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Seven

‘Seven’ (1995) is Fincher’s dirty, gorgeous masterpiece

As brutal as “Seven’s” (1995) subject is, you’d think it’d have no chance of ranking in IMDb’s all-time top 20. But that goes to show

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Interiors

Allen shows serious side in ‘Interiors’ (1978)

“Interiors” (1978) is a rare Woody Allen film where I wouldn’t know it’s an Allen film if I went in cold and skipped the opening

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Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Season 2

‘Camp Cretaceous’ Season 2 mixes dino action, mystery

“Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous” Season 2, which snuck onto Netflix in January like a velociraptor sneaking into a kitchen, continues to do what Season 1

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The Andromeda Strain

‘Andromeda Strain’ movie (1971) seems longer than TV miniseries (2008)

I think of the 21st century – starting with 2001’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” – as the era of faithful book-to-film adaptations. But they

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The Man in the Brown Suit

Christie explores globe in ‘Man in the Brown Suit’ (1924)

Agatha Christie was very interested in large-scale international crime early in her career before she toned things down and found a groove with the Poirot

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ (1974) a prime cut of horror

“The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” (1974) is perhaps the first slasher film, or at least a proto-slasher, depending on how you reckon it. Marilyn Burns,

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Big Little Lies

Great actresses carry ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2 (2019)

After HBO’s “Big Little Lies” Season 1 became one of the best shows of 2017, it returned in 2019 with a Season 2. The whole story

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Love and Death

‘Love and Death’ (1975) skewers Russian tragedies

Appearing to be dour and grim in the fashion of Russian tragedies, “Love and Death” (1975) wasn’t at the top of my stack of Woody

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Cities of Gold Talking to the Ground

‘Cities of Gold’ (1992), ‘Talking to the Ground’ (1995) explore West

Douglas Preston, whose book career began with 1986’s “Dinosaurs in the Attic,” makes a leap in writing quality and, more strikingly, the lengths he will

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Coming 2 America

‘Coming 2 America’ has more enthusiasm than inspiration

Thirty-three years after “Coming to America,” Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley and nonagenarian James Earl Jones still look great. But writers Barry W. Blaustein

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