- John Hansen
- February 19, 2018
‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’ review
“Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” — To quote Lisa Simpson, “Jim Carrey can make us laugh with no more than a frantic flailing of his limbs.” Before
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- John Hansen
- February 19, 2018
‘Clerks’ reviews
John’s “Clerks” flashback review, Aug. 1, 2021 “Clerks” — Kevin Smith’s black-and-white debut film is a day-in-the-life tale of a convenience store clerk and all
- John Hansen
- February 19, 2018
‘The Naked Gun’ and ‘Naked Gun 2 1/2’ reviews
“The Naked Gun” (1988) and “Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear” (1991) — From the files of 1982’s six-episode run of “Police Squad” comes the big
- Michael Olinger
- February 17, 2018
Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ is a bold, fun, powerful masterpiece (Movie review)
As the Marvel Cinematic Universe entered Phase Three it seemed to take on a unique challenge, reinventing itself with each new film. “Thor: Ragnarok” was
- John Hansen
- February 16, 2018
Millennial ‘Groundhog Day’ ‘Happy Death Day’ is no ‘Groundhog Day,’ but it’s not terrible (Movie review)
“Groundhog Day” (1993) is of course the touchstone of the “repeating the same day” genre, so when another film comes along with that premise, it’s
- John Hansen
- February 13, 2018
‘Cloverfield Paradox’ pays lip service to science, turns into a familiar space thriller (Movie review)
“The Cloverfield Paradox” (which recently debuted on Netflix), the third installment of the loosely connected Cloververse saga, takes topical physics such as the recently discovered
- Shaune Redfield
- February 12, 2018
‘American Made’ compares favorably with ‘Narcos’ as an old-school drug-trade thriller (Movie review)
Something about the ’80’s/’90s Mexican and Colombian drug scene really appeals to me, so I was excited for “American Made” (2017). Then after watching the
- Shaune Redfield
- February 2, 2018
Surprisingly funny ‘Girls Trip’ is the female answer to ‘The Hangover’ (Movie review)
So I got “Girls Trip” (2017) because my wife and a friend were dying to see it. They watched it by themselves before I did
- John Hansen
- February 2, 2018
‘The Shape of Water’ turns ‘E.T.’ into a romance for adults (Movie review)
Director and co-writer Guillermo del Toro puts a lot of winning elements from successful films into a blender and delivers “The Shape of Water” (2017),
- John Hansen
- January 23, 2018
‘Blade Runner 2049’ is gorgeous … and slooooow
“Blade Runner 2049” (2017) – now available via Redbox and streaming – brings us back into the world of the 1982 Ridley Scott classic. It