Spielberg taps into an out-of-touch wavelength in ‘Disclosure Day’
Movie review: The director of “Close Encounters” and “E.T.” doesn’t grasp how people gather and parse information in the internet age.
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Spielberg taps into an out-of-touch wavelength in ‘Disclosure Day’
All 10 ‘Planet of the Apes’ movies, ranked
Movie rankings: In addition to being a one-franchise chronicle of breakthroughs in practical and CGI effects, the “Apes” saga entertainingly confronts us with our humanity.
‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ (2001) builds a better Expanded Universe than its tie-in comic
‘Star Wars’ Legends flashback (Game review): Usually you go to tie-in comics for more depth. In this case, the game has the better story.
All 8 ‘Mission: Impossible’ movies, ranked
Movie rankings: For the 30th anniversary, I look back at Tom Cruise’s saga that reinvented the spy-oriented TV series as an action-genre all-timer.
All 24 John Carpenter movies and TV episodes, ranked
Movie and TV list: This master of horror has also directed sci-fi, dark comedy and even a biopic. Here are my rankings of his work.
‘Empire’ (1978) showcases Delany and Chaykin in graphic form
Throwback Thursday (Comic book review): In an early graphic novel, a writer and an illustrator (the latter from Marvel’s “Star Wars”) deliver their “Star Wars” riff.
‘Project Hail Mary’ (2021, 2026), a touchdown in book form, gets hammered into a movie
Book and movie reviews: Faithfulness to the source material, except for the de-emphasis on Andy Weir’s science specifics, saps the magic.
DC Universe’s Supergirl is a hot mess; ‘Supergirl’ 2026 isn’t quite
Movie review: Milly Alcock plays the most troubled Supergirl to grace the screen in a film that tries too hard.
Aletheia Preston shows same penchant for thrills as dad in ‘Paradox’
Book review: Father and daughter team up to continue Douglas Preston’s Cash & Colcord series that started with “Extinction.”
‘Trial of the Incredible Hulk’ (1989) paints the courtroom green
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): The Hulk meets Daredevil in the second of three TV films that followed the hit series.