‘The Vicious Kind’ (2009) a sweet and sour Thanksgiving flick
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): This film is a sour yet sweet exploration of families and human behavior.
Author: John Hansen
‘The Vicious Kind’ (2009) a sweet and sour Thanksgiving flick
Phoenix pulls off impressive magic trick with ‘Joker’
Movie review: Phillips and Phoenix pull off an impressive magic trick with their non-DCEU “Joker.”
Hilarious Florida roast aside, ‘Big Mouth’ takes a step backward with hit-and-miss Season 3 (TV review)
Although “Big Mouth” Season 3 (October, Netflix) ultimately delivers enough good episodes that I give it a soft recommend, it is a clear step back from its first two seasons. In the worst episodes, the […]
PKD goes mainstream in ‘Confessions of a Crap Artist’ (1975)
PKD flashback (Book review): “Confessions of a Crap Artist” was the only non-SF novel published in Philip K. Dick’s lifetime, and it’s not a bad choice.
‘Roswell’ flashback: ‘Little Green Men’ (2002) (Book review)
After the excellent “No Good Deed,” Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch take a step back with “Little Green Men” (April 2002), a simpler novel that seems rushed, since it has many more typos […]
‘Return of Swamp Thing’ (1989) an improvement, but still terrible
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): This sequel is terrible, but at least it’s better than the original.
All 21 episodes of ‘Dark Angel’ Season 1 (2000-01), ranked
TV review: Overshadowed by “Buffy” in its day, “Dark Angel” has aged quite well and now stands as James Cameron’s crowning TV achievement.
Come for the Beatles tunes, stay for Lily James in ‘Yesterday’ (Movie review)
“Yesterday” isn’t the first movie to use Beatles songs as its foundation – see also 2001’s “I Am Sam” and 2007’s “Across the Universe” – but writers Jack Barth and Richard Curtis deserve credit for […]
Sci-fi masters meet for engrossing ‘Minority Report’ (2002)
PKD flashback (Movie review): Dick and Spielberg meet halfway for an engrossing sci-fi classic.
‘Roswell’ flashback: ‘No Good Deed’ (2001) (Book review)
Starting when Max heals Liz in the pilot episode, “Roswell” is a show about actions and consequences. The first tie-in novel,” “Loose Ends,” has fun with the question of “What if Liz ran into the […]