Tag Archives: Suspense and Mystery

fx's new John Corbett dramedy.

We watched the DVD of Minority Report last night and I was shocked how good it is. The film works as an Fugitive-type crime thriller, a psychological study of loss and grief, as a clever and convincing sci-fi gee-whiz spectacle, and most importantly as as provocative cautionary tale regarding factors …

I finally broke down and got a subwoofer for the surround-sound system. Damn, what a difference: it ties the whole thing together like the final adjustment of the microscope that brings everything into focus. You don’t realize how much sound you feel rather than hear: there’s a lot of rumbling …

So how does PBS' Skinwalkers stack up against the original book?

Dawn Olsen gives us the lowdown on her personal scariest movies

24 is back and we were glued to the tube last night for the opening episode. The no-commercials (they were all attached to the beginning and the end) ploy worked well, moving the action along – it was tough to decide when to pee. In case you have been in …