And then there was an elite adaptation: ‘And Then There Were None’ (2015)
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): Writer Sarah Phelps thrillingly begins her run of attempting to wring more layers out of great Christie novels.
Foreign Films
And then there was an elite adaptation: ‘And Then There Were None’ (2015)
‘The Raid’ (2011) accomplishes its mission and then some
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The Indonesian classic reset the style path for the action genre and is timeless in every way.
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.
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.
Script oddities keep ‘Hokum’ short of ‘Oddity’
Movie review: But McCarthy’s direction and the Irish setting make for impeccable horror sequences.
Mitchum ably fills Marlowe’s gumshoes in ‘Farewell, My Lovely’ (1975), ‘Big Sleep’ (1978)
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie reviews): The first is a stylish, purist classic. The second makes odd choices and never has a chance of competing with Bogart’s version.
‘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.
‘Blood on Satan’s Claw’ (1971) washes off rather easily
Frightening Friday (Movie review): It’s a folk-horror classic in film-nerd circles, but I suspect most viewers will find it slow and cheesy.
Argento still has the giallo knack in ‘Dark Glasses’ (2022)
Frightening Friday (Movie review): It’s a nostalgic throwback more so than something fresh, but we are treated to an unusually robust friendship story.
Argento finally wraps trilogy with ‘Mother of Tears’ (2007)
Frightening Friday (Movie review): This capper to the “Three Mothers” trilogy unfortunately gives way to Aughts trends, but it’s better than no movie at all.