- John Hansen
- June 18, 2021
‘Deep Rising’ (1998) is weird, watery, wild
All I remembered from my 1998 viewing of “Deep Rising” was Famke Janssen in a sexy red dress; Anthony Heald explaining that the tentacled sea
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- John Hansen
- June 17, 2021
‘Awake’ a woke but tired spin on the apocalypse
“Awake” (Netflix) has one of those premises that could turn out ingenious or stupid, but it unfortunately leans more toward the latter. In an unneeded
- John Hansen
- June 17, 2021
Adventurous ‘Lost in Space’ (1998) updates 1960s series
I have a soft spot for “Lost in Space” (1998). In retrospect, it’s neat how long “Titanic” stayed at No. 1 at the box office, but
- John Hansen
- June 16, 2021
In ‘Blue Jasmine’ (2013), there are no shortcuts
Cate Blanchett shines in “Blue Jasmine” (2013), but only figuratively. More literally, as the title character, she sweats, grimaces, shakes and shivers through a masterful
- John Hansen
- June 14, 2021
‘Futureworld’ (1976) a blueprint for TV’s ‘Westworld’
Most people know HBO’s “Westworld” is based on Michael Crichton’s 1973 movie of the same name, but it’s perhaps less well-known that Seasons 2 and
- John Hansen
- June 13, 2021
Christie tries novella form in ‘Dead Man’s Mirror’ (1937)
I generally prefer Agatha Christie’s novels to her short stories, and now “Dead Man’s Mirror” (1937, also published as “Murder in the Mews”) gives me
- John Hansen
- June 11, 2021
‘The Ring’ (2002) creepily brings J-horror to US
When I saw “The Ring” (2002) in theaters, people openly gasped at the moment when Samara (Daveigh Chase) crawls through the TV screen. That’d be
- John Hansen
- June 10, 2021
‘Solaris’ (2002) fails to find purpose of its existence
Writer-director Steven Soderbergh’s “Solaris” (2002) tries to do something different 30 years after the classic Russian adaptation of the Stanislaw Lem novel. It fails in
- John Hansen
- June 9, 2021
Allen loves another city in ‘Midnight in Paris’ (2011)
We know Woody Allen loves New York City, but that doesn’t mean it comes at the expense of the other great cities of the world.
- John Hansen
- June 7, 2021
Crichton’s ‘Airframe’ (1996) reaches new heights
“Airframe” (1996) is the last Michael Crichton novel (under his own name) that I read for the first time. In the wake of “The Lost