- John Hansen
- December 12, 2024
Smartly structured ‘Challengers’ breaks at love
“Challengers” gets a lot of mileage out of what is essentially a “Gossip Girl” premise: Two male tennis players – besties who have won the
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- John Hansen
- December 31, 2021
Spider-Verse tastily envelops ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’
Awhile back, Disney and Sony were on the brink of ending their agreement of making “Spider-Man” movies together. (Sony owns the Spider-Man rights; Disney/Marvel rents
- John Hansen
- November 8, 2021
Slow-burn ‘Dune’ illustrates imperial machinations
Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part One” (HBO Max), adapting the start of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel, is more like homework than entertainment. But it’s not entirely
- John Hansen
- July 15, 2019
‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’s’ cornball rom-com humor hits the spot
Two of Peter’s classmates have a whirlwind romance on a school field trip. Nick Fury is grumpy about his calls going to voicemail. And to
- John Hansen
- June 8, 2018
‘Spider-Man’ leaps into the MCU in ‘Homecoming’ (2017)
This blog series chronicles my first viewing of the complete MCU movie saga. I’ll examine each film under various categories that reflect popular discussion points.
- John Hansen
- April 10, 2018
‘The Greatest Showman’ is a beautiful celebration of showbiz that doesn’t pretend to be subtle (Movie review)
“The Greatest Showman” (2017), now available for home viewing, takes us back to a time when anything is possible if you dream big and are