Mel Brooks Monday (Movie reviews): It’s too much for me, but the one joke (you can get rich from a flop) is funny, and the films are nice bookends to Brooks’ career.
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): Don’t look to Altman’s adaptation for faithfulness toward the 1953 novel. But it’s a prime illustration of the flexibility of Chandler’s sleuth.
Frightening Friday (Movie review): In a decade of bloodsuckers, John Carpenter checks in with his own respectable vampire-Western.
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The lava CGI still looks good, and while you might not erupt with applause, you’ll wish all city officials were like Jones and Heche.
Movie review: This Canadian film gets a lot out of a little, with new angles into supernatural horror and cinematographic cliches.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book and movie reviews): The plot’s relative simplicity makes it a good choice, and the casting is solid. But MacDonald’s introspection can’t be mimicked.
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Joseph Winter’s found-footage parody threads a needle by being funny and spooky in equal measure.
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The chemistry between Brosnan and Hamilton is almost as hot as the lava.
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): The adaptations – at six seasons and counting – are treats for fans of Rowling’s mystery novels, and “Troubled Blood” even improves on the source material.
Book club book report: But Rory Power’s young-adult novel is cleverly structured and could translate nicely to the screen.