‘8-Bit Christmas’ joins pantheon of holiday classics
Movie review: “8-Bit Christmas” has nostalgia for 1988, but it remembers family and classmates as much as it remembers Trapper Keepers and Nintendos.
‘8-Bit Christmas’ joins pantheon of holiday classics
Matrix reboots for thrilling remix ‘Matrix Resurrections’
Movie review: Among the last decade’s spate of nostalgic reboots, a new “Matrix” film is perhaps the most appropriate. It’s also one of the best.
‘Night Before,’ (2015), ‘Office Christmas Party’ (2016) offer holiday chuckles
Throwback Thursday (Movie reviews): “The Night Before” and “Office Christmas Party” make for a solid double bill of modern Christmastime comedy.
‘Melinda and Melinda’ (2004) explores comedy-tragedy line
Woody Wednesday (Movie review): The interspersed stories don’t strike a viewer with bold conclusions. But the film has subtle appeal.
‘Till Death’ can’t escape the ole ball and chain
Movie review: This horror-thriller is served well by its minimalism, not so much by its reductionism as it comments on the inertia of awful marriages.
Crichton previews ‘24’ in last Lange book, ‘Binary’ (1972)
Michael Crichton Monday (Book review): If you want to know where “24’s” creators (maybe) got their ideas, check out the eighth John Lange novel.
‘4:50 from Paddington’ (1957) a padded Christie whodunit
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): The reliable whodunit elements are in place, but this Christmas-set tale is unusually cold – not always in a good way.
‘Black Christmas’ (2019) gets woke for its latest update
Frightening Friday (Movie review): The third version of “Black Christmas” explores themes of its time and boasts a great lead heroine.
‘Take the Money and Run’ (1969) puts Allen on laugh radar
Woody Wednesday (Movie review): “Take the Money and Run” uses jokes Allen would repurpose for later classics. But maybe this one is a classic too.
Craig’s Bond bows out with uneven ‘No Time to Die’
Movie review: “No Time to Die” is a little better than 2015’s “Spectre,” but the best of the Craig Bonds remain in the past.