‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ Part 3 is a step backward
TV review: The third season of the Netflix comic adaptation is more of a slog to get through.
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‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ Part 3 is a step backward
‘Riverdale’ gets another spinoff with ‘Katy Keene’
First episode impressions (TV review): Lucy Hale’s latest crack at a TV series is a mixed bag.
‘High Fidelity’ (2000) examines love, music, love of music
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): This Nick Hornby adaptation is among the all-time top five films about music and love.
‘Marriage Story’ an affectionate look at divorce
Movie review: The Oscar-nominated film takes a realistic look at a divorcing couple.
Damon, Blunt propel ‘The Adjustment Bureau’ (2011)
PKD flashback (Movie review): Two strong actors propel this beefed-up version of Dick’s short story.
PKD goes ‘Puttering About in a Small Land’ (1985) to observe human nature
PKD flashback (Book review): Some of Dick’s best observations about human behavior happened early in his writing career.
‘Buffy: Chosen’ a laser-focused study of Nina the Vampire Slayer
Book review: Kiersten White gives us another strong, laser-focused character piece in her second “Buffy” novel, “Chosen.”
John’s top 10 movies of 2019
2019 movies: Superheroes continued to dominate in 2019, but we also got prime slices of action, comedy, history and horror.
‘Knight Before Christmas’ is more empty calories from the Netflix holiday machine (Movie review)
“The Knight Before Christmas” (November, Netflix), like most of TV’s recent holiday movie catalog, is so uninspired that I wonder if the sets, locations, casting and costumes come first. Then an exec assigns a writer […]
‘Let It Snow’ is a light but watchable Gen Z X-mas gathering (Movie review)
“Let It Snow” (November, Netflix) comes from a 2008 novel co-written by coming-of-age chronicler John Green. It’s adapted by Kay Cannon (“Pitch Perfect”) and two other writers for this who’s-who of Gen Z actors. Although […]