All 10 episodes of ‘Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams,’ ranked
TV review: Here are my rankings of the 10 episodes of the Amazon Prime series that adapts selected Philip K. Dick short stories.
Author: John Hansen
All 10 episodes of ‘Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams,’ ranked
‘The Shape of Water’ turns ‘E.T.’ into a romance for adults (Movie review)
Director and co-writer Guillermo del Toro puts a lot of winning elements from successful films into a blender and delivers “The Shape of Water” (2017), now in theatrical wide release. Mixing familiar substance with loads […]
‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Visitors’ (1999) (Book review)
After the “Buffy” novels split into adult and young-adult lines in late 1998, “Visitors” (April 1999) relaunched the YA line. At 163 pages, and without a detailed ancient history for the villain, it sets the […]
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Looking for a “Valerian” fix after last year’s movie, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” I’m delving into the comics that started it all, by Frenchmen Pierre Christin (writer) and Jean-Claude Mezieres (pencils […]
‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Blooded’ (1998) (Book review)
Although “Blooded” (August 1998) is the fourth original young-adult “Buffy” novel, it’s possibly the book that inspired the publisher, Pocket Books, to split the title into adult and young-adult books after this point. Christopher Golden […]
Murder through the years: A look at ‘The Alienist’ and ‘Bellevue’
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‘The Post’ fondly recalls the old days of a respected press, war protests (Movie review)
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‘Black Lightning’ more dramatic, less cartoony than most CW DC shows
First episode impressions (TV review): The latest CW DC show is more grounded than the others.