- John Hansen
- August 28, 2020
Amusing scares keep ‘Leviathan’ (1989) from sinking
“Leviathan” (1989) is hurt by direct comparisons to “The Abyss” – which came out later that year – but it holds up as an entertaining
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- John Hansen
- August 27, 2020
‘The Abyss’ (1989) a timeless underwater odyssey
“The Abyss” (1989) rarely tops rankings of James Cameron’s films, but that’s because the guy also helmed “Aliens,” “Titanic” and the first two “Terminators.” It’s
- John Hansen
- August 25, 2020
‘Becky’ a taut, woodsy home invasion thriller
Lulu Wilson has built up quite a resume of horror films and thriller TV, including “Ouija: Origin of Evil,” “Annabelle: Creation,” “The Haunting of Hill
- John Hansen
- August 25, 2020
‘Great Outdoors’ (1988) among Hughes’ most quotable works
“The Great Outdoors” (1988) is the John Hughes movie I most watched as a kid, probably for the random reason that we taped it off
- John Hansen
- August 24, 2020
‘The Way Back’ puts on full-court press of emotions
Ben Affleck is less interested in playing Batman nowadays and more interested in roles like fallen small-town hoops hero Jack Cunningham in “The Way Back,”
- John Hansen
- August 22, 2020
‘Catwoman’ (2004) is not the cat’s pajamas
Halle Berry won the Razzie for Worst Actress for “Catwoman” (2004) and famously accepted the award in person, but she is not at all the
- John Hansen
- August 21, 2020
‘They Live’ (1988) a padded-out ‘Twilight Zone’ episode
Writer-director John Carpenter’s “They Live” (1988) is technically about aliens infiltrating Earth and posing as humans, but the metaphor is so thinly veiled it’s hardly
- John Hansen
- August 20, 2020
In ‘Escape from L.A.’ (1996), Carpenter adds humor
“Escape from L.A.” (1996), although set in the future of 2013, looks awfully familiar to those of us living in the real 2020. Nationalism and
- John Hansen
- August 18, 2020
‘Vegas Vacation’ (1997) finds laughs without Hughes
Although not as much of a classic as “Vacation” (1983) and “Christmas Vacation” (1989), “Vegas Vacation” (1997) proves that National Lampoon’s series chronicling Griswold family
- John Hansen
- August 15, 2020
‘Steel’ (1997) forges claim as worst superhero film
“Steel” (1997) is so boring, dumb and uninspired that it’s hard to imagine it was any fun to make the movie; it’s certainly no fun