Mystery

‘Scream 2’ (1997) skewers sequels in sharp followup

For Spooky Month here at Reviews from My Couch, we’re looking at the four movies of the “Scream” saga over four Thursdays. Next up is “Scream

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‘Scream’ (1996) makes slasher horror cool again

For Spooky Month here at Reviews from My Couch, we’re looking at the four movies of the “Scream” saga over the next four Thursdays. First

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‘Unbelievable’ takes advantage of binge format to tell a gripping, personal story of a landmark serial rape case (TV review)

When TV scholars look back years from now at trends in storytelling structure, I suspect “Unbelievable” (Netflix) will be seen as a pivotal show. The

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First episode impressions: ‘Emergence’ (TV review)

The pilot episode of “Emergence” (Tuesdays, ABC) is a crisply crafted hour of TV that would set the stage for an excellent series in an

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First episode impressions: ‘Prodigal Son’ (TV review)

“Prodigal Son” (Mondays, Fox) does a lot of things right, but they are the same things a lot of other shows have done right. This

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‘Veronica Mars’ becomes great character piece in Season 4

“Veronica Mars” Season 4 (July, Hulu) had me so deeply invested in the people more so than the mystery – and it’s still a top-shelf

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‘True Detective’ Season 1 (2014) an elite short-form mystery

Even in a decade that has seen many elite examples of the short-form detective series – from “Fargo” to “Sharp Objects,” from “The Killing” to

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A second opinion: ‘Us’ is a boring piece of beautiful arthouse horror (Movie review)

Writer-director Jordan Peele’s “Us” reminds me of Alex Garland’s “Annihilation” (2018). Both are followups to a breakthrough piece of chilling sci-fi/horror that I and everybody

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First episode impressions: ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2 (TV review)

If the first episode is any indication, “Big Little Lies’ ” second season (9 p.m. Eastern Sundays on HBO) lacks the zest of the first

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‘Slasher’ Season 3 cracks code on slasher TV narrative

As “Harper’s Island,” “Dead of Summer,” “Scream” and other slasher TV series have found, this medium can’t escape the law of diminishing returns the way

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