Turtle Tuesday (Comic book reviews): The introduction of Armaggon, a land shark from the future, spices up titles that had been lagging. I review “Adventures” 38-45 and “Mutanimals” 6-9.
Book club book report: The setting of a hotel carved out of a sanatorium should be evocative, but it’s written flat enough for cross-country skiing.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Reprinted in 2018, the only novelization of an Agatha Christie movie is fascinating and bizarrely readable.
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): In particular, the too-short series demonstrates how well Parker Pyne plays on television.
TV review: Though the story has nothing to do with the “Daredevil: Born Again” narrative, it serves as a quick and brutal character profile.
Movie and TV rankings: For the saga’s 50th anniversary, RFMC looks back at the 666 … I mean, eight … entries of the “Omen” saga on screen.
TV review: As we follow a downscaled parallel to Trump’s America, the character arcs and improved fight scenes make “Daredevil” great again.
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Its humor misfires and its stereotypes are tiresome. But Colbert has fiery charisma and pre-statehood Hawaii is beautiful.
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): Though it has no likeable characters, it’s still engrossing to sort through the upper-crust grime to find the killer.
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): The “Klute” actor combines with deliberate style and character writing to push Christie’s tale toward film noir.