‘Red Planet’ review
NDSU Spectrum: Movie review ‘Red Planet’ is a beautiful journey to nowhere By JOHN HANSEN Dec. 1, 2000 Prior to this year, no one had really attempted a big budget blockbuster about Mars. Unfortunately for […]
Science Fiction
‘Unbreakable’ reviews
John’s “Unbreakable” flashback review, May 4, 2019 NDSU Spectrum: Movie review Shyamalan’s latest casts an unbreakable spell By JOHN HANSEN Dec. 1, 2000 There have been movies about superheroes before. There have been movies exploring […]
‘Battlefield Earth’ review
“Battlefield Earth” — This adaptation of L. Ron Hubbard’s saga of a human who rebels against his Psychlo captors in the year 3000 has everything except originality and an engaging story. It’s like a “Star Wars” […]
‘Impostor’ reviews
John’s “Impostor” flashback review, Dec. 10, 2019 NDSU Spectrum: Movie review ‘Impostor’ does a nice imitation of a classic sci-fi theme By JOHN HANSEN Jan. 11, 2002 Cloning is perhaps the hottest ripped-from-the-headlines movie theme […]
Superman awkwardly ‘Returns’ (2006) in Singer’s relaunch
Superhero movie flashback (Review): This is (sort of) the fifth movie in the series that started with Reeve.
‘Superman IV: The Quest for Peace’ (1987) fails to execute decent concept
Superhero movie flashback (Review): The fourth Superman picture has big ideas, but the execution of those ideas is laughable.
‘Superman III’ (1983) embraces the humor
Superhero movie flashback (Review): The Christopher Reeve saga gets goofier in its third entry.
‘Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut’ (2006) brings Zod to the fore
Superhero movie flashback (Review): “The Richard Donner Cut” provides an alternate take on Supes’ second adventure.
‘Superman’ (1978) lovingly launches superhero resurgence
Superhero movie flashback (Review): Director Richard Donner and star Christopher Reeve help us fall in love with superheroes again.
‘Man of Steel’ (2013) lays foundation for DC Extended Universe
Movie review: In 2013, the controversial “Man of Steel” laid the foundation for the DCEU.