- John Hansen
- December 4, 2014
‘The Fault in Our Stars’ romanticizes cancer … beautifully (Movie review)
Have the Kleenex ready for “The Fault in Our Stars,” a story about a teen stricken with the death sentence of cancer. Or have your stress pills
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- John Hansen
- December 3, 2014
‘The Maze Runner’ has lots of maze running, not enough world building (Movie review)
Considering how shallow and incomplete the story is, “The Maze Runner” is a fairy engaging tale about teenage boys forming a society while trapped in the center
- John Hansen
- November 29, 2014
The speculation begins as ‘Jurassic World,’ ‘The Force Awakens’ trailers debut (Movie commentary)
Trying to parse out the plot and character details of a movie based on a trailer – particularly a teaser trailer – is a ridiculous
- John Hansen
- November 26, 2014
Fincher’s stylish touch makes flawed ‘Gone Girl’ more engaging than it deserves to be (Movie review)
Since it’s the latest film from director David Fincher, who has a stylish knack for capturing the gritty essence of neighborhoods and bars and police
- John Hansen
- November 17, 2014
Carrey, Daniels totally redeem themselves with ‘Dumb and Dumber To’ (Movie review)
“Dumb and Dumber To” opens with Jim Carrey’s Lloyd Christmas revealing his 20-year fake stupor to best bud Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) with a “Gotcha!” Harry
- John Hansen
- November 5, 2014
‘22 Jump Street’ mocks sequels while also being a decent sequel (Movie review)
“22 Jump Street” has its cake and eats it too: The film’s not-veiled-at-all running joke is that sequels are bloated and not as good as the
- John Hansen
- August 27, 2014
‘Sin City’ sequel ‘A Dame to Kill For’ offers more of the same, but that’s not such a bad thing (Movie review)
“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” was apparently made for me and about five other geeky guys, as almost no one went to see it
- John Hansen
- August 5, 2014
I wish ‘Wish I Was Here’ was as good as ‘Garden State,’ but that’s a lot to wish for (Movie review)
“Wish I Was Here” would’ve been a better title for 2004’s “Garden State,” where Zach Braff’s character’s use of strong anti-depressants keeps him from engaging with
- John Hansen
- July 29, 2014
Seth MacFarlane’s ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ takes the joke just far enough (Movie review)
“A Million Ways to Die in the West” is a two-hour string of funny observations about how horrible the frontier was in the 1800s, but
- John Hansen
- July 19, 2014
1998 … I mean, 2014 … The Year of ‘Godzilla’ (Movie review)
Although it’s been only 16 years since Godzilla moved into the modern age of digital effects, the handlers of the franchise felt it was due