“Looker” (1981) is my second-favorite among writer-director Michael Crichton’s futuristic films, trailing “Coma” (which only gets futuristic in the final act) but coming in ahead
Both “Blade Runner” and comic books have drastically increased in prestige since 1982. When I consider the two-issue movie adaptation (October-November 1982) today, I think
Other than “Blade Runner,” “Total Recall” not surprisingly has the most presence on the comic book racks among Philip K. Dick-inspired franchises. First was the
Michael Crichton left us with one last grand mystery upon his passing. We know he wrote “over a third” of “Micro” (2011) before he died,
Of 2021’s four Marvel Cinematic Universe films, “Eternals” is the most intellectual but the least fun. “Black Widow,” “Shang-Chi” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home” are
I described Michael Crichton’s “A Case of Need” (1968, written under the name Jeffery Hudson) as a hardboiled medical mystery. But there’s the book version
“Peacemaker” (Thursdays, HBO Max), the first DC Extended Universe TV series, rehabilitates the title character, the least likable member of last year’s “The Suicide Squad.”
“Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep: Dust to Dust” (2010, Boom! Studios), an eight-issue prequel to Philip K. Dick’s novel (which was being adapted word-for-word
“Dealing, or The Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues” (1970) is Michael Crichton’s only collaborative novel (not counting the posthumous “Micro”), written with his brother Douglas (1948-2012)
The marketing approach and selected quotes about the “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” comic adaptation (2009-11, Boom! Studios) is all wrong. The Village Voice