‘Friday the 13th’ (1980) crystalizes lakeside horror
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Cunningham’s film draws from the slasher films before it but comes upon something fresh with the summer camp setting.
‘Friday the 13th’ (1980) crystalizes lakeside horror
‘Outbreak’ (1995) is old-fashioned but thrilling
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Until its silly ending, “Outbreak” is a thrilling, old-fashioned disaster flick.
PKD wraps non-SF stretch with ‘Humpty Dumpty in Oakland’ (1986)
PKD flashback (Book review): PKD’s last-written Bay Area realist novel is also among his best.
The top 20 ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Angel’ books
Book list: John picks the 20 elite “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel” novels out of the nearly 100 spinoff books published since 1997.
‘The Rocketeer’ (1991) has a blast with 1930s nostalgia
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): “The Rocketeer” is the best of the 1990s boom of 1930s nostalgia.
‘Annabelle Comes Home’ brings back Warrens, not scares
Movie review: Although the Warrens briefly return and Mckenna Grace is good as the daughter, this third “Annabelle” film is rather tame.
‘Last Boy Scout’ (1991) has classic one-liners, can’t sustain momentum
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): It gets silly toward the end, but the Shane Black screenplay makes this film fun to watch.
‘Jojo Rabbit’ the cutest-ever film about a Hitler-loving kid
Movie review: Writer-director-actor Taika Waititi finds humor from an unusual place.
‘Total Recall’ gets a more grounded, less comedic remake in 2012
PKD flashback (Movie review): It’s a minority opinion, but I like this “Total Recall” better than the original.
‘All the Bright Places’ a not-too-annoying Gen-Z romance
Movie review: Elle Fanning stars in a refreshingly not-annoying Gen-Z teen romance.