“Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome” (1985) presents that classic conundrum: It’s a good movie, but is it a good “Mad Max” movie? The first two entries
“Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior” (1981) does what sequels do: It repeats the original’s structure but is bigger and better. The high-speed battle between
“Mad Max” (1979) kicks off a now-grand sci-fi saga in rare fashion: It starts in a recognizable more-or-less present day, and thus we are treated
Whether by coincidence or because something was in the water, 1989 featured one of those wonderfully weird instances in Hollywood history where multiple films with
Looking at my top 10, the surprisingly (but maybe it shouldn’t be) prevailing theme is metaphysics. We live in a decade when time seems to
Prestige miniseries and streaming franchise “content” ruled the roost, but traditional network TV surprisingly hung on to life this year – even if the format
So many modern horror movies shoot straight for the trash bin that I feel I should point out that while “Cuckoo” is a bad movie,
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child let their interest in 1881 New York run wild in “Angel of Vengeance” (August, hardcover), the 22nd Pendergast novel and
The very definition of a remake worth doing, the Fox TV movie “Lifepod” (1993) takes the core concept of “Lifeboat” (1944) but puts new (and
Alfred Hitchcock’s macabre sense of humor had become a brand by the 1950s, and he smartly spun that into a TV series, “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”