- John Hansen
- December 31, 2025
John’s top 10 movies of 2025
The spectacle of the best franchise superhero and action movies got to me in 2025, although I also sat through surprising misfires. I still surprised
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- John Hansen
- July 3, 2025
‘Ballerina’ steps into ‘John Wick’s’ shoes for magnificent dance
It used to be that franchises cranked out spinoffs on the cheap to make a few bucks; low risk, small but safe return. Man, does
- John Hansen
- May 8, 2025
What summer 2025 movies are worth getting off your couch for?
Anecdotally, this looks like the most loaded summer of movies in a long time, possibly ever. The big franchises are supplemented by surprising legacy comedy
- John Hansen
- December 31, 2023
John’s top 10 movies of 2023
In movies, 2023 was a year of endings for major action franchises. Sort of; we know that nothing truly ends anymore. “John Wick” bowed out
- John Hansen
- October 13, 2023
‘The Continental’ is a tasty supplement to ‘John Wick’
The four “John Wick” films are about gun-fu action, with the story being a mere excuse for said action. That’s OK when the gunplay and
- John Hansen
- September 21, 2023
Fall TV preview 2023: 10 shows I wouldn’t mind watching
Even as someone who writes about TV shows, I’m not too bothered by the Hollywood strike. If anything, I feel it gives me a chance
- John Hansen
- June 14, 2023
‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ goes out in a big (and long) way
I don’t like the trend of increasingly long movies, but I often give good grades to long movies. “John Wick: Chapter 4” is 2 hours
- John Hansen
- April 13, 2023
‘John Wick’ (2014) is lean, brisk, and now a classic
Part homage to classic action films, part serious postmodern take, and skillfully dodging the ripoff label, “John Wick” (2014) reinvigorated the genre nine years ago.
- John Hansen
- December 31, 2019
John’s top 10 movies of 2019
These were my 10 favorite movies of 2019, a year when superheroes continued to dominate but when we also got prime slices of action, comedy
- John Hansen
- May 22, 2019
‘John Wick 3: Parabellum’ has a blast playing in its sandbox
The first two chapters of the “John Wick” saga — in addition to somehow making top-shelf entertainment out of a suit-wearing, dog-loving dude gun-fu-ing his