Michael Crichton only wrote one episode of “ER,” the very first one in 1994. But among all his works of fiction, it’s the biggest window
In “The Hollow” (1946, also known as “Murder After Hours”), Agatha Christie achieves what she couldn’t quite pull off in “Sparkling Cyanide” one year earlier.
“Darkness” (2002, but released in 2004) might’ve been a victim of bad timing. It’s not a widely respected or even remembered film. But a decade
The quartet reunites for “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2” (2008), and looked at through the lens of time, it’s a treasure to have
“Irrational Man” (2015) could be watched in a double-bill with “Joker” (2019). Both feature Joaquin Phoenix as a man who looks at the world through
“Grave Descend” (1970), the seventh of Michael Crichton’s eight John Lange novels, is a tricky one to rate. I read it in two sittings, partly
Just when I think TV is safe for happy shows again, “American Rust” (Sundays, Showtime) comes along and pulls me back into the grim and
“Malignant” (theaters and HBO Max) promises “a new vision of horror,” and while I scoffed the first time I heard that, the film lives up
“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.