Nancy Holder’s status as an elite Buffyverse author was already secured, but disappointingly – especially considering she’s coming off the outstanding “Queen of the Slayers” (2005) — she wraps up her run with the forgettable “Carnival of Souls” (April 2006). This Season 2-set novel calls to mind John Vornholt’s “Coyote Moon” (1998), which has some […]
Mamet Monday (Book review): Mamet makes a reader work, but it’s worth the effort in this 1920s crime novel.
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): Raimi’s darker yet delightful followup is everything a superhero sequel should be.
It’s accurate to call “Happy Death Day 2U” a dumb movie, and accurate to call it a smart movie. It seems as if Blumhouse studio asked writer-director Christopher Landon (who also directed the 2017 original, from Scott Lobdell’s screenplay) to go hog-wild building on the premise from the first entry, and Landon does just that. […]
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): This Pattinson starrer is a crazy, morbidly funny romp through the city’s mean streets.
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): This is a solid but safe sequel that journeys to Miyagi’s home island.
Movie review: The Wick-versus-the-world showdown is set in this thrilling third chapter.
In the early days of the “Buffy” books, the series released just a handful of Season 1-2 novels before staking out Season 3 as its primary storytelling ground. With the book series still popular enough to stay afloat after the end of the TV series, and with rumblings of Joss Whedon continuing the narrative someday […]
Mamet Monday (Movie review): This film is a smart but depressing meditation on racism, self-worth and the cycle of violence.
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): “Spider-Man” nails the casting and tone for Sam Raimi’s web-crawler origin story.