All 30 of Agatha Christie’s other books, ranked
Book rankings: I search beyond Poirot, Marple and Westmacott for the Queen of Crime’s other gems.
Family Drama
Disasters and family bonds know no language barrier in ‘The Wave’ (2015)
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The eventual director of “Tomb Raider” (2018) delivers a localized but high-stakes tsunami story.
‘Widow’s Bay’ Season 1 is traditional horror with a smirk
TV review: One of the minds behind “Parks and Recreation” delivers the “Twin Peaks” for the 2020s and stays barely on the scary side of the horror-comedy line.
Korean film ‘The Great Flood’ (2025) is genuinely great
Movie review: Kim Byung-woo’s Netflix disaster film hits us with action right away but ends up a moving piece about people.
‘The Mad Wife’ (2025) is a maddeningly flat portrait of Fifties malaise
Book club book report: Meagan Church has little to add about the much-covered topic of midcentury women who feel trapped in a societal box.
‘Executioners’ (1957), ‘Cape Fear’ (1962, 1991) explore limits of modern law
Throwback Thursday (Book and movie reviews): MacDonald’s novel is surprisingly tame, the first movie keeps the censors occupied, and Scorsese’s version finally delivers the shocks.
McKenna-Bruce shines as Bundle in ‘Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials’
TV review: Soaking up the vibe from 100 years ago is the main hook of this Christie adaptation, though the mystery eventually kicks into gear.
‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Season 2 has Monsterverse’s best characters
TV review: Kurt Russell and other skilled actors mesh well with the special effects for a surprisingly engaging expansion of the saga.
‘Volcano’ (1997) not groundbreaking, but it’s a hot time at the movies
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The lava CGI still looks good, and while you might not erupt with applause, you’ll wish all city officials were like Jones and Heche.
‘Undertone’ makes small scares into a big deal
Movie review: This Canadian film gets a lot out of a little, with new angles into supernatural horror and cinematographic cliches.