- John Hansen
- May 31, 2023
‘Rocky’ saga has post-Stallone life in Jordan-helmed ‘Creed III’
Rocky tells Adonis “This is your time” at the end of 2018’s “Creed II,” and Michael B. Jordan takes that to heart. He both stars
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- John Hansen
- May 29, 2023
‘Blade Runner: Black Lotus’ finds more life in ‘Leaving L.A.’ (2022)
“Blade Runner: Black Lotus” (2021-22) didn’t quite earn spots on my yearly top 10 TV lists. The story, perhaps suffering from translation from the Japanese,
- John Hansen
- May 26, 2023
‘Green Room’ (2015) a brutal slice of plausible horror
Among the details “Green Room” (2015) gets right are the disgusting conditions backstage – and actually, throughout the whole club – for a punk-rock bar
- John Hansen
- May 25, 2023
All 13 movies written and directed by Kevin Smith, ranked
To mark the 40th anniversary of “Return of the Jedi,” since I wrote a thorough tribute piece 10 years ago, I decided to look back
- John Hansen
- May 22, 2023
‘Blade Runner: Origins’ (2021-22) wraps by commenting on inner-city plight
Philip K. Dick commented on his own time via stories set in the future. But now our real-world timeline has somehow moved beyond the future.
- John Hansen
- May 19, 2023
The hauntings of Mike Flanagan: All 13 of his films and TV shows, ranked
In appropriate fashion for the horror genre, Mike Flanagan slowly crept onto the scene in the 2010s, making increasingly good, modestly budgeted films. Then he
- John Hansen
- May 18, 2023
The good times and the bad: All 10 ‘Fast & Furious’ movies, ranked
“Fast X” is fast approaching, and while it’s hard to imagine anyone cares anymore, worldwide box-office results prove they do. (These films cost $200 million
- John Hansen
- May 15, 2023
In ‘2029: Redemption’ (2022), has the ‘Blade Runner’ saga reached the singularity?
In “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep,” Philip K. Dick views androids as being distinct from humans because they lack empathy. The “Blade Runner” movie
- John Hansen
- May 11, 2023
Verisimilitude cruises away from ‘F9: The Fast Saga’ (2021)
When Richard Donner made “Superman” (1978), he regularly pitched the word “verisimilitude” around the set. He knew believability of the material – and universal cast-and-crew
- John Hansen
- May 9, 2023
‘Maneater’ (2022) isn’t a full meal, but it has tasty turns
Driven by an earnest performance by country musician Trace Adkins as a fisherman who looks to avenge his daughter’s death at the teeth of a