- John Hansen
- September 21, 2023
Fall TV preview 2023: 10 shows I wouldn’t mind watching
Even as someone who writes about TV shows, I’m not too bothered by the Hollywood strike. If anything, I feel it gives me a chance
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- John Hansen
- September 20, 2023
Fall movie preview 2023: 10 films I wouldn’t mind seeing
It’s fall movie season, so that means horror (from modest quirky entries to hyped franchise fare), Oscar-baiting biopics and legendary directors unveiling their latest wares.
- John Hansen
- September 5, 2023
‘Air’ an engrossing chronicle of Nike’s side of the legendary MJ deal
“Air” (Amazon Prime) cleverly and crisply chronicles Nike’s 1984 signing of Michael Jordan to the now-legendary basketball shoe contract. It’s not a chronicle of Jordan
- John Hansen
- April 20, 2023
‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 5 looks to the future
Like the final season of “Lost,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” is flash-forwarding in its last go-around, in the prologs of each episode (three of which
- John Hansen
- December 31, 2022
John’s top 10 movies of 2022
The industry is struggling through a post-pandemic transitional period as it figures out how people want to consume movies. For now, there’s still an appetite
- John Hansen
- December 30, 2022
John’s top 10 TV shows of 2022
Twenty years ago, there were more good TV episodes per year, but today there are more good TV shows. They just have shorter seasons, and
- John Hansen
- November 17, 2022
‘My Best Friend’s Exorcism’ has neither laughs nor scares
Elsie Fisher has the weirdest typecasting of Gen-Z teens: Her face is often pimple-covered. It’s appropriate in “Eighth Grade,” my favorite movie of 2018, but
- John Hansen
- November 12, 2022
With ‘Westworld’ canceled, ‘Peripheral’ smoothly slides in
As if they got a warning from the future, “Westworld” executive producers Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan had already launched their new show – Amazon
- John Hansen
- October 6, 2022
‘Goodnight Mommy’ remake scrapes by on mood, twist
“Goodnight Mommy” (Amazon Prime), a probably unnecessary remake of the 2014 Austrian film, is a sparse and score-driven mood picture. The main characters are twins
- John Hansen
- June 12, 2022
‘The Boys’ are back in town for still-excellent Season 3
Between Seasons 2 and 3 of “The Boys,” another dark caped comedy hit TV: James Gunn’s “Peacemaker.” They are arguably the two best superhero shows