Science Fiction

‘Cry of Thunder’ (2008) has Holmes, Kolchak … and messy plot 

“Sherlock Holmes and Kolchak the Night Stalker: Cry of Thunder” (three issues, 2008, collected in 2010) includes the Tombstone Thunderbird myth – remarkably underused in fresh

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‘Kolchak’ files ‘Lovecraftian Horror’ (2007) for publication too quickly 

C.J. Henderson, writer of both comic stories and novels in Moonstone’s “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” stable, splits the difference in “The Lovecraftian Horror” (2007). In

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Flanagan goes YA for ‘Midnight Club,’ but never fear – it’s still good

A Mike Flanagan Netflix miniseries is now an expected October treat. But “The Midnight Club” is different from “The Haunting of Hill House,” “The Haunting

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Is Jordan Peele’s latest a masterpiece? ‘Nope’

Writer-director Jordan Peele’s career-arc similarities to M. Night Shyamalan become more pronounced with “Nope.” But he’s declining faster. Shyamalan was still doing good work on

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‘Cabin Fever’ (2003, 2016) splatters screen with contagion fears 

“Cabin Fever” (2002 at festivals, 2003 wide release) is considered an important film in horror circles. It marks writer-director Eli Roth’s coming-out party and features

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Another lost TV episode found in ‘Kolchak’ Volume 3

How little is too little information in a “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” mystery? Writers Joe Gentile and Mark Dawidziak struggle with that question in “Lambs

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‘Kolchak’ Volume 2 explores toll on Carl’s psyche 

In the movies and TV series, Carl Kolchak is defined by his job and Darren McGavin adds charisma. But those episodes don’t dig deeply into

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‘Quantum Leap’ finds its way home, with mixed results 

When we last saw “Quantum Leap” in the official TV canon, Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) was still lost in an endless string of leaps

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‘Kolchak: The Night Stalker’s’ waters deepen with Volume One 

“Kolchak: The Night Stalker” scholar Mark Dawidziak correctly points out in the introduction to the Volume One trade paperback that the “Kolchak” saga (at the

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‘Meg’ (2018) combines Vernean adventure, Jason Statham 

I remembered Steve Alten’s 1997 novel “Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror” as being not particularly biting. But that doesn’t mean a fun big-budget movie

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