‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): The second season of the Laird-overseen series faithfully adapts the Triceraton-Fugitoid arc, and gives surprising backstories to Shredder and Splinter.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): If you want layers beyond the pure mystery puzzle, you might find the sixth Wimsey novel to be a slog.
Movie review: The franchise’s branches intertwine, but without the humor of “Cobra Kai,” this sixth film packs little punch.
Frightening Friday (Movie review): This sub-“Alien” creature feature should theoretically go extinct, but it’s weirdly watchable.
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Though the film took a while to be widely appreciated, the Seventies nostalgia of Nineties cinema starts here.
‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): Peter Laird is proud of this cartoon. Should fans be also? Let’s review the opening 26 episodes.
Movie review: Thatcher is great in a darkly winking thriller about budding mistrust at a lake retreat. After the spoiler warning, I share thoughts on the marketing.
Book club book report: There’s safety in magical cliches, but not in risky romance; the latter thread is the only reason to read the book.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Not as accessible as the Marlowe novels, this collection is worth reading for Chandler’s titular essay.
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Slathered with trope-building sequences and sub-Hitchcockian suspense, Zito’s film nonetheless has a shlocky pull.