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Angel of Vengeance

Preston & Child hop dimensions in ‘Angel of Vengeance’

December 26, 2024December 26, 2024 John Hansen Books

Book review: The authors intriguingly wrap up their time-travel saga as their long-running protagonists and antagonists meet.

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Under Capricorn

‘Under Capricorn’ (1949) rightly buried under Hitchcock’s suspensers

December 4, 2024December 4, 2024 John Hansen Alfred Hitchcock

On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): Being a costume drama, this slice of Australian history is rare among his catalog. Unfortunately, that doesn’t make it good.

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Waltzes from Vienna

‘Waltzes from Vienna’ (1934) a light but important Hitchcock film

November 20, 2024November 7, 2024 John Hansen Alfred Hitchcock

On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): Though hurt by a lack of a vibrant print, this music-driven film has historical and even some romantic value.

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Beloved

‘Beloved’ (1987) makes brutal U.S. history achingly personal

October 12, 2024October 12, 2024 John Hansen Books

Book club book report: The evils of Slavery become less abstract in Morrison’s psychologically rich Great American Novel.

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Fall Movie Preview

Fall movie preview 2024: 10 films I wouldn’t mind seeing

September 24, 2024September 24, 2024 John Hansen Batman/Gotham

Fall movie preview: Fans of horror, superheroes and biopics especially have a lot to look forward to this autumn.

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Last Bookshop in London

‘Last Bookshop in London’ (2021) blends love of books with WWII

August 26, 2024August 26, 2024 John Hansen Books

Book club book report: In a young-adult style, Madeline Martin communicates the horrors of the Blitz to folks who’d rather curl up with a good novel.

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All the Presidents Men

‘All the President’s Men’ (1976) grandly caps Pakula’s ‘paranoia trilogy’

August 21, 2024August 21, 2024 John Hansen Movies

The ‘paranoia trilogy’ (Movie review): But it’s not paranoia if it really happened, and that’s the case in one of the all-time best non-fictional accounts of newspaper reporting.

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Man in the Attic

‘Man in the Attic’ (1953) not quite ready to be psych-horror

June 12, 2024June 3, 2024 John Hansen Alfred Hitchcock

On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): Still, this Jack Palance-starrer takes enough of a different angle from Hitchcock’s “The Lodger” to be worth a peek.

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Godzilla Minus One

‘Godzilla Minus One’ (2023) is Japan’s ‘Independence Day’

June 5, 2024June 5, 2024 John Hansen Movies

Movie review: Takashi Yamazaki’s character-driven prequel to 1954’s “Godzilla” illustrates the changing Japanese culture after WWII.

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Jamaica Inn

‘Jamaica Inn’ (1939) mercifully ends Hitchcock’s British period

May 1, 2024April 11, 2024 John Hansen Alfred Hitchcock

On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): One year before “Rebecca,” Hitchcock delivers a much lesser adaptation of a Du Maurier novel.

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