Some films adapt classic works of literature. Others stem from original ideas fashioned by revered auteurs.
Christopher Lawrence
Movie and TV critic
Email: clawrence@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 380-4567
Christopher Lawrence escaped his native Kentucky without an accent thanks to the thousands of hours he spent in front of a television as a child. That’s also why he never learned how to ride a bicycle. He’s been writing about TV and movies since his days at Murray State University, when the school’s basketball coach had him reassigned at the student newspaper after just one story about the team. He’s been a professional TV critic since 2000, the Review-Journal’s TV critic since 2005 and its movie critic since 2012.
He’s been hunted by an immortal deathbringer known as the Saint of Killers. He’s had part of his spirit drained by the Japanese corporation Soul Happy Go Go. And he’s held the lifeless body of his one true love.
It’s been three years since the theme park was destroyed, and now Isla Nublar itself is in danger. There’s an active volcano on the island, ready to erupt at any minute, that will kill every last remaining dinosaur.
The Hero of Harlem is the social conscience of Marvel’s Netflix universe.
Las Vegan Rachel Swindler is one of 16 houseguests on the 20th season of CBS’ “Big Brother.”
As titles go, “Incredibles 2” isn’t entirely accurate, but it’s bound to sell more tickets than something called “The Pretty Darned Goods.”
Disney might as well have a license to print money.
You know that one pair of jeans you just can’t bear the thought of tossing?
With the NHL season on hold, it’s going to be a while before we can hope to see the Golden Knights again. But there’s still hockey to watch — at least in movie form.
Eleven is greater than eight. It’s also greater than 12 or 13. And, if memory serves, eight is slightly less than 13 but much greater than 12.
“American Ninja Warrior” is bringing Mount Midoriyama to the Las Vegas Strip for the seventh time.
Even after the Knights’ first three-game losing streak of the playoffs, Monday’s Game 4 broadcast on NBC earned a 20.5 local rating, meaning of all the households in Las Vegas with televisions, 20.5 percent of them were watching.
“Dietland” is wildly creative and would have fit in nicely on any number of cable channels or streaming services.
The lost-at-sea survival tale “Adrift” is based on a true story, but it plays out like mediocre “Life of Pi” fan fiction that started with the premise “What if Pi were a young woman wearing short shorts and bikinis and the tiger in the boat was an older, hunky Brit?”