- John Hansen
- October 27, 2020
Keaton’s ‘Mr. Mom’ (1983) is a soapy domestic sitcom
When Michael Keaton was cast as Batman later in the Eighties, it was a popular joke that they cast Mr. Mom as the Dark Knight.
Keaton’s ‘Mr. Mom’ (1983) is a soapy domestic sitcom
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- John Hansen
- October 26, 2020
‘Screamers: The Hunting’ (2009) a redundant trek
With the sequel “Screamers: The Hunting” (2009), we get further away from the Philip K. Dick source material adapted into 1995’s “Screamers”: the 1953 short
- John Hansen
- October 25, 2020
‘Thunderhead’ (1999) shows thrills, scares of the West
Archaeologist Nora Kelly enters the pantheon of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s heroes in “Thunderhead” (1999), an early and still great example of their Southwestern
- John Hansen
- October 24, 2020
‘The Crow: Salvation’ (2000) serves up more Goth ennui
“The Crow: Salvation” (2000) is the third straight “Crow” film where I see objective filmmaking and storytelling problems, yet I still kind of like it.
- John Hansen
- October 23, 2020
‘Turning’ is a flatter James adaptation than ‘Bly Manor’
For a novella published in 1898, Henry James’ “The Turn of the Screw” is having a boffo 2020. The Netflix miniseries “The Haunting of Bly
- John Hansen
- October 23, 2020
‘Exorcist II: The Heretic’ (1977) dully checks in on Regan
It’s an excellent month for an exorcism. From Oct. 21-31, I’m looking back at the five films of “The Exorcist” series as we celebrate Spooky
- John Hansen
- October 22, 2020
‘Heathers’ (1989) is ‘so very’ hard to watch
“Heathers” (1989) is one of the most oft-referenced titles in teen-movie scholarship, and the film itself regularly gets referenced in other works. Namely, the term
- John Hansen
- October 21, 2020
‘The Exorcist’ (1973) sets high bar for exorcism films
It’s an excellent month for an exorcism. From Oct. 21-31, I’m looking back at the five films of “The Exorcist” series as we celebrate Spooky
- John Hansen
- October 20, 2020
Hughes’ ‘Curly Sue’ (1991) is a lovable, if strange, fable
After his four high school films as a director, John Hughes moved on to four family friendly films – the last of which is the
- John Hansen
- October 19, 2020
‘Haunting of Bly Manor’ a beautiful, flawed meditation on love
With “The Haunting of Bly Manor” (Netflix) – his spiritual (pun intended) sequel to 2018’s “The Haunting of Hill House” — Mike Flanagan continues to