- John Hansen
- April 14, 2019
The top 100 ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ songs, ranked
“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” recently wrapped an amazing four-season run with Rebecca Bunch (co-creator Rachel Bloom) deciding to pursue love – as in her love of writing
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- John Hansen
- April 11, 2019
‘Bad Boys’ (1995) gets by on sheer will of Smith and Lawrence
“Bad Boys” (1995) is one of those movies that all my friends watched 100 times (or at least parts of it 100 times) back when
- John Hansen
- April 9, 2019
DCEU lightens up with funny ‘Shazam!’
There’s something to be said about B-list superheroes. The average moviegoer (who doesn’t have a doctorate in comic-book lore) has lower expectations, and we also
- John Hansen
- April 1, 2019
‘Wag the Dog’ (1997) a searing satire of a presidential scandal
Writer David Mamet – with Barry Levinson directing – switches his focus from the small cons of “House of Games” and the like to the
- John Hansen
- March 18, 2019
‘Things Change’ (1988) too understated to be a wild romp
With his directorial follow-up to his noteworthy debut “House of Games,” David Mamet takes a step back with “Things Change” (1988). It does have twists
- John Hansen
- March 13, 2019
Peter Farrelly’s ‘Green Book’ a sweet story of friendship against backdrop of mid-century American racism (Movie review)
Writer-director Peter Farrelly smooths out the excesses of his filmmaking traits for the surprisingly mainstream and easy-to-like “Green Book” (2018), now back in theaters and
- John Hansen
- March 1, 2019
Despite being from her point of view, ‘Summer ’03’ keeps teen’s world at a timid distance (Movie review)
“Summer ’03” (2018) had the misfortune of coming out the same year as “Eighth Grade,” which showed new blood can be wrung from the stone
- John Hansen
- February 22, 2019
‘The Favourite’ critiques timeless governmental power plays, but isn’t as sharp or funny as it could be (Movie review)
A lot has been made about how horror (“Get Out” last year) and superhero (“Black Panther” this year) films are making inroads with the Oscars,
- John Hansen
- February 21, 2019
Work still sucks, and ‘Office Space’ (1999) is still a masterpiece
I might have been in the first 1 percent of people to see “Office Space.” My buddy Jeremy and I had the theater to ourselves
- John Hansen
- February 18, 2019
‘State and Main’ (2000) too trifling for my taste
With “State and Main” (2000), writer-director David Mamet delivers a satirical look at the making of a Hollywood movie, but it’s so lighthearted that it’s