- John Hansen
- March 6, 2014
First episode impressions: ‘About a Boy’ (TV review)
Although I’m a big fan of the Nick Hornby novel and the Hugh Grant movie, when I heard that “About a Boy” (8 p.m. Central Tuesdays on
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- John Hansen
- December 21, 2013
‘Drinking Buddies’ delves into the emotional mechanics of love (Movie review)
“Drinking Buddies” is proof that a movie can be enjoyable to watch even if it fails to make a resonant thematic point. It realistically shows how
- John Hansen
- December 1, 2013
Lifeguards in crisis in ‘The Lifeguard,’ ‘To Do List’
Do you ever have that dream where you’re back working your first job? The Kristen Bell movie “The Lifeguard,” now on DVD, explores that surreal idea in-depth.
- John Hansen
- October 16, 2013
Joke wears a little thin in ‘Machete Kills,’ but it’s still worth seeing (Movie review)
While it’s not as thematically rich as the brilliant immigration parody “Machete” — my No. 1 movie of 2010 — “Machete Kills” still delivers a lot of laughs and
- John Hansen
- October 3, 2013
First episode impressions: ‘Super Fun Night’ (TV review)
While it doesn’t serve up groundbreaking (no fat joke intended) humor, “Super Fun Night” (8:30 p.m. Central Wednesdays on ABC) does have a sweet, somewhat understated vibe
- John Hansen
- September 24, 2013
First episode impressions: ‘The Goldbergs’ (TV review)
“The Goldbergs” (8 p.m. Central Tuesdays on ABC) starts with a montage of 1980s images like “ALF,” “The Karate Kid” and a Rubik’s Cube as the
- John Hansen
- September 18, 2013
First episode impressions: ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ (TV review)
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (7:30 p.m. Central Tuesdays on Fox) has an all-crazy all-the-time vibe that makes it a nice companion to the similarly off-the-wall “New Girl” and
- John Hansen
- September 4, 2013
Liam James breaks out amid stellar cast in lovable ‘The Way Way Back’ (Movie review)
Between “The Descendants” — one of my top 10 movies of 2011 — and this summer’s “The Way Way Back,” screenwriters Nat Faxon and Jim Rash have
- John Hansen
- August 23, 2013
You won’t need to be as drunk as the characters to enjoy ‘The World’s End’ (Movie review)
All the things we loved about previous Simon Pegg/Nick Frost movies “Shaun of the Dead,” “Hot Fuzz” and “Paul” are present again in the pub-crawl
- John Hansen
- August 9, 2013
Vaughn, Wilson recapture comedic chemistry as Google crashers in ‘The Internship’ (Movie review)
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are both experts at playing confident guys in situations where they have no business being confident. Despite their almost identical