- John Hansen
- September 4, 2020
‘Raised by Wolves’ offers little beyond its look
The Fall TV season gets off to both an early and an inauspicious start with “Raised by Wolves” (HBO Max), which at first blush has
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- John Hansen
- September 4, 2020
‘Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday’ (1993) squanders fresh ideas
Just as “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare” showed some verve a couple years earlier, “Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday” (1993) starts with fresh
- John Hansen
- September 3, 2020
Relatively thin schedule offers some highlights
The pandemic has wreaked havoc with fall TV scheduling (it’s hard to tell one socially distanced, masked story, let alone fill a slate with them),
- John Hansen
- September 3, 2020
‘True Lies’ (1994) proves Cameron can do comedy
Writer-director James Cameron shows he can do comedy – and Arnold Schwarzenegger adds another notch to his laugh belt – in “True Lies” (1994). Cameron’s
- John Hansen
- September 2, 2020
‘Alien’ short films mark 40th anniversary
The “Alien” franchise didn’t have a new movie in the chamber to mark its 40th anniversary in 2019, but it did gift fans with several
- John Hansen
- September 1, 2020
‘Some Kind of Wonderful’ (1987) shows a lot of heart
“Some Kind of Wonderful” (1987) offers little we haven’t seen in other movies, but it has such heart and such an easygoing, naturalistic charm that
- John Hansen
- August 31, 2020
‘Total Recall 2070’ (1999) taps into ‘Blade Runner’
“Total Recall 2070” (1999, Showtime) is two degrees removed from Philip K. Dick — a 22-episode reimagining of the 1990 movie adapted from Dick’s short
- John Hansen
- August 30, 2020
Everyone is hero of own story in ‘Breaking Bad’ Season 4 (2011)
Over six Sundays, we’re looking back at the five seasons (and one movie) of one of the last decade’s elite TV series: AMC’s “Breaking Bad.”
- John Hansen
- August 29, 2020
Kiddie flick ‘Zoom’ (2006) forgets humor, energy
“Zoom” (2006) is a formulaic superhero movie aimed at young kids, and therefore can be criticized for all the flaws you expect. The conflict, personality
- John Hansen
- August 28, 2020
Amusing scares keep ‘Leviathan’ (1989) from sinking
“Leviathan” (1989) is hurt by direct comparisons to “The Abyss” – which came out later that year – but it holds up as an entertaining