‘Flight Attendant’ Season 2 a stark study of alcoholism
TV review: When she’s not shilling for Smirnoff, Kaley Cuoco plays one-woman cautionary tale Cassie in the wild HBO Max thriller.
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‘Flight Attendant’ Season 2 a stark study of alcoholism
Christie probes personalities in ‘Golden Ball’ (1971)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): “The Golden Ball and Other Stories” is not your typical Christie collection, as she explores people rather than murders.
Taylor-Joy, Goth feature in slow-burn ‘Marrowbone’ (2018)
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Sergio G. Sanchez’s sepia-toned midcentury piece mixes family life and housebound scares.
Christie hones craft in ‘Under Dog and Other Stories’ (1951)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): We go back to the early days of Poirot and Hastings as Agatha Christie irons out her order and method.
‘Night House’ (2021) is magnetic psychological horror
Frightening Friday (Movie review): With Rebecca Hall on board for the upcoming “Resurrection,” here’s a look at one of last year’s best fright flicks.
Miss Marple takes a vacation ‘At Bertram’s Hotel’ (1965)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Marple is oddly disengaged in this crime story, but the slow-starting novel eventually kicks into high gear.
Brainy ‘Severance’ Season 1 comes together by the end
TV review: Too grim off the bat, this sci-fi mind-bender ultimately succeeds with likable heroes and lots of questions to mull over.
‘So Many Steps to Death’ (1954) pulls back Iron Curtain
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Even considering it’s a spy yarn rather than a murder mystery, this is one of Agatha Christie’s most outside-the-box novels.
‘There is a Tide …’ (1948) soaked with good characters, case
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Poirot comes in at the halfway mark, and his insights into people might be more important than his nose for clues.
Branagh delivers lavish adaptations of ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ (2017), ‘Death on the Nile’
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie reviews): Kenneth Branagh makes Poirot into a broad cinematic character. It’s not for purists, but the approach grew on me.