Ronald Shusett

‘Total Recall’ (1990) is vintage Verhoeven

Broadly speaking, there are three kinds of Philip K. Dick adaptations: Those that are faithful to his themes while switching the medium to movies (“Blade

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Monster mashup finally arrives with ‘AVP: Alien vs. Predator’ (2004)

The Aughts was a decade when Hollywood stopped making excuses and started delivering movies people had been clamoring for: From “X-Men” to “Spider-Man” to the

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‘Alien’ (1979) sets the monster-flick template, and a high bar

“Prometheus” isn’t a masterpiece, but it’s pretty darn good, and it certainly has me on an “Alien” Universe kick this summer. So here’s the first

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