In 1926, Agatha Christie came up with one of the most ingenious of literary devices for The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Original? The exact same device was used in 1905, in the very first of Maurice Leblanc’s stories about Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Thief? https://t.co/b6XCbrz3MW

In 1926, Agatha Christie came up with one of the most ingenious of literary devices for The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Original? The exact same device was used in 1905, in the very first of Maurice Leblanc’s stories about Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Thief? https://t.co/b6XCbrz3MW

Scott Adams was a keen observer of office spaces, the general idiocy of jargon, the petty tyranny of bosses ruling over cubicled underlings. Dilbert's eyes and mouth were left to the imagination, became a stand-in for anyone who’s stared at a clock during a soul-sucking meeting.

Caliban's War and Abaddon's Gate, with their monstrous titular allusions, are two literate additions to James S. A. Corey's The Expanse saga. https://t.co/CbRUrrqDIs

Andrew Lloyd Webber has flopped plenty- take Aspects of Love. Musically, it’s his most beautiful score, a beauty so genteel it sometimes falls into the realm of the soporific. The plot is doomed, though: In the '80s, it was too sexless- in the '20s, it's too "problematic."

Hey, 'sup, Internet. I'm a few eps behind, so it's cool to keep quiet for a couple of days while I decide for myself if the Stranger Things finale is disappointing, or if the whole thing has been disappointing since they changed Nancy's haircut. Thanks in advance!

Another awesome, unguessable, intricate Benoit Blanc mystery from Rian Johnson. "Wake Up Dead Man" nods to Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and especially John Dickson Carr, who has gone neglected for too long https://t.co/GjpnoSyfkE

BEST ANIMATED FILM Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Runner-up: 100 Meters

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Go read Part 2 of this Year's Binge-Worthy Award-Type Movies, or the plant gets it! No Other Choice! https://t.co/roIulxpIk9

In 2–3 years, there will be no way to tell what’s real and what’s not… and I have no idea how humanity will deal with this enormous problem.

We heard you're waiting for the Florida Film Critics Circle to announce our nominees. Well, it is finally time to reveal those.

Detective Conan is the epitome of anime mystery, but Tantei Gakuen Q is up there as far as mind-twisting Japanese puzzles go. Several volumes in, and still my jaw drops.

"Little Amélie, or the Character of Rain": the colorful tale of a toddler's epiphanic journey in Japan. Based on one of Amelie Nothomb's decidedly mature memoirs of her childhood https://t.co/Nn2pkDvGu4

Alanis Morissette’s You Oughta Know loses coolness when you find out it’s about Uncle Joey from Full House. Similarly, Lily Allen’s West End Girl, her conceptual divorce album, is great 'til you find out it’s about...the Sheriff from Stranger Things? That ruins it. It’s not fair.

Leviathan Wakes feels like Raymond Chandler and Arthur C. Clarke had a whiskey too many in a space port, wound up in a zero-g motel, and, some guilty months later, had an alien baby. (It’s space, it’s the future, those things happen all the time.)

Twisted, wicked fairy-tale remakes are not new, but #TheUglyStepsister manages to dust the ashes off Cinderella, making mordant comments on the beauty industry. Here, the “Ugly Stepsister” (Lea Myren) goes to some surgical extremes to get her chance at the charming prince 🤮

Lovely, Dark, and Deep is not that deep, but two out of three ain’t bad in this tale of a ranger ( #GeorginaCampbell ) exploring a lovely / dark park, trying to find her sister in an inhospitable vegetable maze rampant with ghosts. Moral: Leave our national parks to Yogi Bear.

Although Self-Help nearly sprains its spine trying to be a “Halloween” movie, (cliched masks abound), it’s more about a girl (Kandry Bender) caught in a self-actualization cult (motto: “We’re not a cult!”). Also, her mom is dating the kinky cult leader! AWKWARDZ!

Jay Duplass' The Baltimorons surprised me: The krayzy adventures of an improv actor and his dentist during a Baltimore Christmas Eve is the indie rom-com gem of the holiday season. https://t.co/ZKSZErHMaI