‘Blue Crush’ (2002) battles breakers to become memorable
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Revisiting “Blue Crush” 20 years later, this blend of career dreams and romantic hopes stays on its board.
‘Blue Crush’ (2002) battles breakers to become memorable
‘Deep Blue Sea 3’ (2020) wises up to cap smart-shark trilogy
Toothy Tuesday (Movie review): After the awful second film, “DBS3” is surprisingly good, with likable characters and an evocative abandoned village.
‘Camp Cretaceous’ Season 5 is Spielbergian, Crichtonian, great
TV review: The “Jurassic World” cartoon nicely wraps its exploration of makeshift family and animal rights … with a dino battle royale.
Christie schools us in ‘Cat Among the Pigeons’ (1959)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): A girls school provides a great setting and characters as a string of murders threatens to put class out of session for good.
‘Exorcism of Emily Rose’ (2005) puts Derrickson on map
Frightening Friday (Movie review): The “Black Phone” helmer launched his career with one of the scariest courtroom dramas ever made.
‘American Underdog’ (2021) gets at heart of Kurt Warner
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Its portrayal of Iowa is a misfire, but this biopic is an uplifting tale of the undrafted QB achieving his dream.
‘Bait’ (2012) plants hook of grocery-store shark horror
Toothy Tuesday (Movie review): Experience in “H2O: Just Add Water” might not be enough to help Phoebe Tonkin and Cariba Heine in this Aussie thriller.
‘Hickory Dickory Death’ (1955) has diverse array of suspects
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Christie uses a younger-than-usual cast to go through her usual, but enjoyable, mystery-building motions.
‘Black Water’ films (2007, 2020) are a croc (in a good way)
Frightening Friday (Movie reviews): Andrew Traucki put his name on the map with a soggy fear flick then followed it with a cave-dwelling sequel.
‘Soul Surfer’ (2011) is Hamilton’s tale of true inspiration
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): This story of the teenage surfer who lost an arm but not her lifestyle hangs 10 in delivering both tears and smiles.