Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): Austin Trevor doesn’t look like what we now know as Poirot, but the screenplay wonderfully adapts Christie’s case of switched identities.
TV review: The “Friday the 13th” prequel series retcons the timeline, but with a purpose, as we finally get the backstory of Pam and Jason Voorhees.
Frightening Friday (Book review): The mad science is maddeningly vague in H.G. Wells’ classic, hampering the scare factor for today’s readers.
TV review: Christie’s lovebird detectives, who we follow through their whole lives, have had a tough time getting a second season on TV.
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Even the masters can misfire, as seen in this “Peter Pan” riff that doesn’t firmly plant its hook.
Movie review: It’s an amazing technical achievement for a 20-year-old director, but there’s not enough narrative to make it stick.
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): Though beginning to be overshadowed by Hickson, the American Marple actress bows out with aplomb.
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Roberts has made good creature features, and there’s style to this remake, but nothing original or substantial to hook us.
TV review: The master of Stephen King adaptations and horror miniseries brings them together in eight lavish Prime episodes.
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The young director’s skills are on full display in a conspiracy-thriller pilot episode that wasn’t picked up by NBC.