- John Hansen
- April 11, 2020
‘Hancock’ (2008) hampered by conflicting tones
Will Smith returned to his Fourth of July blockbuster stomping grounds – and tried his hand at playing a superhero slightly before it was cool
‘Hancock’ (2008) hampered by conflicting tones
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- John Hansen
- April 10, 2020
‘Friday the 13th: Part III’ (1982) not quite eye-popping
With “Friday the 13th: Part III” (1982), Jason (played by Richard Brooker this time) enters iconic status as he acquires his trademark hockey mask; from
- John Hansen
- April 9, 2020
‘Lethal Weapon 2’ (1989) jumps into franchise’s stupid phase
It’s a stereotype that action movie franchises start off strong but get stupid as they go along, and if there’s truth to every stereotype, “Lethal
- John Hansen
- April 7, 2020
PKD jumps through time in ‘Dr. Futurity’ (1960)
Setting aside the fact that time travel is by its very nature crazy, “Dr. Futurity” (1960, expanding from the 1954 short story “Time Pawn”) is
- John Hansen
- April 6, 2020
Gritty ‘Sector War’ (2018-19) feels like Dark Horse’s early ‘Terminator’ comics
In its last (for now) “Terminator” entry, Dark Horse goes full circle with a gritty four-issue series that calls to mind its earliest work. “Sector
- John Hansen
- April 4, 2020
‘Toxic Avenger’ (1984) incredibly stupid yet endearing
In 1990, I got into “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and eventually learned that the source material was adult-aimed comic books. The same year, the “Toxic
- John Hansen
- April 3, 2020
‘Carriers’ (2009) plays starkly in the coronavirus age
Although not as well-known and epic as the likes of “Contagion” and “Outbreak,” “Carriers” (2009) is a nice little horror-suspenser that explores a pandemic on
- John Hansen
- April 2, 2020
Every David Mamet film, ranked (except ‘The Water Engine’)
From his first writing credit (1981’s adaptation of “The Postman Always Rings Twice”) through his most recent writer-director gig (the 2013 TV movie “Phil Spector”),
- John Hansen
- April 1, 2020
‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Season 10 is prettay, prettay good
It’s been three years since the previous season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO), so Larry David and his writers had plenty of absurdities from the
- John Hansen
- March 31, 2020
PKD predates ‘Terminator’ with ‘Vulcan’s Hammer’ (1960)
“Vulcan’s Hammer” (written in 1953, published in 1960) is Philip K. Dick’s first foray into novel-length science fiction (although not his first published), and it’s