“Sparkling Cyanide” (1945, also known as “Remembered Death”) was adapted twice into TV movies despite not featuring Poirot or Marple, and it’s easy to see
Between the pandemic and Hollywood’s new way of doing things, summer is no longer the only season that boasts blockbusters. Fall has its share, too.
Although Sarah Michelle Gellar only cameos in the 2006 sequel to “The Grudge,” she doesn’t abandon supernatural thrillers. Further wading into post-“Buffy” waters, she stars
“I’m Reed Fish” (2006) is a weird combination of a personal cheapie with a stellar, marketable cast of actors. A basic sans-serif font introduces the
Chris (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) gives tennis lessons in the opening of “Match Point” (2005), and writer-director Woody Allen proceeds to deliver a master class in
As always, TV is a game of mimicry. So Fall 2021 gives us lots of gritty murder mysteries. And it’s a game of grabbing our
It’s tempting to say “The Andromeda Strain” (1969) is Michael Crichton’s first great novel. Certainly, it’s the first techno-thriller, and the mimicked reportage style influenced
“The Moving Finger” (1943) is not the deepest Agatha Christie novel. But it might intrigue fans of more recent teen fare such as “She’s All
“Only Murders in the Building” (Tuesdays, Hulu) is yet another murder-mystery serial, but it brings its own flavor. Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez
“The Grudge” (2004) opens with a moment that stayed in my mind for 17 years: A young woman (Yoko Maki) peeks into an attic to