- John Hansen
- May 1, 2022
‘There is a Tide …’ (1948) soaked with good characters, case
“There is a Tide …” (1948, also published as “Taken at the Flood”) is one of those Agatha Christie novels where you close it and
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- John Hansen
- April 29, 2022
‘Evil’ Season 2 (2021) down-to-earth and deliciously demonic
TV Guide used to run an annual “The Best Show You’re Not Watching” feature. It doesn’t apply in this age of streaming because the viewing
- John Hansen
- April 24, 2022
Branagh delivers lavish adaptations of ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ (2017), ‘Death on the Nile’
Kenneth Branagh’s Hercule Poirot isn’t Agatha Christie’s Poirot nor David Suchet’s Poirot; indeed, he’s not a lot of fans’ Poirot. However, if you’re gonna yet
- John Hansen
- April 22, 2022
‘Firestarter’ (1980) burns its characters into our minds
Stephen King’s direct connection to “The X-Files” consists of only one episode he co-wrote, Season 5’s “Chinga.” But his 1980 novel “Firestarter” is a precursor
- John Hansen
- April 20, 2022
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ needed another editing pass
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” needn’t be as overwhelming as its title suggests. The writing/directing duo of Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert invent a multiverse
- John Hansen
- April 19, 2022
Preston, Child dig up Roswell incident in ‘Diablo Mesa’
Writing a book about the Roswell crash mystery is a tall order because it’s been done so many times before. On the other hand, it’s
- John Hansen
- April 17, 2022
Spy-murder mashup ‘The Clocks’ (1963) is worth your time
“The Clocks” (1963) is a fun and entertaining late-career novel for Poirot, although he isn’t introduced until halfway through the events. He solves the case
- John Hansen
- April 15, 2022
‘A Return to Salem’s Lot’ (1987) a sequel that sucks
“A Return to Salem’s Lot” (1987) – the movie sequel to the 1979 TV miniseries – represents the perils of selling cinematic rights to your
- John Hansen
- April 10, 2022
Christie, Marple still sharp in ‘The Mirror Crack’d’ (1962)
“The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side” (1962) has nothing to do with a mirror (the line comes from a Tennyson poem), but it’s about
- John Hansen
- April 8, 2022
‘Salem’s Lot’ miniseries (1979) sucks life out of King’s book
Miniseries based on Stephen King works used to be great ways to get safe scares in the comfort of your living room, with the whole