- John Hansen
- June 16, 2015
Why aren’t the ‘Jurassic Park’ movies scary anymore?
In my review of “Jurassic World,” I mentioned that these movies aren’t scary anymore, but I didn’t theorize about the reason beyond noting that I’ve outgrown being
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- John Hansen
- June 14, 2015
‘Jurassic World’ is ‘Jurassic Park’ on steroids
“Jurassic World” — the franchise’s fourth film but first in 14 years – follows pretty much the exact same plot as the original “Jurassic Park” but
- John Hansen
- June 12, 2015
‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘T2: The Future War’ (2003) (Book review)
While previous works explored the “present” (young John) and “future” (resistance leader John) of the “Terminator” timeline, “T2: The Future War” (2003) was the first story to
- John Hansen
- June 11, 2015
Gorgeous-looking ‘Insurgent’ further explores ‘Divergent’ world (Movie review)
“Insurgent” further clarifies the political structure of the “Divergent” universe, features award-worthy set pieces in a run-down Chicago two centuries in the future and – like
- John Hansen
- June 9, 2015
Lincoln Child explores weird corners of science in ‘The Forgotten Room’ (Book review)
It took several Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child novels for Pendergast to become an icon, so it’s no wonder that the other ongoing characters in
- John Hansen
- June 5, 2015
‘Blue Labyrinth’ blends classic museum horror with fascinating new locales (Book review)
For their 14th Pendergast novel, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child do more than merely pay lip service to the evocative location that put them on
- John Hansen
- May 28, 2015
‘Tomorrowland’: The latest cult classic from Damon Lindelof, or possibly just a bad film (Movie review)
The first thing I did after watching “Tomorrowland” and discussing its peculiarities with my buddy Michael was to look up articles explaining what the hell happened in
- John Hansen
- May 16, 2015
‘Wayward Pines’ riffs on other puzzle-box shows
“Wayward Pines” (8 p.m. Central Thursdays on Fox) starts off with the same eyeball-to-overhead-shot opening pan-out as “Lost” – with Matt Dillon in place of Matthew
- John Hansen
- May 15, 2015
‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘T2: Rising Storm’ (2002) (Book review)
After “Infiltrator” (2001) rather leisurely explored the John-Sarah relationship, added Dieter to the brotherhood of the brave and chronicled yet another attack on Cyberdyne, “Rising Storm” (2002)
- John Hansen
- May 13, 2015
Garland smartly explores artificial intelligence in sparsely beautiful ‘Ex Machina’ (Movie review)
“Ex Machina” could be a stage play, as it features four actors in various austere rooms of an isolated scientific compound. Writer Alex Garland, who also