- John Hansen
- November 18, 2022
Rockwell, Ronan make ‘See How They Run’ a comedic delight
As a fan of Agatha Christie and of comedy that points out the absurdities of all human beings, I found “See How They Run” to
Rockwell, Ronan make ‘See How They Run’ a comedic delight
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- John Hansen
- November 16, 2022
Penn starrer ‘Sweet and Lowdown’ (1999) turns out sour
“Sweet and Lowdown” (1999) illustrates the magical nature of filmmaking by lacking magic. We knew by this point that writer-director Woody Allen could make great
- John Hansen
- November 4, 2022
‘Cry of Thunder’ (2008) has Holmes, Kolchak … and messy plot
“Sherlock Holmes and Kolchak the Night Stalker: Cry of Thunder” (three issues, 2008, collected in 2010) includes the Tombstone Thunderbird myth – remarkably underused in fresh
- John Hansen
- June 15, 2022
‘Winning Time’ a winner, even if not entirely accurate
“Deep fake” video technology now makes it possible for actors to look like other people. But “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” Season
- John Hansen
- June 5, 2022
Klosterman smartly, engagingly dissects ‘The Nineties’
In his new hardcover book “The Nineties,” Chuck Klosterman illustrates the nature of traditional network TV with a “Seinfeld” reference from 1992. Why would people
- John Hansen
- February 22, 2022
Sorkin stays in comfort zone in ‘Being the Ricardos’ (2021)
Writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s “Being the Ricardos” (2021) is like an episode of “Sports Night,” “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” or “The Newsroom.” That’s a
- John Hansen
- December 13, 2021
‘Great Train Robbery’ (1978) a sharp but stiff procedural
Writer-director Michael Crichton turns around his 1975 novel “The Great Train Robbery” for a 1978 film that reaffirms his technical competence but lacks flair. It’s
- John Hansen
- December 1, 2021
Allen tackles TV with ‘Crisis in Six Scenes’ (2016)
For “Crisis in Six Scenes” (2016, Amazon Prime), Woody Allen takes a rolling pin to a movie idea, flattening it out to take up six
- John Hansen
- October 3, 2021
A twist: ‘Death Comes as the End’ (1944) set in ancient Egypt
Settling in for a comfortingly familiar Agatha Christie novel, I was surprised to find that “Death Comes as the End” (1944) is something quite different.
- John Hansen
- August 12, 2021
‘Cloud Atlas’ (2012) has epic rebellious streak
On a kick of Wachowski movies, I notice their running theme of systems or rulers oppressing common or poor folk. That’s again the case in