‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ (2013) pads out possession story
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Wan and Whannell extend the story, but mainly give us more of what scared us in “Insidious.”
‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ (2013) pads out possession story
‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’ (2022) the ‘Kavalier & Clay’ of video games
Book club book report: Gabrielle Zevin pens an emotional friendship drama while secretly building up the reader’s video-game knowledge.
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.
‘Sparkling Cyanide’ retains glitz, mystery for 1983 TV movie
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): This character-driven Agatha Christie novel smoothly moves four decades forward for a glamorous TV film.
Hall adds more psych-horror to resume with ‘Resurrection’ (2022)
Frightening Friday (Movie review): This is a thinner screenplay than she usually has to work with, but Rebecca Hall keeps it compelling.
In ‘Amityville 4’ (1989), ‘The Evil Escapes’ into a daytime soap
Revisiting Amityville (Movie review): Back in the day, there was a substantial difference between theatrical movies and TV movies. “A4” is a case study.
Poirot time-travels to 1985 for ‘Thirteen at Dinner’
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): Peter Ustinov reprises his role as Poirot, but on a new timeline, in this interesting made-for-TV film.
‘Haunting in Connecticut’ (2009) makes tidy use of cancer parallel
Frightening Friday (Movie review): This proto-“Conjuring” film has good scares, but it’s too slick to be believable as a true story.