- 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
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- John Hansen
- December 25, 2022
Craig’s Blanc joins a newly loaded cast for ‘Glass Onion’
With his James Bond run concluded, Daniel Craig has already solidified his next franchise by playing Benoit Blanc, the old-fashioned Southern detective who solved “Knives
- John Hansen
- October 19, 2022
Flanagan goes YA for ‘Midnight Club,’ but never fear – it’s still good
A Mike Flanagan Netflix miniseries is now an expected October treat. But “The Midnight Club” is different from “The Haunting of Hill House,” “The Haunting
- John Hansen
- October 10, 2022
‘Mr. Harrigan’s Phone’ not quite great, but worth picking up
Exhibit A in the case that we live in an era overloaded with entertainment options: 2022 features two psychological horror films centering on a telephone
- John Hansen
- September 20, 2022
Griffith earns Silver medal for ‘Cobra Kai’ Season 5
“Cobra Kai’s” legacy, well-established by now, is that it legitimizes the cheesy-but-fun 1980s movies by expanding the story. Season 5 (Netflix) particularly sets its sights
- John Hansen
- September 17, 2022
‘Devil in Ohio’: Horror miniseries as comfort food
In this age of the spy state and mass information, how is any self-respecting, long-running, disciple-murdering religious cult supposed to survive? The answer, as supplied
- John Hansen
- August 1, 2022
‘Camp Cretaceous’ Season 5 is Spielbergian, Crichtonian, great
My friend and former RFMC contributor Shaune has a 4-year-old son who isn’t into “Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous” (Netflix). Meanwhile, I gobble up every episode
- John Hansen
- March 29, 2022
‘Adam Project’ adds Reynolds’ riffing to kiddie plot
Similar to Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds has become an actor who cranks out similar, vaguely likable, harmless comedies. In fact, “The Adam Project” (Netflix) comes
- John Hansen
- March 6, 2022
‘Don’t Look Up’ (2021) sets ’em up, knocks ’em down
Writer-director Adam McKay’s “Don’t Look Up” (2021, Netflix) makes fun of almost everything in American pop culture and government today. It’s intelligent, but rarely uproariously
- John Hansen
- February 18, 2022
‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ still has meat on its bones
The “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” saga isn’t so much an ongoing story as a series of “Hey, let me have a try.” The new Netflix release,