Best-selling novelist/part-time physician Freida McFadden writes intoxicating mystery/thriller/character studies that are often impossible to put down. Her prose is concise, her study of human nature’s many dark complexities is insightful, and her demented glee in catching her reader off-guard with an endless array of plot twists and turns is highly amusing and enthralling, to say […]

No author quite knows how to grab their readers the way Freida McFadden does. She writes intoxicating mystery/thrillers with believably lifelike, complicated, and relatable characters. She does this concisely and with no trace of pretension. Her novels are so effortless to read that the pages might as well be turning themselves. Fair warning: don’t start […]

Freida McFadden is one of the most unputdownable mystery/thriller authors I have encountered in quite some time. She writes complex plots, themes, and characters with easy-to-read simplicity and brevity. You can devour her novels in just a few sittings, though you may end up doing so in one single marathon sitting because you can’t stop […]

You know you’ve discovered a special movie when it comes seemingly out of nowhere and masterfully grabs you in just about every conceivable manner. A movie that thrills and engrosses, on top of being an emotional and intellectual powerhouse that feeds the soul, is amongst the rarest of cinematic accomplishments. Director Nadine Crocker and source […]

2025 was an outstanding year for movies. Quality saturated the market both at home and in theaters. As is always the case, some films overshadowed others in a manner that wasn’t always fair, but the fact that so many high-quality films received attention and were also financially successful is indeed a positive sign for the […]

The Accountant 2 Ben Affleck reprises his fascinating role as an autistic accountant with mad fighting skills and a killer instinct in this passable but inferior sequel. Affleck and Jon Bernthal ignite the screen on fire with excellent performances in a movie whose unoriginal and unenthralling plot is somewhat beneath their talents. However, select strong […]

Those of you who have been waiting for a legitimate sequel to the 1985 vampire-who-lives-next-door horror/comedy movie classic will be pleased to hear that your wait is over. Though a fun and thrilling sequel was made for the screen in 1988, it was without the involvement of Tom Holland, the original’s creator/writer/director. To experience what […]

Don’t get me wrong. I’m happy that my purchase of the book Fright Night: Hellbound supported a franchise and a writer/director I admire. However, I have to admit that words cannot do full justice to the frustrating and unsatisfying experience I had while reading it. I’m not entirely sure how such a talented force behind […]