- John Hansen
- December 28, 2019
John’s 20 favorite movies of the 2010s
In chronological order, these were my 20 favorite movies of the 2010s: “Machete” 2010, directors: Ethan Maniquis, Robert Rodriguez, writers: Rodriguez, Álvaro Rodríguez The best
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- John Hansen
- December 26, 2019
‘Happy Christmas’ (2014) is low-budget and low-key
Writer-director Joe Swanberg, as he did the previous year with “Drinking Buddies,” delivers a slice of life in “Happy Christmas” (2014), titled with purposeful inaccuracy.
- John Hansen
- December 25, 2019
30 observations about ‘Christmas Vacation’ (1989)
“National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” came out 30 years ago this month, and it has only grown in status as a holiday classic since. Here are
- John Hansen
- December 21, 2019
‘Kick-Ass 2’ (2013) finds its groove
Writer-director Jeff Wadlow, taking the reins from Matthew Vaughn, delivers a funnier and more focused “Kick-Ass 2” (2013). It’s formulaic, but that makes it better
- John Hansen
- December 20, 2019
‘Knight Before Christmas’ is more empty calories from the Netflix holiday machine (Movie review)
“The Knight Before Christmas” (November, Netflix), like most of TV’s recent holiday movie catalog, is so uninspired that I wonder if the sets, locations, casting
- John Hansen
- December 19, 2019
‘Let It Snow’ is a light but watchable Gen Z X-mas gathering (Movie review)
“Let It Snow” (November, Netflix) comes from a 2008 novel co-written by coming-of-age chronicler John Green. It’s adapted by Kay Cannon (“Pitch Perfect”) and two
- John Hansen
- December 19, 2019
‘Lethal Weapon’ (1987) shouldn’t be overshadowed by ‘Die Hard’
“Lethal Weapon” (1987) introduced the masses to writer Shane Black (and his penchant for setting his films at Christmastime) and gave director Richard Donner a
- John Hansen
- December 18, 2019
‘Rambo: Last Blood’ shrinks the scope for a brutally efficient rescue/revenge tale (Movie review)
“Rambo: Last Blood” is an efficient, brutal, gritty and appropriate capper (if it is indeed the capper) to Sylvester Stallone’s five-film series. It poetically marks
- John Hansen
- December 17, 2019
‘Alita: Battle Angel’ a final blast of cyborg sci-fi for the decade
It’s hard to predict a decade’s place in history while you’re living it, but the 2010s strike me as a Gateway to the Future. So
- John Hansen
- December 16, 2019
‘Good Boys’ is somehow both the raunchiest and cutest comedy of the year (Movie review)
There were many ways “Good Boys” could go wrong, from over-reliance on the shock value of tweens dropping F-bombs, to kids who can’t act, to