- John Hansen
- December 22, 2017
John’s top 40 ‘Star Wars’ comic book stories: Nos. 40-31
Earlier this year, I ranked my top 40 “Star Wars” books. But the 40th anniversary year isn’t over yet, so over the next four days,
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- John Hansen
- December 21, 2017
‘Chuck’ a lightweight portrayal of the boxer who inspired ‘Rocky’ (Movie review)
Available via streaming and Redbox, “Chuck” was quietly in and out of theaters in 2017. The biopic’s titular character, Chuck Wepner (Liev Schreiber), is also
- John Hansen
- December 18, 2017
‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Night of the Living Rerun’ (1998) (Book review)
Arthur Byron Cover’s “Night of the Living Rerun” (March 1998), the third original novel in the young-adult line, anticipates future episodes like “I Only Have
- John Hansen
- December 15, 2017
No X-Men in this ‘Gifted,’ but it is a sweet little family drama (Movie review)
Not to be confused with TV’s “X-Men” series “The Gifted,” “Gifted” made a blip in movie theaters in April (it’s available via Redbox and streaming),
- John Hansen
- December 14, 2017
’47 Meters Down’ a respectable addition to pantheon of shark terror
“Jaws” (1975) invented the killer-shark subgenre of horror, but it didn’t invent sharks. As such, plenty of movies through the years have been spiritual sequels to
- John Hansen
- December 13, 2017
‘Life’ is another ‘Alien’ ripoff – but it’s one of the better ones (Movie review)
It’s hard to review “Life” (March 2017) — which I recently saw via Redbox – without entering into apologia. It is undeniably in the “Alien”
- John Hansen
- December 12, 2017
Music-driven ‘Baby Driver’ cranks up the directorial creativity (Movie review)
At one point in “Baby Driver” — now available via Redbox and streaming — the gunshots are in perfect sync with the beats from the
- John Hansen
- December 11, 2017
Sherman-Palladino achieves career hat trick with ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
All of the best traits and very few of the worst traits of hat-loving TV producer Amy Sherman-Palladino are present in the delightful “Marvelous Mrs.
- John Hansen
- December 5, 2017
Wondrous settings and epic monster fights shine, but ‘Kong: Skull Island’ also has depth (Movie review)
I didn’t know if we needed another “King Kong” reboot per se, especially since Peter Jackson’s 2005 version was pretty great. And there are indeed some
- John Hansen
- December 4, 2017
You’ll ‘Wish Upon’ a star, or whatever gods you pray to, for a more creative film (Movie review)
In “Wish Upon” — now available via Redbox and streaming — young Clare (Joey King, from Season 1 of “Fargo”) comes upon an ancient Chinese