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‘Hannibal Rising’ (2006) makes Lecter sympathetic

To mark the 40th anniversary of author Thomas Harris’ invention of Hannibal Lecter and the 30th anniversary of “The Silence of the Lambs” – the

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‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2 (2016) mulls moral costs

With AMC’s “Breaking Bad” spinoff “Better Call Saul” set to air its sixth and final season later this year, we’re looking back at the first

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Hughes’ ‘Baby’s Day Out’ (1994) crazily mixes tones

Admittedly, I don’t watch a ton of movies with a baby in the lead role, but I gotta assume “Baby’s Day Out” (1994) – despite

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Preston, Spezi probe ‘Monster of Florence’ (2008)

We think of Douglas Preston as a best-selling thriller novelist, but his roots are in journalism, and he is still a practicing journalist. His earliest

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‘Mystery of the Blue Train’ (1928) stays on rails

After the misfire of “The Big Four,” Agatha Christie gets her groove back one year later with “The Mystery of the Blue Train” (1928). It

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‘Superheroes Decoded’ (2017) a definitive documentary

“Superheroes Decoded,” a two-episode History Channel documentary from 2017, isn’t what I thought it would be. But it turns out to something good: The definitive

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Lecter gets worldly in Harris’ ‘Hannibal’ (1999)

To mark the 40th anniversary of author Thomas Harris’ invention of Hannibal Lecter and the 30th anniversary of “The Silence of the Lambs” – the

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‘Firefly: Watch How I Soar’ a flighty nod to Wash

A decade ago, Dark Horse gave us the previously secret backstory of Book in one volume, “The Shepherd’s Tale.” Now we get a similarly classy

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‘Better Call Saul’ Season 1 (2015) introduces our favorite lawyer

With AMC’s “Breaking Bad” spinoff “Better Call Saul” set to air its sixth and final season later this year, we’re looking back at the first

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‘Dennis the Menace’ (1993) watchable, ‘Flubber’ (1997) awful

When committing to do a series reviewing every entry in a writer’s catalog, I know there are gonna be some duds to slog through, and

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