Lost in the 1999 bin, ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’ skewers teen pageants
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): This funny film is among Kirsten Dunst’s ladder-climbing turns as she plays a dim but likable contestant.
Lost in the 1999 bin, ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’ skewers teen pageants
‘Amityville 3-D’ (1983) could’ve used more dimension in its storytelling
Revisiting Amityville (Movie review): This is a respectable capper to the original “Amityville” trilogy, but it’s the weakest of those three films.
‘Endless Night’ gets made into sneaky great 1972 film
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): Christie’s tricky-to-adapt 1967 gem makes an impressive transition to film, with surprises intact.
‘The Boogeyman’ an all-too-familiar take on a familiar childhood fear
Movie review: It’s not bad for a young writer’s short story, but there’s not enough substance to justify a feature-length film.
‘Poltergeist’ (1982) the most huggable haunted-house movie ever
Frightening Friday (Movie review): It’s not scary by adult standards, but the special effects are great in this film that came out one week before “E.T.”
‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ goes out in a big (and long) way
Movie review: Although the film is ridiculously long, it’s hard to say time is wasted when so much of the stunt-laden “Wick 4” is technically great.
‘Amityville II: The Possession’ (1982) isn’t a prequel, it’s a sequel
Revisiting Amityville (Movie review): And it’s actually a pretty good follow-up to “The Amityville Horror,” despite the confusing marketing.
All 9 of Philip K. Dick’s non-SF novels, ranked
Book list: Despite being rejected by publishers in their time, Dick’s nine non-science fiction novels are worth celebrating as character-driven time capsules.
‘Death on the Nile’ (1978) faithfully and lavishly adapts Christie’s gem
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): Peter Ustinov gets a bit closer to Poirot than Albert Finney did, and the film stays true to the brilliant plot.
Warren case ‘The Haunted’ (1991) is a proto-‘Conjuring’
Frightening Friday (Movie review): This film featuring demonologists the Warrens is like “The Conjuring” in plot, not in mood.