- John Hansen
- December 6, 2019
‘Superman II’ reviews
John’s “Superman II” Lester Cut (1981) versus Donner Cut (2006) comparison, Dec. 7, 2019 John’s “Superman II: The Donner Cut” (2006) review, Nov. 22, 2017
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- John Hansen
- December 5, 2019
‘Die Hard 2: Die Harder’ (1990) is a stone-cold classic
“Die Hard” (1988) is required Christmas season viewing for many, but “Die Hard 2: Die Harder” (1990) should not be overlooked. Although both are rightly
- John Hansen
- December 3, 2019
‘Total Recall’ (1990) is vintage Verhoeven
Broadly speaking, there are three kinds of Philip K. Dick adaptations: Those that are faithful to his themes while switching the medium to movies (“Blade
- John Hansen
- November 30, 2019
‘The Crow’ (1994) gives Goths their own superhero
“The Crow” (1994) is more style than substance, as director Alex Proyas uses the comic book adaptation as a testing ground for his brilliant “Dark
- John Hansen
- November 23, 2019
‘Return of Swamp Thing’ (1989) an improvement, but still terrible
“Swamp Thing” (1982) achieved a spot on the short list of worst movies to get a sequel upon the release of “The Return of Swamp
- John Hansen
- November 19, 2019
Sci-fi masters meet for engrossing ‘Minority Report’ (2002)
Director Steven Spielberg’s “Minority Report” (2002) isn’t the most by-the-book adaptation of a Philip K. Dick story (most agree that’s “A Scanner Darkly”). But it
- John Hansen
- November 16, 2019
‘Constantine’ (2005) tries to become Reeves’ next franchise
Between the “Matrix” and “John Wick” franchises, Keanu Reeves took a stab at another franchise with “Constantine” (2005), based on the DC/Vertigo comics antihero (invented
- John Hansen
- November 14, 2019
Stars have a blast bringing ‘Charlie’s Angels’ films to big screen
A neat thing about the “Charlie’s Angels” franchise is that it’s one big saga, with the 1976-81 TV series, the 2000-03 movies, the short-lived 2011 TV
- John Hansen
- November 9, 2019
‘Blade: Trinity’ (2004) closes trilogy with humor, fun
“Blade: Trinity” (2004) gives Blade (Wesley Snipes) some friends, and what a great decision that is. Blade retains his badass loner persona, but now Ryan
- John Hansen
- November 8, 2019
‘Cobra Kai’ shows no mercy to the competition, stays badass in Season 2 (TV review)
With Season 2 (April), which recently wrapped its free-to-all run on YouTube Premium, “Cobra Kai” has secured its spot as the best continuation of a