- John Hansen
- June 19, 2011
‘Super 8’ gets derailed by crashes and monsters (Movie review)
It’s such a cliched truism that special effects don’t make a movie better that you’d think it wouldn’t have to be said ever again. And
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- John Hansen
- June 13, 2011
‘X-Men: First Class’ goes to head of the class
Sure, there are probably dozens upon dozens of comic books that explore the early friendship between Professor Charles Xavier (Professor X) and Erik Lensherr (Magneto).
- John Hansen
- May 30, 2011
‘Hangover Part II’ even stupider — and funnier — than the original (Movie review)
From the opening scene where Phil (Bradley Cooper) calls his wife from a Bangkok rooftop and says “Honey, it happened again,” “The Hangover Part II” takes off
- John Hansen
- May 21, 2011
10 movies John wouldn’t mind seeing this summer (Commentary)
Although I dislike about 90 percent of wide releases nowadays, I still enjoy paging through the Entertainment Weekly summer movie preview and sifting out a
- John Hansen
- May 16, 2011
‘Insidious’ sneaks up on you with its scares
“Insidious,” which has scared up the best business of any horror movie this year, is made by people who still love the genre. Although it comes
- John Hansen
- May 3, 2011
War: It’s not so fantastic, even in ‘Star Wars’ (Movie commentary)
Is the killing of a human being ever a cause for celebration? That question came to mind when I saw sports fans celebrating the death of 9/11
- John Hansen
- April 24, 2011
Far from a parody, ‘Paul’ is a celebration of classic sci-fi concepts (Movie review)
One of the hosts of the Force Cast (at forcecast.net) recently argued that sci-fi fans should rebel against the term “nerd” because nerds are mainstream now
- John Hansen
- April 17, 2011
Meta to the max: If it’s all been done before, then what’s left to say in ‘Scream 4?’ (Movie review)
Eleven years after “Scream 3,” the casting director of “Scream 4” had a lot of lost time to make up for. While the original film in 1996
- John Hansen
- March 7, 2011
‘Adjustment Bureau’ is a romance story from the mind of PKD
Philip K. Dick is widely remembered for his unparalleled sci-fi imagination, and the latest adaptation of one of his short stories, “The Adjustment Bureau,” is rife with
- John Hansen
- January 30, 2011
Darth Maul on ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’: Cyborg, ghost or clone? (TV commentary)
In the Jan. 21 episode of “The Clone Wars” (7:30 p.m. Central Fridays on Cartoon Network), the Nightsisters send Savage Opress off to the Outer Rim to