- John Hansen
- October 25, 2009
‘Zombieland’ kind of fun, completely forgettable (Movie review)
“Zombieland” is a fairly fun movie, but it also stretches this whole “being chased by a pack of zombies” thing to the point where I wonder
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- John Hansen
- October 18, 2009
Oh, how I love/hate ‘(500) Days of Summer’ (Movie review)
“(500) Days of Summer,” the would-be-romantic, too-sad-to-be-a-comedy starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, starts with a narrated warning that this is not a love story. It’s
- John Hansen
- October 17, 2009
How crucial is continuity in franchise storytelling? (Commentary)
I’m curious to hear from my readers on this one: How important is it to you that a franchise has continuity between each of its
- John Hansen
- October 10, 2009
I don’t have a favorite actor (If I had one, I guess it’d be Michael Cera) (Movie and TV commentary)
The other day someone asked me who my favorite actor is and I found out something interesting about myself: I don’t have one. Despite being
- John Hansen
- October 4, 2009
Why do so many previews give away the whole movie? (Commentary)
Entertainment Weekly wondered why “Jennifer’s Body” had low box office returns, and suggested that people had their fill of the real Megan Fox through the media and
- John Hansen
- September 23, 2009
Find out how Megan Fox stays looking good in ‘Jennifer’s Body’ (Spoiler alert: She eats people) (Movie review)
“Jennifer’s Body” is a cynical, heavy handed and occasionally scary follow-up to “Juno” from screenwriter Diablo Cody. In interviews, Cody said she wanted flip the horror standard and
- John Hansen
- September 1, 2009
Fall movie preview: 3 with Jason Bateman, and 4 others (Commentary)
Here are seven fall films you wouldn’t have to drag me to: “Extract” (Friday) — This is “Office Space” turned on its head: Here the bosses
- John Hansen
- August 26, 2009
With Rory Gilmore and Matt Saracen in lead roles, ‘Post Grad’ is easy to like (Movie review)
“Post Grad” isn’t the movie where Alexis Bledel breaks out of her Rory Gilmore mold and shows her range. But I’m not complaining. I’ve pretty much
- John Hansen
- August 19, 2009
Entertainment I discovered after getting a tip from someone: A top 15 list (Commentary)
Part of the purpose of this blog is to let you know about cool stuff in the entertainment world. The blog’s main purpose, of course,
- John Hansen
- August 15, 2009
Aliens-vs.-humans thriller ‘District 9’ lives up to the hype (Movie review)
“District 9,” which immediately earns a spot among modern sci-fi classics, started off as a “Halo” video game adaptation. When that fell through, the filmmakers decided