- John Hansen
- January 21, 2021
‘Firefly: Watch How I Soar’ a flighty nod to Wash
A decade ago, Dark Horse gave us the previously secret backstory of Book in one volume, “The Shepherd’s Tale.” Now we get a similarly classy
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- John Hansen
- January 18, 2021
Preston takes on God in ‘Blasphemy’ (2008)
Douglas Preston’s “Blaspehmy” (2008) has such a good premise that it hooked me twice. I remembered from my first read that scientists with a particle
- John Hansen
- January 11, 2021
‘Tyrannosaur Canyon’ (2005) a rip-roaring thriller
Novels where dinosaurs roam present-day Earth were left to the late, great Michael Crichton, and that’s as it should be, but Douglas Preston crafts an
- John Hansen
- January 8, 2021
Lebbon’s ‘Firefly: Generations’ teases Earth-That-Was
Tim Lebbon’s “Firefly: Generations” – the series’ fourth novel — finally came out in November long after its initial announcement, and while it’s not exactly
- John Hansen
- January 6, 2021
‘Greenland’ carries weight of (the end of) the world
Boasting more adherence to how things might really happen than its forbearers such as 1998’s “Armageddon” and “Deep Impact,” “Greenland’s” (2020) strength as a rocks-from-space
- John Hansen
- January 1, 2021
Valerian makes surprise return in ‘Future is Waiting’ (2019)
Like most fans, I thought “Volume 22: Memories of the Futures” (2013) was the final “Valerian and Laureline” book, but artist Jean-Claude Mezieres and writer
- John Hansen
- December 31, 2020
John’s top 10 movies of 2020
The Oscars are expanding the 2020 movie year by two months in order for more films to get released and compete for statuettes. That’s a
- John Hansen
- December 28, 2020
Endearing chimp stars in Preston’s ‘Jennie’ (1994)
Douglas Preston starts his fiction-writing career with a novel that’s almost unrecognizably his own, when viewed from the lens of a quarter-century of imaginative sci-fi
- John Hansen
- December 25, 2020
‘The Faculty’ (1998) a slick product with a point
In 1998, I ranked “The Faculty” higher than “Disturbing Behavior” in my year-end top 10, but today I think the crisp, on-the-nose nature of director
- John Hansen
- December 23, 2020
In the holiday spirit: All 10 Shane Black films, ranked
With Christmas approaching, it’s a good time look back at the films of Shane Black, the unofficial King of Christmas among moviemakers. Although he may