- John Hansen
- May 31, 2020
Patterson’s ‘Vast of Night’ a gripping, stylish debut
Usually when a director drops his calling card, he has a few minor credits on his IMDB resume before that. But Andrew Patterson’s resume is
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- John Hansen
- May 30, 2020
‘Bloodshot’ inoffensively launches Valiant superhero saga
I don’t know if anyone keeps track of this sort of thing, but Vin Diesel must hold the record for most franchises for a B-list
- John Hansen
- May 30, 2020
‘Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw’ (2019) a silly, wild romp
Through the end of May, I’m looking back at the nine movies of the “Fast & Furious” franchise, watching most of them for the first
- John Hansen
- May 28, 2020
‘Invisible Man’ is more about increasingly visible woman
Leigh Whannell was a writer before he was a director, but “The Invisible Man” shows off his directorial skills more than his screenplay-penning talent. This
- John Hansen
- May 28, 2020
‘The Fate of the Furious’ (2017) is epically dumb
Through the end of May, I’m looking back at the nine movies of the “Fast & Furious” franchise, watching most of them for the first
- John Hansen
- May 26, 2020
Troubled hero navigates weird sci-fi in PKD’s ‘We Can Build You’ (1972)
Philip K. Dick melds three ideas into one book in “We Can Build You” (written in 1962, published in 1972), but it flows better than
- John Hansen
- May 25, 2020
‘X-Files Origins: Devil’s Advocate’ (2017) explores Scully
Jonathan Maberry delivers an amazing Dana Scully story in “X-Files Origins: Devil’s Advocate” (2017) that not only shows what our favorite red-headed agent is like
- John Hansen
- May 18, 2020
‘X-Files Origins: Agent of Chaos’ (2017) explores Mulder’s past
Despite the fact that “The X-Files” lends itself to standalone mystery novels, the franchise went 18 years between “Skin” (1999) and “Origins: Agent of Chaos”
- John Hansen
- May 14, 2020
‘Snowpiercer’s’ (2014) concept better than execution
Although the titular train is forward-moving, “Snowpiercer” (2014) is a story told in reverse. Instead of learning the rules of the world up front and
- John Hansen
- May 12, 2020
‘Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch’ (1965) among PKD’s darkest, best
“The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch” (written in 1964, published in 1965) has been described as dark and brutal and haunting, but I think that’s