TheColumnists.com

 RON MILLER

 


2008:
I Found It At The Movies: July 21, 2008

Jonathan Kellerman's "Compulsion": July 14, 2008
Every Writer Has A Book Inside: July 7, 2008
The Last Days of "Foyle's War": June 30, 2008
"Read You Like A Book": June 30, 2008
"A Gunfighter's Pledge": June 30, 2008
The Elegant Majesty of Cyd Charisse: June 23, 2008
Revisiting A RadioThriller on TV: June 23, 2008
Elizabeth George's "Careless in Red": June 16, 2008
Return of Inspector Lewis: June 9, 2008
Radio's Greatest Gumshoes: May 26, 2008
"FINAL APPROACH": May 19, 2008
"SHARK SWARM": May 19, 2008
"IRON MAN": May 12, 2008
The Strange Story of Pier 23: May 12, 2008
Golden Boy Returns: May 5, 2008
The Complete Film Credits of Bernard Herrmann: May 5, 2008
Ten Movies You Can't Imagine Without Their Music: May 5, 2008
"The Gracie Allen Murder Case": April 21, 2008
Larger Than Life--Charlton Heston: April 7, 2008
A Fresh Taste of 'Wire in the Blood': April 7, 2008
Jules Dassin--Out of the Darkness: April 7, 2008
Henry Hathaway's 'Kiss of Death': March 31, 2008
Richard Widmark--Icon of Noir: March 31, 2008
Patrick Quentin's 'Black Widow': March 31, 2008
The Dark Side of Being Batman: March 24, 2008
Minette Walters' 'The Chameleon's Shadow': March 17, 2008
Sara Paretsky Breaks Through To The "Other Side": March 10, 2008
Let's Have A Clinton-Obama Merger!: March 10, 2008
Robert Parker's "Stranger in Paradise": March 3, 2008
"V--The Second Generation": March 3, 2008
Reviewing Oscarcast '08: Feb. 25, 2008
Two Dark Thrillers Critics Fumbled: Feb. 25, 2008
Forecasting the Oscars: Feb. 18, 2008
"Rocky": Feb. 18, 2008

"Juno": Feb. 18, 2008
"Michael Clayton": Feb. 18, 2008
"Atonement": Feb. 18, 2008
The Dark, Dark World of Sweeney Todd: Feb. 18, 2008
Drowning in A Party Caucus: Feb. 11, 2008
Why the "Dream Ticket" Would Work: Feb. 3, 2008
What's New in Dark Video?: Feb. 3, 2008
Laura Crum's 'Chasing Cans': Jan. 28, 2008
Will the Real Dexter Please Stand Up?: Jan. 21, 2008
They Also Left Us: Jan. 14, 2008
Saluting Curtis Harrington: Jan. 14, 2008
Robert B. Parker's "Now and Then": Jan. 7, 2008

2007:
Ron's Darkest Christmas List: Dec. 17, 2007

The Remarkable Transformation of Meg Tilly: Dec. 10, 2007
The Search For Famous People: Dec. 3, 2007
"The Note": Dec. 3, 2007
"No Country For Old Men": Dec. 3, 2007
The Hollywood Memorabilia Items I Want Most: Dec. 3, 2007
Some Thoughts About A Man Named Nachman: Nov. 26, 2007
My Favorite American Mystery Authors: Nov. 26, 2007
The Boom Years?: Nov. 26, 2007
The Indestructible Ernest Borgnine: Nov. 19, 2007
The Legacy of Norman Mailer: Nov. 12, 2007
The Majesty of 'American Gangster': Nov. 12, 2007
The Last Hank Crosses Over: Nov. 12, 2007
Emergency Measures For TV Land: Nov. 12, 2007
TCM's Marvelous Month of Mystery: Nov. 5, 2007
Your All-Night Festival of Horror: Oct. 29, 2007
"Robodeer!": Oct. 29, 2007
Robert Liparulo's 'Deadfall': Oct. 22, 2007
Ten Mysteries That Ought To Be 'Born Again': Oct. 15, 2007
Three Voyages Into Darkness: Oct. 3, 2007
"The Brave One": Sept. 17, 2007
3:10 To Yuma: Sept. 17, 2007
Jane Wyman--An Appreciation: Sept. 17, 2007
Some Horror Remakes That Worked: Sept. 3, 2007
Remaking 'Halloween': Sept. 3, 2007
"Vow of Vengeance": Sept. 3, 2007
The Late, Great Bob Ligon: Aug. 20, 2007
Cornell Woolrich's 'Waltz into Darkness': Aug. 20, 2007
Thomas Perry's "Silence": Aug. 6, 2007
Ingmar Bergman--A Giant Falls: Aug. 6, 2007
'Evening' Goes Gently Into the Night: Aug. 6, 2007
"Claire": Aug. 6, 2007

"Cagney & Lacey"--The Inside Stuff: Aug. 6, 2007
King vs. Poe: July 30, 2007
The Complex 'Die Hard' Screen Saga: July 30, 2007
Old Blood, New Blood and Lots of Blood: July 16, 2007
Martin Cruz Smith's "Stalin's Ghost": July 16, 2007
Two Classic Mystery Series: July 9, 2007
"La Vie en Rose": July 9, 2007
Tami Hoag's 'The Alibi Man': July 2, 2007
Our Mysteries Through Foreign Eyes: June 25, 2007
A Star is Born? No. 1--Doris Day: June 25, 2007
Nancy Drew--The New Movie: June 18, 2007
Reliving A Boyhood Dream: June 18, 2007
My Dad's Secret Passion: June 11, 2007
'Foyle's War' Forever!: June 11, 2007
The Joys of Schlock Horror Movies: June 4, 2007
"You've Got A Friend": June 4, 2007
"Marco Polo": May 28, 2007
The Return of 'Jericho': May 28, 2007
War in the Movies: May 28, 2007
Ship of Fools--The Next Generation, Part Two: May 28, 2007
Ship of Fools--The Next Generation, Part One: May 21, 2007
"PANDEMIC": May 21, 2007
Ruth Rendell's 'The Water's Lovely': May 21, 2007
John Mortimer's 'Rumpole & the Reign of Terror': May 14, 2007
Val McDermid's 'The Grave Tattoo': May 14, 2007
Whatever Happened to 'Dark Corridors--The TV Show'?: April 23, 2007
The Great 'B' Western Quiz: April 23, 2007
Raised on 'B' Westerns: April 23, 2007
A Peek into the Future of Hercule Poirot: April 16, 2007
Arlo Polishes the Legacy: April 9, 2007

The Movies' New Dark Avenger: April 2, 2007
Hollywood's Mixed-Up Mysteries: March 26, 2007
With Heroes Like These, Who Needs Villains?: March 19, 2007
Ladies in Retirement: March 19, 2007
Hooray For Un-Buried Treasures: March 12, 2007
Robert B. Parker's "High Profile": March 6, 2007
The Oscars--What Went Down?: Feb. 26, 2007
Saluting Ian Richardson: Feb. 26, 2007
'Doc' Severinsen's Last Tour: Feb. 26, 2007
"Ghost Rider": Feb. 26, 2007
2007 Oscar Trivia Test: Feb. 19, 2007
Previewing the 2006 Oscars: Feb. 19, 2007
"The Departed": Feb. 19, 2007
Best 1940: Feb. 19, 2007
Best 27-28: Feb. 19, 2007
"Babel": Feb. 19, 2007
Farewell Frankie Laine: Feb. 19, 2007
Count Dracula Comes to...PBS?: Feb. 5, 2007
The Sally Lockhart Mysteries--The Ruby in the Smoke: Jan. 22, 2007
Joseph Wambaugh's 'Hollywood Station': Jan. 15, 2007
Robert B. Parker's "Hundred Dollar Baby": Jan. 8, 2007
Rocky Balboa--Anerican Movie Icon: Jan. 8, 2007
'Hannibal Rising': Jan. 8, 2007
They Left Us in 2006: Jan. 1, 2007
2006:
Mystery Highlights of 2006: Dec. 18, 2006

The Best TV Christmas Gifts They Don't Make: Dec. 18, 2006
Going On 8: Dec. 4, 2006
Poe and the Real Marie Roget: Dec. 4, 2006
Laurie R. King's 'The Art of Detection': Nov. 20, 2006
Salute To A Villain--Jack Palance: Nov. 13, 2006
Minette Walters' 'The Devil's Feather': Nov, 13, 2006
The Return of Dick Francis: Oct. 30, 2006
RandaRanda: Oct. 30, 2006
Five Frightful Females: Oct. 23, 2006
How Dark is the Future of Mystery?: Oct. 16, 2006
"Final Days of Planet Earth": Oct. 9, 2006
My Unsensational Debut As A Community Activist: Oct. 2, 2006
The Return of Two Noir Classics: Oct. 2, 2006
Here Comes 'The Killer' One More Time: Oct. 2, 2006
'The Black Dahlia': Sept. 25, 2006
Reunions R Us: Sept. 25, 2006
Glenn Ford--A Complex Man: Sept. 4, 2006
The Dark Masters of Dark Corridors: Sept. 4, 2006
Movies Like No Others: Sept. 4, 2006
The Legacy of Tod Slaughter: Aug. 28, 2006
The Mystery of Buddy: Aug. 21, 2006
Five Screen Heavies Who Lightened Up: Aug. 14, 2006
"The Night Listener": Aug. 7, 2006
It Was Easy!--The Legacy of Mickey Spillane: July 31, 2006
Can A Sidekick Be A Star?: July 3, 2006
The Movies' Very First Superman: July 3, 2006
Aaron Spelling--Smiling All the Way: June 26, 2006
Aaron Spelling's Biggest Hit Shows: June 26, 2006

Michael Collins' 'The Secret Life of E. Robert Pendleton': June 26, 2006
The Best TV Westerns On DVD: June 19, 2006
"Desolation Canyon": June 19, 2006
Women in the Saddle--The Best of the Best: June 19, 2006
Western Movies--A Golden Dozen: June 19, 2006
'The 4400'--My New Addiction: June 12, 2006
Laura Crum's 'Moonblind': June 5, 2006
My Summer on the Rock-O-Plane: June 5, 2006
The Things We Do This Summer: June 5, 2006
Where Do You Start With Noir?: May 29, 2006
Why I Didn't Serve My Country in the Military: May 29, 2006
Ron's Mystery News: May 22, 2006
'The Curse of King Tut's Tomb': May 22, 2006
'The Da Vinci Code'--The Movie: May 22, 2006
Why Do It Again?: May 10, 2006
The New Season of 'Mystery!': April 20, 2006
'In From the Night': April 20, 2006
"My Family and Other Animals": April 3, 2006
"Basic Instinct 2": April 3, 2006
Rita Mae Brown's 'Sourpuss': March 27, 2006
We're Losing Our Oscar Icons: March 20, 2006
Your 2006 Mystery Test: March 13, 2006
The 2006 Oscar Telecast: March 6, 2006
If A Superhero Marries...:March 6, 2006
My All-New Family of Superheroes: March 6, 2006
The Superheroes You're Glad You're Not: March 6, 2006
Our Favorite Comic Book Heroes: March 6, 2006
The Year Oscar Ignored Hollywood: Feb. 27, 2006
"Munich": Feb. 27, 2006
"Brokeback Mountain": Feb. 27, 2006
How Oscar Got So Light On His Feet: Feb. 27, 2006
How TV Botched Two Classic Mysteries: Feb. 27, 2006
Clyde W. Ford's 'Precious Cargo': Feb. 20, 2006
"Capote": Feb. 20, 2006
"American Gothic" DVD SET: Feb. 13, 2006
"CRASH": Feb. 13, 2006
Ruth Rendell's '13 Steps Down': Feb. 6, 2006
King of the Cop Shows: Jan. 30, 2006
'Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door': Jan. 30, 2006
PBS' 'Bleak House': Jan. 23, 2006
'The Water is Wide': Jan. 23, 2006
'Hidden Places': Jan. 23, 2006
Whatever Happened To...Instrumental Pop Music Stars?: Jan. 16, 2006
TV's All-Time Best Thriller--"24": Jan. 9, 2006
"School Days": Jan. 9, 2006
"The Ice Harvest": Jan. 2, 2006
The Passing Parade--2005: Jan. 2, 2006
My House on the Green: Jan. 2, 2006
2005:
The Old and New 'King Kong': Dec. 19, 2005

Let's Update Our Christmas Carols: Dec. 19, 2005
Six Years in Our Online 'Retirement Home': Dec. 5, 2005
P.D. James' 'The Lighthouse': Dec. 5, 2005
"I Love A Mystery": Nov. 14, 2005
"The Reading Room": Nov. 14, 2005
Why Halloween Is My Night: Oct. 31, 2005
TV's All-Time Best Saturday Night: Oct. 31, 2005
Trick or Treat Horror Movie Test: Oct. 31, 2005
Ron's Very Dark Xmas List: Oct. 24, 2005
Sherlock Holmes & The Case of the Silk Stocking: Oct. 10, 2005
P.D. James' 'The Murder Room': Oct. 6, 2005
David Morrell, Master of the Thriller: Sept. 30, 2005
David Morrell on Rambo: Sept. 30, 2005
"Creepers": Sept. 30, 2005
Remembering Robert Wise: Sept. 28, 2005
"Murders in the Rue Morgue": Sept. 19, 2005
The Rising Tide of Anger: Sept. 5, 2005
'SUPERNOVA': Aug. 29. 2005
The Return of 'Foyle's War': Aug. 29, 2005
Sara Paretsky's 'Fire Sale': Aug. 22, 2005
"McBride" for the Defense: Aug. 8, 2005
Close-up: Steve Martini: Aug. 1, 2005
Here Comes SPENSER: July 25, 2005
The Brief Magic of 'Moonlighting': July 18, 2005
Heavyweight Champs As Movies?: July 4, 2005
Laurie R. King Speaks Out: July 4, 2005
The Val Lewton Collection--At Long Last!: June 27, 2005
"In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner": June 20, 2005
James M. Cain's 'Mildred Pierce': May 30, 2005
A Video Treasure Chest Finally Opens: May 30, 2005
Frederick Forsyth's 'ICON': May 23, 2005
4.50 From Paddington--Three Versions with Three Marples: May 16, 2005
Stuart McLean--King of Canadian Radio: May 16, 2005
Mystery Writers with Aliases: May 5, 2005
The First 'Elvis' Movie: May 2, 2005
The 10 Mystery Movies I'd Most Like To See: April 25, 2005
Ridley Pearson's 'Cut and Run': April 18, 2005
The New Miss Marple: April 11, 2005
'Blind Justice' and the Blind Detective Genre: April 4, 2005
The One and Only Clyde Beatty: March 28, 2005
PBS' 'Malice Aforethought': March 28, 2005
'The Sapphire Sea': March 28, 2005
Steven Bochco's 'Murder One' on DVD: March 21, 2005
The Triumphant Comeback of PBS' 'Mystery!': March 14, 2005
The Bizarre Legacy of Andy Sipowicz: March 7, 2005
The 2005 Oscar Telecast: Feb. 28, 2005

'The Kennel Murder Case': Feb. 28, 2005
'Home Sweet Homicide'-The Book & the Movie: Feb. 21, 2005
'Without Apology': Feb. 21, 2005
Picking the 2004 Oscar Winners: Feb. 21, 2005
Sports and the Oscars: Feb. 21, 2005
John D. MacDonald's 'The Executioners' and the Two 'Cape Fears'
My Secret Valentine Girl: Feb. 14, 2005
'The Maltese Falcon'--75 Years Later: Feb. 7, 2005
My Happy Days with 'Happy Days': Jan. 31, 2005
CBS' 'The Magic of Ordinary Days': Jan. 24, 2005
The Late, Great Mr. Carson: Jan. 24, 2005
Ruth Rendell's 'The Rottweiler': Jan. 24, 2005
PBS' "Island at War": Jan. 24, 2005
The People We Most Want To See Less of in 2005 (with staff): Jan. 10, 2005
Hallmark's Hall of Mystery: Jan. 10, 2005
Phantom of the Opera: Jan. 10, 2005
Ed McBain's 'Hark!': Jan. 3, 2005
2004:
The Passing Parade--2004: Dec. 20, 2004

David Suzuki, Superstar: Dec. 13, 2004
Book and Film: "Penguin Pool Murder": Dec. 13, 2004
Five Years Forward: Dec. 6, 2004
Living Without Dan Rather: Nov. 29, 2004
Those Unforgettable Mexican Warriors: Nov. 29, 2004
'The Case of the Weird Sisters' vs. 'The Three Weird Sisters': Nov. 29, 2004
'Love's Lovely Counterfeit' vs. 'Slightly Scarlet': Nov. 22, 2004
Beware Men Who Cook Thanksgiving Dinner: Nov. 22, 2004
PBS' 'Pollyanna': Nov. 22, 2004
'Back When We Were Grownups': Nov. 15, 2004
Know Your TV Detectives: Nov. 15, 2004
Now Comes the Darkness: Nov. 8, 2004
Faye and Jonathan Kellerman's 'Double Homicide': Nov. 8, 2004
PBS' 'Henry VIII': Nov. 8, 2004
'Mischief' vs. 'Don't Bother to Knock': Oct. 27, 2004
'Frankenstein'--The Monster That Just Won't Go Away: Oct. 19, 2004
"The Lost Prince": Oct. 11, 2004
"I Married A Dead Man": Oct. 11, 2004
My New Rules For Films Noir: Oct. 4, 2004
The Man From Greenpeace: Oct. 4, 2004
Will America Buy the New Dalgliesh?: Sept. 27, 2004
"Poe & Fanny": Sept. 20, 2004
Alien vs. Predator: Sept. 13, 2004

Frankenstein vs. The Mummy: Sept. 13, 2004
Look Who's Coming Back!: Sept. 13, 2004 (with Donna J. Plesh)
The Versatile Elmer Bernstein: Sept. 6, 2004
"After Dark, My Sweet": Sept. 6, 2004
Playing For the Ashes: Aug. 30, 2004
Sheriff David Reichert: Aug. 30, 2004
Michael Collins: Aug. 23, 2004
Jeffery Deaver: Aug. 16, 2004
Laura Crum's 'Forged': Aug. 9, 2004
How TV News Let Us Down: Aug. 2, 2004
The G-String Murders/Lady of Burlesque: Aug. 2, 2004
The Black Camel: July 26, 2004
Tami Hoag (2004): July 26, 2004
'Crossing the Meadow': July 5, 2004
The Squandered Legacy of Marlon Brando: July 5, 2004
The Amazing 'Fahrenheit 9/11': July 5, 2004
Foyle's War, Season Two: July 5, 2004
A Thief of Time: July 5, 2004
The Franchise Affair: July 5, 2004
A Shilling for Candles vs. Young & Innocent: June 28, 2004
Aubrey--Ex-Cheerleader, Part 5: June 28, 2004
Mystery! Newsbreak: June 14, 2004
Aubrey--Ex-Cheerleader, Part 4: June 14, 2004
The Late Irene Manning: June 7, 2004
Reagan's Great Screen Performances: June 7, 2004
Susan McBride's 'Blue Blood': June 7, 2004
'In A Lonely Place': June 7, 2004
Aubrey--Ex-Cheerleader, Part 3: June 7, 2004
The Passing of A Great Lady--Anna Lee: May 31, 2004
The Man Who Watched the Legends Die: May 31, 2004
'The Unsuspected': May 31, 2004
Aubrey--Ex-Cheerleader, Part 2: May 31, 2004
Meet Jack Frost: May 24, 2004
Death Penalty Offenses!: May 24, 2004
Aubrey--Ex-Cheerleader, Part 1: May 24, 2004
Roy Jones, Jr.--Kayoed!: May 17, 2004
Sherlock's Greatest Mysteries: May 10, 2004
My Mother's Eyes: May 3, 2004
Vitali Rules...Maybe!: May 3, 2004
Wimsey on the Screen: May 3, 2004
"Dardevil Dan & Molly Rainbow": April 26, 2004
"Plainsong": April 19, 2004
Facing the Chasm: April 19, 2004
A Century of Great Sci-Fi Films, Part Two: April 19, 2004
A Century of Great Sci-Fi Films, Part One: April 12, 2004
Vengeance of the Exposed Columnists: April 5, 2004
John Stanley's 'Nightmare in Blood'--The DVD: April 5, 2004
Robert B. Parker's "Bad Business": March 29, 2004
Secret Desires of the Columnists: March 29, 2004
V.I. Warshawski On Film: March 15, 2004
Resurrecting Rumpole: March 8, 2004
The Hatchet Man: March 8, 2004
Reviewing the Oscar Show--2004: March 1, 2004
"Blacklist": March 1, 2004
Black Images On A White Screen: March 1, 2004
Oscar's Favorite Mysteries: Feb. 16, 2004
Previewing the 2003 Oscars: Feb. 16, 2004
Going to Extremes!: Feb. 16, 2004
Oscar's 10 Most Underrated Winners: Feb. 16, 2004
A Mr. Moto Treasure Chest: Feb. 2, 2004
'Crazylegs'--Movie Star: Feb. 2, 2004
Television's Shameless Election Coverage: Feb. 2, 2004
"The Blackwater Lightship": Feb. 2, 2004
Pop Stars and the Movies: Jan. 19, 2004
Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness: Jan. 19, 2004
One Last Salute: Jan. 5, 2004
The Coming of Snow...and the Relatives: Jan. 5, 2004
2003:
Year 5, Here We Come!: Dec. 8, 2003

P.D. James' 'The Murder Room': Dec. 8, 2003
'Timeline'--The Movie: Dec. 8, 2003
Penny Singleton--'Blondie' Forever: Nov. 17, 2003
'Dr. Renault's Secret': Nov. 17, 2003
PBS' 'Coyote Waits': Nov. 10, 2003
'Black Dahlia Avenger': Nov. 10, 2003
Jack Elam: Death of A Classic 'Bad Guy': Oct. 26, 2003
Memories of Frankenstein: Oct. 26, 2003
Clint Eastwood's 'Mystic River': Oct. 20, 2003
Steven Bochco's 'Death By Hollywood': Oct. 20, 2003
Who Are These Hollywood People Anyway?: Oct. 20, 2003
'Goodbye, Mr.Chips': Oct. 13, 2003
The Man Who Laughs: Oct. 6, 2003
Legendary Elia Kazan: Oct. 6, 2003
'Warrior Queen': Oct. 6, 2003
Paul Newman in 'Our Town': Sept. 29, 2003
Men in Jeopardy?: Sept. 29, 2003
The 55th Annual Emmy Awards: Sept. 22, 2003
Minette Walters' 'Fox Evil': Sept. 22, 2003
The Mystery of Johnny Cash: Sept. 15, 2003
The Surprising Career of John Ritter: Sept. 15, 2003
The Dark Legacy of Charles Bronson: Sept. 15, 2003
Curse of The Shadow: Sept. 8, 2003
'Swimming Pool': Sept. 1, 2003
The Joys & Pain of 'R.J. Syndrome' (with Patricia J. Geister): Sept. 1, 2003
'Freddy vs. Jason': Aug. 25, 2003
Kevin Costner's 'Open Range': Aug. 25, 2003
Elizabeth George On Television: Aug. 25, 2003
All Hail Queen Elizabeth: Aug. 18, 2003
Talking Mit Der Terminator: Aug. 18, 2003
Hard Luck for Mystery Writers: Aug. 11, 2003
'Seabiscuit'--Another View: Aug. 4, 2003
The Return of Hetty Wainthropp: Aug. 4, 2003
Dennis Lehane's 'Shutter Island': July 28, 2003
Radio Mystery Movies: July 21, 2003
The Many Lives of Buddy Ebsen: July 14, 2003
My Guilty Pleasure is--Charlie Chan: July 14, 2003
The Original Thrill of CinemaScope: July 7, 2003
Katharine Hepburn--Queen of the Silver Screen: June 30, 2003
The Way It's Supposed To Be: June 30, 2003
Gregory Peck: June 23, 2003
Inside The House of Seven Gables: June 23, 2003
Happy Father's Day, Pop!: June 9, 2003

The Blood 'n Guts Championship of the World: June 9, 2003
The Comic Legacy of Bob Hope: May 19, 2003
Robert Stack: May 19, 2003
The Coming Mystery! Summer: May 19, 2003
Laura Crum's 'Hayburner': May 12, 2003
Karen Morley and the Hollywood Blacklist: May 5, 2003
The Dark Flood to Video: May 5, 2003
An Evening with Marvin Hamlisch: May 5, 2003
Tamara's Wedding: April 21, 2003
My Secret Craving For Olivia: April 14, 2003
Ten Classic Silent Movie Horrors: April 14, 2003
The Jury: April 7, 2003
Laurie King's Next Step: April 7, 2003
Reviewing the Oscar Show: March 24, 2003
War Isn't 'Neat' Anymore: March 24, 2003
2003 Oscar Preview: March 17, 2003
Chicago vs. Oscar's Past Musical Winners: March 17, 2003
The Roads Not Taken: March 17, 2003
Oscar's Darkest Corridors: March 17, 2003
Best Picture Trivia Test: March 17, 2003
The Ring: March 10, 2003
Why Not Try A Mystery Convention?: March 3, 2003
My Top 10 Reasons to Keep Loving France: Feb. 24, 2003
One Hour Photo: Feb. 24, 2003
On Writing: I Write, Therefore I Am: Feb. 17, 2003

Thomas Perry's Dead Aim: Feb. 17, 2003
Linda Fairstein: Feb. 10, 2003
The TV Romances I'd Most Like To See: Feb. 10, 2003
Columbo Makes TV History: Feb. 3, 2003
How To Be A TV Series Collector: Feb. 3, 2003
In Memory of...Richard Crenna: Jan. 27, 2003
Brush with Fate: Jan. 27, 2003
Foyle's War: Jan. 27, 2003
Meet the New Sherlock Holmes: Jan. 13, 2003
Fond Farewells: 2002: Jan. 6, 2003
Will the Real Charlie Chan Please Stand Up?: Jan. 6, 2003
2002:
A Man's Best Friend: Dec. 30, 2002

My Dark Christmas Gift List: Dec. 16, 2002
A Gangster Cap for Clifford: Dec. 16, 2002
Roone Arledge: Force of Nature: Dec. 6, 2002
Where Do We Go From Here?: Dec. 2, 2002
The Resurrectionists: Dec. 2, 2002
The Locket: Dec. 2, 2002
The Decline and Fall of Our Thanksgiving Dinners: Nov. 25, 2002
Skinwalkers: Nov. 18, 2002
Horror Writers and the Movies: Nov. 11, 2002
Remaking Hitchcock: Nov. 4, 2002
The Most-Feared Trick-or-Treater in Halloween History: Oct. 28, 2002
JASON X: Oct. 21, 2002
Overdue for Recognition: Oct. 14, 2002
Famous Monsters I've Known: Oct. 7, 2002
J.A. Jance: Sept. 30, 2002
Ruth Rendell's 'Simisola': Sept. 23, 2002
Blood Work: Sept. 16, 2002
Leading Us Straight to Hell?: Sept. 9, 2002
Jolson Sings...Again?: Sept. 2, 2002
My Secret Life As A Bareback Rider: Aug. 26, 2002
The Survivors Club: Aug. 26, 2002
A Great Deliverance: Aug. 19, 2002
Joyous Joan Baez: Aug. 19, 2002
Bourne Again!: Nov. 12, 2002
Is the 'Slasher' Era Finally Over?: Aug. 5, 2002
Farewell Horace Rumpole: July 28, 2002
Dying For A Change: July 28, 2002

Remarkable Rosemary Clooney: July 23, 2002
Remembering Rod Steiger: July 21, 2002
John Frankenheimer: July 14, 2002
Murder Rooms: July 14, 2002
Just For Laughs: July 7, 2002
Into Each Life Some Hair Must Fall: July 7, 2002
Mystery of the Missing Videos: June 30, 2002
Gone For Good: June 23, 2002
The Two Mr. Ripleys: June 16, 2002
Tyson's Final Bow?: June 9, 2002
The Curve of the World: June 9, 2002
The Summer of Mystery!: June 9, 2002
Tain't Funny, McGee!: June 2, 2002
Earl Emerson Heats Up: June 2, 2002
Widow's Walk: May 26, 2002
Exit Lew Archer; Enter Lew Harper?: May 19, 2002

Mothers: May 12, 2002
Too Dead To Swing: May 12, 2002
PBS' The Road From Coorain: May 12, 2002
CBS' 'Little John': May 5, 2002
Nevada Barr's 'Hunting Season': May 5, 2002
My Own Loaner Kid: April 28, 2002
Robert Urich: April 21, 2002
Adam and Eve and Pinch Me: April 21, 2002
Effie vs. The Maniac: April 14, 2002
The Late, Great Billy Wilder: March 31, 2002
Murder of A Sleeping Beauty: March 31, 2002
The Way We Live Now: March 31, 2002
Uncle Miltie Plays Heaven: March 31, 2002
The Oscar Show 2002: March 25, 2002
Anne Perry: March 24, 2002
Et tu, Oscar?: March 17, 2002
"A Beautiful Mind": March 17, 2002
"Moulin Rouge": March 17, 2002
The 2002 Oscar Trivia Exam: March 17, 2002
"In the Bedroom": March 17, 2002
"Unforgiven": March 17, 2002
Oscars for Westerns?: March 17, 2002
The Return of Jane Tennison: March 10, 2002
Dashiell Hammett & The Three Falcons: March 3, 2002
In Memory of John Thaw: Feb. 24, 2002
Look Who's Coming to 'Mystery!': Feb. 24, 2002
Thompson Meets Tavernier: Feb. 17, 2002
Death of An Outlaw: Feb. 17, 2002
Broads in Boxing: Feb. 17, 2002
Addicted to the Manly Art of Self-Defense: Feb. 17, 2002

TV & Mystery Writers: A Love-Hate Relationship: Feb. 10, 2002
Say Goodnight, Mr. King: Feb. 3, 2002
"Bertie & Elizabeth": Feb. 3, 2002
Element of Surprise: Jan. 27, 2002
My Sister's Keeper: Jan. 20, 2002
Justice is My Destiny: Jan. 13, 2002
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence: Jan. 13, 2002
Mystery News: January, 2002: Jan. 6, 2002
2001:
The Best Columns of Year Two: Dec. 30, 2001

The Big Sleep: Dec. 30, 2001
Effie and the Christmas Indian: Dec. 23, 2001
Meet Lieutenant Hilderbrand: Dec. 23, 2001
The 39 Steps: Dec. 16, 2001
Strangers On A Train: Dec. 9, 2001
The Ten Best TV Shows of 2011: Dec. 2, 2001
Killing the Shadows: Nov. 22, 2001
Goodbye Dear Scotty: Nov. 22, 2001
My Uncle Silas: Nov. 18, 2001
The Thin Man: Nov. 18, 2001
In Love & War: Nov. 11, 2001
Today the Turtles, Tomorrow the World?: Nov. 11, 2001
Braggarts Get Stomped!: Nov. 11, 2001
The Surgeon: Nov. 11, 2001
I Was A Teenage Caveman!: Nov. 4, 2001
Black Delta Night: Oct. 28, 2001
Minette Walters: Oct. 21, 2001
Dear Ray, We'll Never Forget You: Oct. 21, 2001
Survive This, You Suckers!: Oct. 14, 2001
The Ponder Heart: Oct. 14, 2001
Breakaway: Oct. 14, 2001
Dorothy McGuire: Oct. 7, 2001
P.D. James: A Celebration: Oct. 7, 2001
Reflecting on Terror: Sept. 30, 2001
Overkill: Sept. 2, 2001
More Dinosaurs and Talking Apes?: Aug. 19, 2001
PBS' 'Mystery!': The Season of Darkness: Aug. 12, 2001

It's Time For Detective Dream Teams: Aug. 5, 2001
Where the Deer & the Jack Rabbits Roam: July 29, 2001
What's So Funny About Horror?: July 8, 2001
The House We Lived In: July 8, 2001
Salute to Jack Lemmon: July 1, 2001
I Was A Monster Boy: June 24, 2001
Talking Heads 2: Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet: June 24, 2001
Potshot: June 17, 2001
Encore: The Tough Guy I'll Never Forget: June 17, 2001
1st To Die: June 10, 2001
Anthony Quinn: June 10, 2001
The Thrilla in Vanilla: June 3, 2001
The Dark Legacy of Robert Blake: May 27, 2001
The Festering Future of Network Television: May 27, 2001
Mothers from Hell!: May 13, 2001
Folly: May 6, 2001
Laura: How the Famous Film Obscures the Classic Novel: April 27, 2001
Michael Ritchie: April 22, 2001
The Man Who is Nero Wolfe: April 22, 2001
The Old Settler: April 22, 2001
Ten Favorite Mystery Movies You Probably Never Saw: April 15, 2001
Confessions of A Matinee Idler: April 15, 2001
Anthony Dexter: April 8, 2001
"When Billie Beat Bobby": April 8, 2001
My Days at Monkey Ward: April 1, 2001
What If Dick Francis Really Means It This Time?: March 25, 2001
South Pacific: March 25, 2001
Kathie Lee--Diva of Drama: March 11, 2001
Armed & Dangerous: March 4, 2001
Amy and Isabelle: Feb. 25, 2001
Charles Trenet: Feb. 25, 2001
The Long, Long Reign of Columbo: Feb. 25, 2001
My Dinner with Hannibal: Feb. 18, 2001 
Episode Three: Monster Vs. Monster: Feb. 18, 2001
Episode Two: Programmed To Kill!: Feb. 11, 2001
Episode One: Distress Call From the Far Frontier: Feb. 4, 2001
Kate Flora: Feb. 11, 2001
Hooked in the Dawn of the Sci-Fi Age: Feb. 4, 2001
Alternate Worlds: Feb. 4, 2001
The Uncertain Future of PBS' 'Mystery': Jan. 28, 2001
"The Flamingo Rising": Jan. 28, 2001
If Dorothy L. Sayers Came Again...: Jan. 21, 2001 
Jackie Chan,Cartoon Hero?: Jan. 14, 2001
Pop Stars: Jan. 7, 2001
2000:
The Pest Control Man's Vacation: Dec. 31, 2000

Farewell, Dr. Bramwell!: Dec. 31, 2000
My Favorite Christmas Cards: Dec. 24, 2000
'The American': Dec. 24, 2000
Marie Windsor: Dec. 17, 2000
Black Christmas: Dec. 17, 2000
SHOU: Dec. 10, 2000
Jane Goes To the Movies: Dec. 3, 2000
The Runaway: Dec. 3, 2000
 
Be Glad You're Not A Doctor on ER!: Dec. 1, 2000

Curt Siodmak Is Immortal!: Nov. 22, 2000
'Red Planet': Nov. 16, 2000
The Val Lewton Legacy: Nov. 9, 2000
Steve Allen: Nov. 7, 2000
What's A Nice Girl Like You...Big Hairy Paw Like That?: Oct.31, 2000
My Five Favorite TV Horrors: Oct. 31, 2000
 The Five Worst TV Horrors: Oct. 31, 2000
Lorie Ham: Oct. 26, 2000
Cora Unashamed: Oct. 24, 2000
Sheen vs. Locklear: Oct. 17, 2000
When Our Heroes Go Bad!: Oct. 12, 2000
Eastwood...without A Net: Oct.10, 2000
Richard Farnsworth: Oct. 9, 2000
Cuco Sanchez: Oct. 9, 2000
Tami Hoag: Oct. 5, 2000
Debate No. 1: Oct. 4, 2000
Gilmore Girls: Oct. 3, 2000
Felicity Hairdo Report: Sept. 30, 2000
Val McDermid: Sept. 28, 2000
Andromeda: Sept. 26, 2000
Dale Furutani: Sept. 21, 2000
James Schmerer: Sept. 14, 2000
Robert B. Parker: Sept. 7, 2000
Why TV Cheats Mystery Fans: Aug. 31, 2000
Hollow Man: Aug. 17, 2000
Jessica Speart: Aug. 17, 2000
Laura Crum: Aug. 10, 2000
Nancy Davis, Movie Star: July 27, 2000
Here Today,Where Tomorrow?: July 18, 2000
Guilty Pleasures: July 10, 2000
When TV Moppets Grow Up: June 27, 2000
Susan McBride: June 22, 2000
Marilyn Wooley: June 15, 2000
Exiles on Main Street: June 8, 2000
They're doing the TV show all wrong!: June 6, 2000
My Times With BOB HOPE: May 25, 2000
The Dark Origins of Sherlock Holmes: May 16, 2000
This Can Happen To You, Too…if You Watch TV Too Long!: May 9, 2000
Was "Dial M for Murder" the Best 3-D Film?: April 27, 2000
If I Ran Hollywood: April 18, 2000
Bomba of Hollywood: March 29, 2000
Welcome to My "Antique Road Show": March 14, 2000
HITCHCOCK: Did He Really Treat Actors Like Cattle?: March 9, 2000
They're Not Playing Our Songs And Now We Know Why: Feb. 23, 2000
Trial By Fire: Feb. 17, 2000
The Horror Movie Market Crash of 1946: Feb. 9-10, 2000
1999:
Whatever Happened to "Make Out" Music?": Dec. 6, 1999

 


 HOME

 About Us

 Index To
Archives

 Talkback

 Contact Us