode impressions (TV review): In Rebecca Breeds, the casting directors found someone who looks like Foster and Moore morphed together.
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‘Clarice’ explores heroine after ‘Silence of the Lambs’
‘The Legend of Zorro’ (2005) fights for voting rights
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): The second Antonio Banderas “Zorro” film is again a well-crafted mix of history and adventure.
This time it’s personal in ‘Mission: Impossible III’ (2006)
‘M:I’ flashback (Movie review): This time it’s personal for Ethan Hunt as J.J. Abrams takes the saga’s reins.
Dark Spidey duology wraps with ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ (2014)
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): The storytelling web gets convoluted as the dark Spidey duology wraps.
All 6 ‘Mission: Impossible’ films, ranked
Movie rankings: In honor of “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” hitting home rental, here’s my ranking of all six “M:I” movies.
‘Fringe’ Season 1 review
“Fringe” Season 1 (2008-09, Fox), episodes 1-6 – “Fringe” (8 p.m. Tuesdays, Fox) is developing into a cool series.
‘Star Trek: Discovery’ returns franchise to thoughtful sci-fi roots (TV review)
As a franchise, “Star Trek” has boldly gone many places, and not all of them have been good. While the original series is legendary, and “Next Generation” improves on it, things started to fall apart […]
‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ boldly goes … where the saga has already gone before (Movie review)
Like director J.J. Abrams’ 2009 “Star Trek” film, “Star Trek Into Darkness” gets all the Trek-isms correct. Everyone is still spot-on as alternate-universe versions of the iconic characters, Scottie and Chekov have thick accents, there are winks […]
Fond farewell: ‘Fringe’ (TV review)
To me, one of the most exciting things about the end of “Fringe” is that I can now look forward to rewatching the show on DVD someday. For five seasons, I watched every episode as it aired […]
War — what is it good for? A few good plots, at least (TV commentary)
We’re in a curious situation right now where 94 percent of the country supports pro-war presidential candidates yet other polls show that the majority of people are against war (although most of Congress is pro-war). […]