- John Hansen
- May 15, 2019
John’s 10 favorite TV characters at the moment (Commentary)
Here are my 10 favorite characters from the last 12 months of television, from networks to cable to streaming, counting down from 10 to 1:
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- John Hansen
- May 14, 2019
‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Spark and Burn’ (2005) (Book review)
In the early days of the “Buffy” novels, we got the points of view of supporting characters – as well as a chance to revisit
- John Hansen
- May 13, 2019
‘The Verdict’ (1982) a masterwork of the courtroom drama form
“The Verdict” (1982) is most known for the engrossing turn by Paul Newman as a down-and-out lawyer who gets obsessed with one case, but it’s
- Summer Walls
- May 12, 2019
‘Us’ – Jordan Peele’s followup to ‘Get Out’ – is chilling, weird and fresh (Movie review)
Writer-director Jordan Peele’s latest horror offering, “Us” – which hits digital June 4 and disc June 18 — opens on a seemingly endless wall of
- John Hansen
- May 11, 2019
‘Daredevil’ (2003) looks particularly mediocre
I remember “Daredevil” (2003) being a solid – and even serious — superhero movie when I saw it in the theater. But after “Batman Begins” (2005)
- John Hansen
- May 9, 2019
‘Fighting with My Family’ is a fairly lightweight biopic, but Florence Pugh is a champion in the main role (Movie review)
“Fighting with My Family” doesn’t redefine the sports biopic genre, which in a way is too bad because professional wrestling is such an unusual thing,
- Shaune Redfield
- May 9, 2019
Aronofsky’s ‘Mother!’ (2017) is bizarre, off-putting
I had put off watching writer-director Darren Aronofsky’s “Mother!” (2017) for a long time. Most of the feedback I had heard was that it’s random and
- John Hansen
- May 8, 2019
Preston & Child’s ‘Verses for the Dead’ explores southern Florida and a puzzling string of deaths (Book review)
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child give Agent Pendergast a fresh start of sorts in his 18th novel, “Verses for the Dead” (December, hardcover). Series like
- John Hansen
- May 7, 2019
‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Queen of the Slayers’ (2005) (Book review)
Nancy Holder gives extra care and attention to “Queen of the Slayers” (May 2005), writing it as if it’s the canonical followup to “Buffy” Season
- John Hansen
- May 6, 2019
‘Winslow Boy’ (1999) grippingly chronicles small, crucial legal case
With “The Winslow Boy” (1999), writer-director David Mamet is as much using his name recognition as he is using his skill to bring an important