- John Hansen
- August 3, 2016
‘Star Trek Beyond’ is distractingly loud and stupid (Movie review)
In 2009, J.J. Abrams rebooted the “Star Trek” movie franchise by making a “Star Wars”-style movie with “Star Trek” trappings. The second entry, “Star Trek
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- John Hansen
- July 30, 2016
Appealing leads give heart to funny but formulaic ‘Bad Moms’ (Movie review)
Whereas “Bad Teacher” and “Bad Santa” played up the jokes in their titles – wouldn’t it be funny if a teacher or a Santa was
- John Hansen
- July 16, 2016
‘The Boy’ a respectable entry in ‘creepy doll’ subgenre
The “creepy doll” subgenre of horror has to be one of the most cost-effective, because it requires no acting or animation, just some moody lighting
- John Hansen
- July 14, 2016
‘Allegiant’ moves ‘Divergent’ series into heady sci-fi territory (Movie review)
The third entry of a four-part saga, “Allegiant” — now available on DVD – moves the “Divergent” series into heady (and sometimes head-scratching) science fiction territory. Young
- John Hansen
- July 11, 2016
‘Mike and Dave’ need wedding dates, but have no shortage of laughs (Movie review)
“Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates” takes a clever premise, casts the right actors and peppers the narrative with solid gags for an hour and a
- John Hansen
- June 29, 2016
‘Elstree 1976’ is for serious ‘Star Wars’ fans only (Movie review)
“Elstree 1976” is a perfect title for this documentary about “Star Wars” bit players, because serious fans will immediately recognize it as the studio and year
- John Hansen
- June 28, 2016
‘The Driftless Area’ eschews linear storytelling, and it’s as weird as you’d expect (Movie review)
With his recent unfortunate death at age 27 in a vehicle accident, Anton Yelchin takes a spot in film history similar to Heath Ledger, where
- John Hansen
- June 25, 2016
‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ advances the saga while essentially remaking the original (Movie review)
“Independence Day: Resurgence” is what a summer blockbuster should be: the kind where after watching futuristic aerial dogfights (in 3D if you pay a couple extra
- John Hansen
- June 22, 2016
‘The 5th Wave’ tells an alien invasion yarn for the Disney Channel set (Movie review)
Later this week, “Independence Day: Resurgence” will likely deliver the biggest alien invasion spectacle in what is turning out to be the year of the
- John Hansen
- June 21, 2016
Engrossing ‘10 Cloverfield Lane’ shows a different way to build a franchise (Movie review)
“10 Cloverfield Lane” — now available at Redbox — is one of those Mystery Mine Ride movies that are all too rare: a film that gives