Dark Spidey duology wraps with ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ (2014)
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): The storytelling web gets convoluted as the dark Spidey duology wraps.
Author: John Hansen
Dark Spidey duology wraps with ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ (2014)
‘Wimbledon’ (2004) serves up tennis and romance
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): This Kirsten Dunst film isn’t a classic, but it is a respectable mix of tennis and romance.
All 22 episodes of ‘Roswell’ Season 1 (1999-2000), ranked
TV review: Out of the gates, “Roswell” takes its place as one of the great teen SF/romance hybrids. Here are my rankings of the 22 episodes.
‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘The Deathless’ (2007) (Book review)
“The Deathless” (May 2007) might not rank No. 1 among all Buffyverse books – although it deserves consideration – but it’s definitely the best book that fits snugly into the TV show’s continuity. Author Keith […]
Mamet play gets turned into ‘About Last Night’ … twice
Mamet Monday (Movie reviews): “Sexual Perversity in Chicago” gets turned into a movie twice, with different degrees of success.
‘Amazing Spider-Man’ (2012) experiments with a darker tone
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): The Andrew Garfield series experiments with a darker tone and affirms that the 2002 film had it right all along.
‘What We Do in the Shadows’ (2014) stretches out one funny joke
Movie review: The movie stretches one joke as far as it can go. Until the TV series.
‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Bad Bargain’ (2006) (Book review)
Diana G. Gallagher’s works rank in the middle of the pack among “Buffy” authors, but they are often interesting for how she puts new spins on the continuity without contradicting what’s established. “Bad Bargain” (December […]
‘Vanya on 42nd Street’ (1994) is a clever, money-saving film
Mamet Monday (Movie review): This is a clever, money-saving film that only pretends to be a play.
‘Always Be My Maybe’ is exactly what you think it is – but not entirely to its detriment (Movie review)
You know what kind of movie “Always Be My Maybe” (Netflix) is, and the people who made it know what kind of movie it is, but that shared knowledge works in its favor. In this […]