Mystery

Merrin meets Pazuzu in ‘Exorcist: The Beginning’ (2004)

It’s an excellent month for an exorcism. From Oct. 21-31, I’m looking back at the five films of “The Exorcist” series as we celebrate Spooky

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Blatty’s ‘Exorcist III’ (1990) is meditative, moody

It’s an excellent month for an exorcism. From Oct. 21-31, I’m looking back at the five films of “The Exorcist” series as we celebrate Spooky

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‘Thunderhead’ (1999) shows thrills, scares of the West

Archaeologist Nora Kelly enters the pantheon of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s heroes in “Thunderhead” (1999), an early and still great example of their Southwestern

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‘Turning’ is a flatter James adaptation than ‘Bly Manor’

For a novella published in 1898, Henry James’ “The Turn of the Screw” is having a boffo 2020. The Netflix miniseries “The Haunting of Bly

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‘Riptide’ (1998) an early Preston & Child treasure

“Riptide” (1998) is one of the few Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child books to not feature characters who appear elsewhere, but it shouldn’t be overlooked.

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‘New Nightmare’ (1994) has great concept, poor execution

From Sept. 18-Oct. 16, we’re looking back at the nine films of the “Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise. Next up is the seventh film, “Wes

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‘Away’ a flighty drama about work-life balance

With many shows releasing entire seasons at once nowadays, I haven’t had time to watch full seasons yet, but I have checked out some first

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‘Bad Times at the El Royale’ reviews

Shaune’s “Bad Times at the El Royale” review, Jan. 8, 2019 John’s “Bad Times at the El Royale” flashback review, Sept. 24, 2020

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‘Bad Times at the El Royale’ (2018) are had by all

Having proven himself in the Joss Whedon school (“Buffy,” “Angel”) and with crowd-pleasers (“The Martian”), writer-director Drew Goddard tries his hand at a Quentin Tarantino-style

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‘The Third Day’ miniseries starts out weird, mysterious

If “The Third Day” (Mondays, HBO) was an open-ended series, I’d bow out after this first episode, cuz ain’t nobody got time fo’ a “Lost”-ian

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