- John Hansen
- July 3, 2025
‘Ballerina’ steps into ‘John Wick’s’ shoes for magnificent dance
It used to be that franchises cranked out spinoffs on the cheap to make a few bucks; low risk, small but safe return. Man, does
‘Ballerina’ steps into ‘John Wick’s’ shoes for magnificent dance
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- John Hansen
- June 14, 2023
‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ goes out in a big (and long) way
I don’t like the trend of increasingly long movies, but I often give good grades to long movies. “John Wick: Chapter 4” is 2 hours
- John Hansen
- December 5, 2021
‘Army of Thieves’ a ‘safe’ ‘Army of the Dead’ prequel
“Army of Thieves” (Netflix) might be the first movie where a zombie apocalypse happens in the background, with people barely mentioning it. That uniqueness comes
- John Hansen
- October 17, 2021
‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ has bizarre, sharp edge
Lois Duncan (1934-2016) lamented that her 1973 YA suspense novel “I Know What You Did Last Summer” was adapted into a slasher movie in 1997.
- John Hansen
- May 23, 2021
Snyder back in zombie zone in ‘Army of the Dead’
After the bloated movie (miniseries? deleted scenes collection?) that was Zack Snyder’s 4-hour “Justice League,” the writer-director-cinematographer returns to his comfort zone with “Army of
- John Hansen
- May 22, 2019
‘John Wick 3: Parabellum’ has a blast playing in its sandbox
The first two chapters of the “John Wick” saga — in addition to somehow making top-shelf entertainment out of a suit-wearing, dog-loving dude gun-fu-ing his