- John Hansen
- August 9, 2025
Have the ‘Jurassic Park’ films really gotten that bad? Or have tastes changed?
If I took a time machine from 1993 – the day after seeing “Jurassic Park” – to today, then watched the six sequels, I’d figure
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- John Hansen
- August 9, 2025
‘Marvels’ (2023) is rather fun despite being indecipherable
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has achieved a weird semi-success, semi-failure with Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), introduced in “Captain Marvel” (2019) and getting her second showcase
- John Hansen
- August 8, 2025
Cute ‘Freaky Friday’ (1976) leads to even better 2003 remake
When “Freakier Friday” hits theaters, it will be a sequel to the 2003 version of “Freaky Friday,” which remade the original (1976), which itself had
- John Hansen
- August 8, 2025
‘Sleepless’ (2001) more like a pleasant horror dream than a nightmare
As the century turned, Dario Argento had already earned the title of Master of Giallo, and while some would argue he’s done nothing in the
- John Hansen
- August 7, 2025
Koepp, Edwards simplify ‘Jurassic World’ story for a ‘Rebirth’
The seventh “Jurassic” movie is for some reason called “Jurassic World: Rebirth,” but colloquially I suppose people will call it “the 2025 one” or “the
- John Hansen
- August 7, 2025
‘King of Comedy’ (1982) an engrossingly awkward satire of showbiz
“The King of Comedy” (1982) is a rather simple tale of two unhinged people – Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro) and his friend Masha (Sandra
- John Hansen
- August 5, 2025
Scares of ‘Dangerous Animals’ go beyond the sharks
Among the chum-bucket full of shark movies to come out of Australia in recent years, “Dangerous Animals” is one of the juiciest pieces of meat.
- John Hansen
- August 2, 2025
Again, ‘Aquaman’-verse looks great in ‘The Lost Kingdom’ (2023)
Randall Park’s Dr. Shin, an audience surrogate who accidentally works for supervillain Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), notes in “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (2023)
- John Hansen
- August 1, 2025
Argento’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’ (1998) a kitschy experiment
In my Dario Argento reviews up to this point in his filmography, I’ve given at least a mild recommendation to everything except 1990’s “Black Cat”
- John Hansen
- July 31, 2025
‘Thunderbolts’ explores alternate way to return power to people
The Marvel Cinematic Universe rediscovers the heady times of about a decade ago with “Thunderbolts,” a story of six decidedly rough-around-the-edges anti-superheroes-turned-real-superheroes that goes down