‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 2 a delightful global romp
TV review: Season 2 is a delightful romp through Paris, the Catskills and a NYC that loves all its crazy characters.
Author: John Hansen
‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 2 a delightful global romp
Preston & Child take readers to Egypt and through the sands of time in the gripping ‘Pharaoh Key’ (Book review)
It has become comfortingly familiar at this point: Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child take us – via their adventurous leads – to some corner of the Earth that still holds mysteries in the 21st century. […]
‘Angel’ flashback: IDW ‘Angel’ Issues 18-27 (2009) (Comic book reviews)
When IDW first picked up the “Angel” license, it delivered hesitant stories – with the exception of the “Spike” titles – up until the canonical Joss Whedon-plotted “After the Fall” (Issues 1-17 of the ongoing […]
‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Mortal Fear’ (2003) (Book review)
I was intimidated by this latest “Buffy” novel on my shelf, “Mortal Fear” (September 2003). It’s 479 pages, and it had a bookmark toward the front, so apparently I hadn’t actually finished it back in […]
Moretz shines in ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post,’ a portrait of a recent time that seems long ago (Movie review)
Politics follow predictable historical cycles, but even political science experts must be amazed by how quickly mainstream public opinion has switched from “Gay people have a problem that needs to be fixed” to “Someone’s sexual […]
‘The Princess Switch’ doesn’t take advantage of Hudgens, Christmas setting (Movie review)
Christmas movies have become a booming subgenre on Lifetime, the Disney Channel and now Netflix, so much so that even someone who wraps themselves in tinsel and holly starting at Thanksgiving couldn’t hope to watch […]
‘Spike’ flashback: ‘After the Fall’ (2008) (Comic book review)
“Spike: After the Fall” (July-October 2008) caps a trilogy of “Spike” titles – following “Asylum” and “Shadow Puppets” – from writer Brian Lynch and artist Franco Urru, as Spike falls in with new allies in […]
Wild concept, Brewer’s daring performance make ‘Cam’ a surprisingly decent parable (Movie review)
A lot of movies could benefit from a viewer going in with no knowledge of what they’re about to see, but in the age of previews giving away everything, it’s hard to find an experience like […]
‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Blood and Fog’ (2003) (Book review)
Nancy Holder’s “Blood and Fog” (May 2003) starts off with a delicious premise for fans of both “Buffy” and history, as Jack the Ripper enters the Slayer’s sphere. But like the 2002 “Angel” novel “Endangered […]
‘Creed II,’ a sequel to both ‘Creed’ and ‘Rocky IV,’ wins by decision (Movie review)
We’re not supposed to heap praise on sequels, since they are standing on the shoulders of their predecessors, but something should be said about how skillfully “Creed II” continues the story from “Creed” (2015) and […]