‘The Amityville Curse’ (1990) seeks its haunts from another house
Revisiting Amityville (Movie review): The saga’s direct-to-video era begins with respectable production values but an underachieving story.
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‘The Amityville Curse’ (1990) seeks its haunts from another house
PKD’s ‘Breakfast at Twilight’ expands into ‘Nuclear Family’ (2021)
PKD flashback (Comic book review): The five-issue series expands on PKD’s short story in the same way TV’s “Man in the High Castle” builds a world from the novel.
‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?’ (1980) is long, but has great lead duo
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): As with the book, the two lead amateur sleuths keep this overly complex plot fairly engaging.
A neurotic half-century: Every Woody Allen film, ranked
Movie list: I’ve obsessively made my list and checked it twice, and now I need counseling. Here are my rankings of Woody Allen’s films.
‘Sparkling Cyanide’ retains glitz, mystery for 1983 TV movie
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): This character-driven Agatha Christie novel smoothly moves four decades forward for a glamorous TV film.
Hall adds more psych-horror to resume with ‘Resurrection’ (2022)
Frightening Friday (Movie review): This is a thinner screenplay than she usually has to work with, but Rebecca Hall keeps it compelling.
Poirot time-travels to 1985 for ‘Thirteen at Dinner’
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): Peter Ustinov reprises his role as Poirot, but on a new timeline, in this interesting made-for-TV film.
‘Endless Night’ gets made into sneaky great 1972 film
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): Christie’s tricky-to-adapt 1967 gem makes an impressive transition to film, with surprises intact.
‘Death on the Nile’ (1978) faithfully and lavishly adapts Christie’s gem
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): Peter Ustinov gets a bit closer to Poirot than Albert Finney did, and the film stays true to the brilliant plot.
‘Cruel Summer’ Season 2 offers new timeline-hopping mysteries
First episode impressions (TV review): A new cast and story take up the baton of this soapy but discussion-worthy summer mystery.