Valerian and Laureline start on new path with ‘Where Stories Are Born’ (2022)
Comic book review: “Valerian and Laureline” starts the post-Mezieres era with a suitably fun and ridiculously complex tale from Christin.
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Valerian and Laureline start on new path with ‘Where Stories Are Born’ (2022)
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.
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.
A panic on our hands on the Fourth of July: The 10 best shark horror movies
Movie list: From underrated to obvious, from fun romps to artistic gems, here are RFMC’s picks for the 10 elite films in the subgenre of shark horror.
All 35 of Philip K. Dick’s science fiction novels, ranked
Book list: I rank all 35 science fiction novels by an author increasingly appreciated for his on-point and humorous previews of 21st century life.
Visions of the future: All 12 Philip K. Dick movies, ranked
Movie list: For RFMC’s 3,000th post, we rank the films directly adapted from a novel or short story by visionary author Philip K. Dick.
‘Blade Runner: Origins’ (2021-22) wraps by commenting on inner-city plight
PKD flashback (Comic book review): In Volumes 2 and 3, the writers use an alternate 2009 to explore issues of the real 21st century.
The hauntings of Mike Flanagan: All 13 of his films and TV shows, ranked
Movie and TV list: Here are my rankings of this modern horror master’s works on the big and small screens so far.
The good times and the bad: All 10 ‘Fast & Furious’ movies, ranked
Movie list: With “Fast X” fast approaching, we look back at the nine proper films and one spinoff of the Vin Diesel-powered “Fast & Furious” saga.
In ‘2029: Redemption’ (2022), has the ‘Blade Runner’ saga reached the singularity?
PKD flashback (Comic book review): In the third and final volume of the “2029” saga, it’s getting very hard to tell humans and replicants apart.