‘The Wolverine’ (2013) adds appealing grit to the saga
‘X-Men’ flashback (Movie review): The Wolverine sequel adds appealing grit to the saga.
Author: John Hansen
‘X-Men: The Last Stand’ (2006) stumbles through Dark Phoenix story
‘X-Men’ flashback (Movie review): The trilogy capper stumbles through a classic comic-book narrative.
Woodley, production design make ‘Divergent’ a fresh dystopian parable (Movie review)
“Divergent” plays with traditional dystopian sci-fi tropes and totalitarian government riffs in rather unsurprising ways, but it holds a viewer’s attention thanks to the immensely watchable Shailene Woodley and a beautifully grim post-apocalyptic Chicago cityscape. Avoiding […]
‘X2: X-Men United’ (2003) is a big commercial for itself
‘X-Men’ flashback (Movie review): Bryan Singer’s sequel is like a big commercial for itself.
‘X-Men’ (2000) makes superhero flicks fun again
‘X-Men’ flashback (Movie review): Singer’s “X-Men” ushers in a fun new era of superhero flicks.
‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ (2009) isn’t as great as I thought it was
‘X-Men’ flashback (Movie review): The first “X-Men” solo spinoff film isn’t as great as I thought on first viewing.
‘X-Men: First Class’ (2011) rejuvenates the saga
‘X-Men’ flashback (Movie review): The first entry — in terms of the timeline — rejuvenates the saga.
All 22 episodes of ‘Gilmore Girls’ Season 2 (2001-02), ranked
TV review: Rory enters her Bad Boy phase as Jess joins “Gilmore Girls” in the second season.
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Corellian Trilogy Book 2: Assault at Selonia’ (1995) (Book review)
“Assault at Selonia” (1995) has the same attributes as the first book in Roger MacBride Allen’s “Corellian Trilogy.” While it’s a brisk and easy read, not a lot happens here aside from a final-act space battle […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Corellian Trilogy Book 1: Ambush at Corellia’ (1995) (Book review)
Drawing from my memory of reading Roger MacBride Allen’s “The Corellian Trilogy” 19 years ago, I recalled Han’s nasty cousin Thrackan Sal-Solo (leader of the Human League, not to be confused with “Seinfeld’s” Human Fund), […]