It’s been said the biggest sin in an actress’ career is turning 40. But there are exceptions where a 40-plus actress gets an amazing role.
“Yellowjackets” (Sundays, Showtime, with the first episode free to everyone) has one of the best trailers of the Fall TV season. The idea of a
Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part One” (HBO Max), adapting the start of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel, is more like homework than entertainment. But it’s not entirely
“Next” (2006) is Michael Crichton’s most experimentally structured novel, which is appropriate because it’s about genetic experimentation. It has no A-plot, but is instead a
Fans who delight in Agatha Christie’s internal tropes will love “Funerals are Fatal” (1953, a.k.a. “After the Funeral”). It’s a page-turner with a family full
I almost laugh every time “Brahms: The Boy II” (2020) focuses in on the facial expression of the titular doll that’s supposedly terrorizing English-American couple
“Harvard Man” (2001) seems in a rush to get over, yet it’s also oddly slow-moving. I think there’s a good film in here somewhere –
Music and visual style are backdrops to the great Woody Allen films, but I notice them more in the weaker ones. “The Curse of the
The John Lange books continue to read like practice novels for Michael Crichton as we arrive at the fourth entry, “Zero Cool” (1969). It came
Agatha Christie was fascinated by the supernatural and paranormal – or at least the possibility thereof. But because her genre short stories are peppered across