Stephen King goes into full fantasy adventure mode for “Fairy Tale” (September, hardcover), a 599-page doorstop he wrote during the height of the pandemic, driven
If “Dawson’s Creek” had lasted only through its first 13-episode season (1998, WB), it would be considered an all-time great one-season wonder and would be
Agatha Christie wraps up her six Mary Westmacott books – non-mysteries written under the pseudonym – with “The Burden” (1956 in the UK). It’s not
In the fifth Mary Westmacott novel, “A Daughter’s a Daughter” (1952), Agatha Christie returns to the almost-autobiography format of “Unfinished Portrait,” my pick for the
“Unfinished Portrait” (1934), Agatha Christie’s second Mary Westmacott novel, is a straightforward bildungsroman of Celia going from childhood to a suicide attempt to possible peace
“A Christmas Story Christmas” (HBO Max), the first “A Christmas Story” sequel to see Peter Billingsley return as Ralphie Parker, drops visual references to the
The British horror flick “Await Further Instructions” (2018) builds up a creepy “What’s going on?” vibe as a dysfunctional family and their significant others find
I like watching great movies and TV, but it so happens that a lot of today’s great movies and TV are murder-mysteries and pitch-black comedies.
Most Woody Allen movies are a little cynical about love. As if he’s aiming for his oeuvre to include a film at every point on
As a rule of thumb, I figure religions are neutral forces. Good or evil people will use religion as an outlet for their ingrained good