‘Kolchak: The Night Stalker’s’ waters deepen with Volume One
‘Kolchak’ flashback (Comic book review): Moonstone brings the reporter back with adaptations of the first movie and a lost episode, plus two originals.
Mystery
‘Kolchak: The Night Stalker’s’ waters deepen with Volume One
Christie makes plotting seem as easy as ‘A.B.C. (Murders)’ (1936)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): For the first time, Poirot encounters a serial killer! And it’s no less compelling than Christie’s traditional puzzles.
‘Murder on the Orient Express’ (1934) a stone-cold classic
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Poirot is in his element like never before or since in this staple of Christie’s oeuvre.
‘Orphan: First Kill’ silly where ‘Orphan’ (2009) is creepy
Movie reviews: The prequel to “Orphan” asks the audience to accept a major “Just Go With It” scenario, and I couldn’t go with it.
‘Third Girl’ (1966) an old-fashioned take on modern times
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Christie (along with Poirot) reluctantly acknowledges that it’s the Sixties, man, in this suspect-loaded mystery.
Murder follows Marple across pond in ‘Caribbean Mystery’ (1964)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): A rare Agatha Christie yarn that crosses the Atlantic, “A Caribbean Mystery” is otherwise reliably basic.
‘Pale Horse’ (1961) adds supernatural spin to mystery
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Agatha Christie taps into the supernatural to a greater degree than most of her novels, and with good effect.
Ryder’s ‘Gone in the Night’ will age well
Movie review: Winona Ryder and Dermot Mulroney display easy likability in this twisty horror film debut from director Eli Horowitz.
‘Triangle’ (2009) untethers us from safety blanket of time
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Melissa George carries us through a fun little mind-tripper that gets swept away in this century of mind-trippers.
Christie schools us in ‘Cat Among the Pigeons’ (1959)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): A girls school provides a great setting and characters as a string of murders threatens to put class out of session for good.