- John Hansen
- November 30, 2017
‘X-Men’ reviews
John’s “X-Men” flashback review, johnvhansen.com, June 14, 2014 “X-Men” – From the opening scenes showing the backgrounds of three main characters to the final epic
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- John Hansen
- November 28, 2017
‘Valerian’ serves up grand adventure while showing how its source material influenced ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Avatar’ (Movie review)
I consider myself to be an amateur “Star Wars” historian, but until recently, I didn’t know about the influence of the “Valerian and Laureline” comics on
- John Hansen
- November 27, 2017
‘Armageddon’ review
Brainerd Dispatch: Completely random slice of pop culture 1998 was the year of ‘Armageddon’ By JOHN HANSEN July 10, 2008 This is going to sound
- John Hansen
- November 27, 2017
‘Soldier’ reviews
John’s PKD flashback review of “Soldier,” Sept. 14, 2020 “Soldier” – “Rambo” meets “The Terminator” meets “Blade Runner” with a twist: The soldiers of the
- John Hansen
- November 27, 2017
‘The Faculty’ reviews
John’s “The Faculty” flashback review, Dec. 25, 2020 “The Faculty” – Teacher creatures attempt to take over Herrington High, but the students fight back in
- John Hansen
- November 27, 2017
‘The Truman Show’ review
“The Truman Show” – One of the major themes of “The Truman Show” is how easily people can be manipulated, and the movie itself is
- John Hansen
- November 27, 2017
‘Godzilla’ (1998) review
“Godzilla” – I hoped for only three things from “Godzilla”: 1. A radioactive lizard 2. that stomps around New York 3. causing mass destruction. I
- John Hansen
- November 27, 2017
‘Disturbing Behavior’ reviews
John’s “Disturbing Behavior” flashback review, July 31, 2020 “Disturbing Behavior” – This is the pleasant surprise of the summer movie season. David Nutter’s film is
- John Hansen
- November 27, 2017
‘Contact’ reviews
John’s Throwback Thursday review of “Contact,” May 20, 2021 “Contact” – In the wake of big-budget toy commercials such as “Batman and Robin,” “Contact” is
- John Hansen
- November 27, 2017
‘Event Horizon’ reviews
John’s “Event Horizon” Frightening Friday review, May 21, 2021 “Event Horizon” – “ ‘Event Horizon’ is the scariest movie you will ever see,” said the