First, the elephant in the room. “Buffy: In Every Generation” (January, hardcover) takes place in an alternate timeline – in almost-present day, but with “Angel”
“Blade Runner 2019: Volume 2 – Off-World” (2019-20, collecting Issues 5-8) marks many readers’ first experience of the colony worlds of the proper Philip K.
“Rising Sun” is the most quickly turned-around Michael Crichton adaptation since “Binary”/ “Pursuit,” with a 1993 film following the 1992 novel. Although it’s by far
“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” (2021) is the best of the three sequels. That’s a low bar to clear, but it’s also a reasonably impressive achievement. The original
“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