- John Hansen
- April 22, 2020
‘Underwater’ dives right into intense frights
“Underwater” is like a fond throwback to those B-list horror films that used to hit theaters in January a couple decades ago. 1997 through 2000
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- John Hansen
- April 21, 2020
‘Knives Out’ reinvigorates the whodunit
Who would’ve thought one of the most sneaky-cool films of 2019 would also be one you can recommend to your parents? Writer-director Rian Johnson’s “Knives
- John Hansen
- April 21, 2020
‘Game-Players of Titan’ (1963) among PKD’s wildest, weirdest rides
The deliciously wild ideas outpace the narrative in “The Game-Players of Titan” (1963), a Philip K. Dick novel that has many loyal defenders. Although I
- John Hansen
- April 20, 2020
‘Bad Boys for Life’ enjoyably tones down the excesses
The obvious conceit for “Bad Boys for Life” would be to laugh at two middle-aged dudes getting into explosive, camera-spinning shoot-’em-ups and lamenting how this
- John Hansen
- April 20, 2020
IDW’s ‘X-Files’ delivers 2016 Annual and X-mas Special
The 2016 Annual, “Illegal Aliens,” is a classic X-File – maybe a little too classic. Writer Andrew Aydin – gamely assisted by artist Greg Scott
- John Hansen
- April 18, 2020
‘Hellboy’ (2019) muddies mythos for no good reason
“Hellboy” (2019) inadvertently teaches a lesson about the way we perceive modern cinema. The CGI creatures and landscapes in director Neil Marshall’s film are technically
- John Hansen
- April 17, 2020
‘The Crazies’ (2010) a generic brand of madness
“The Crazies” (2010) is a nice escape from coronavirus fears and the frustration of the MLB season’s delay, as it starts with a small-town Iowa
- John Hansen
- April 16, 2020
‘Bronx is Burning’ (2007) chronicles 1977 Yankees’ personality clash
The first episode of the eight-part “The Bronx is Burning” (2007, ESPN) opens with a dugout clash between Yankees manager Billy Martin (John Turturro) and
- John Hansen
- April 14, 2020
PKD writes memorable female lead in ‘Mary and the Giant’ (1987)
“Mary and the Giant” (written in 1954, published in 1987) is a nice gender-swapped companion piece to “Voices from the Street” (1952, 2007), this time
- John Hansen
- April 13, 2020
IDW tries another ‘X-Files’ ongoing series (Issues 1-9, 2016)
When Chris Carter decided to scrap the Season 10–11 comics’ timeline when he brought the “X-Files” back to TV in 2016, it meant IDW lead