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Retro Review: Manhunter (1986)

Years before Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster made the world of serial killer Hannibal Lecktor viable on the big screen, there was Michael Mann's Manhunter. The film, which was a box-office bomb in its day, was an adaptation of Thomas Harris's first Lecktor book, Red Dragon. And it came a year after Mann made it big on the small screen with Miami Vice. So what we get is a pretty faithful adaptation of Red Dragon done in the slick, rock-and-roll stylings of Mann's hit TV show. We also got a very different Lecktor, one who has little screen time -- which accommodates the character's limited involvement in the book -- and is very well played by Brian Cox. In fact, Cox is so effective, it makes me wonder why he wasn't brought back to play the character in The Silence of the Lambs. Equally good is William Peterson as Will Graham. Peterson is 100 percent believable as a tortured profiler who can't sit by and let innocent people die. He brings the right blend o...

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

Jason and Shawn return . . . again . . . with yet another revival episode! Yes, they've had more revivals than Cher. But revivals are all the rage these days, right? I said right!?!?! This time the Basement Boys tackle the supernatural thriller The Autopsy of Jane Doe starring Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch. Do the spooky goings on, from the director of Trollhunter, rate a watch? Stick with us!