- John Hansen
- July 6, 2021
In Pratt’s ‘Tomorrow War,’ war is hella awesome
A military woman in “The Tomorrow War” (Amazon Prime) tells a new draftee why they haven’t released photos of the alien invaders to the public.
In Pratt’s ‘Tomorrow War,’ war is hella awesome
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- John Hansen
- June 24, 2021
Besson’s ‘Fifth Element’ (1997) an art-design paradise
“The Fifth Element” (1997) requires a pact with the audience that they’ll be up for something stylistically and tonally different from the average SF space
- John Hansen
- June 17, 2021
‘Awake’ a woke but tired spin on the apocalypse
“Awake” (Netflix) has one of those premises that could turn out ingenious or stupid, but it unfortunately leans more toward the latter. In an unneeded
- John Hansen
- June 17, 2021
Adventurous ‘Lost in Space’ (1998) updates 1960s series
I have a soft spot for “Lost in Space” (1998). In retrospect, it’s neat how long “Titanic” stayed at No. 1 at the box office, but
- John Hansen
- June 14, 2021
‘Futureworld’ (1976) a blueprint for TV’s ‘Westworld’
Most people know HBO’s “Westworld” is based on Michael Crichton’s 1973 movie of the same name, but it’s perhaps less well-known that Seasons 2 and
- John Hansen
- June 10, 2021
‘Solaris’ (2002) fails to find purpose of its existence
Writer-director Steven Soderbergh’s “Solaris” (2002) tries to do something different 30 years after the classic Russian adaptation of the Stanislaw Lem novel. It fails in
- John Hansen
- June 5, 2021
‘Heart of the Jedi’ an intriguing lost ‘Star Wars’ novel
Kenneth C. Flint’s “The Heart of the Jedi,” written in 1992, was originally published on starwarstimeline.net in 2015. But it received new attention in recent
- John Hansen
- June 4, 2021
‘Piranha’ (1978, 1995) cheaply knocks off ‘Jaws’
“Piranha” (1978) is sometimes described as a “Jaws” parody, but really it’s a knockoff of the 1975 Steven Spielberg classic, with any laughs being broad
- John Hansen
- May 28, 2021
‘Supernova’ (2000) spaces out on its big ideas
“Supernova” (2000) was disowned by director Walter Hill (a writer on “Aliens” and “Alien 3”) before its release (the fake name Thomas Lee is used),
- John Hansen
- May 27, 2021
Depressive ‘Solaris’ (1972) is the anti-‘2001’
Watched today, “Solaris” (1972) requires a pact with the viewer beforehand. It offers none of the things we look for in modern space films, such