Is Jordan Peele’s latest a masterpiece? ‘Nope’
Movie review: The early mysterious air soon goes out of the stylish but pretentious “Nope,” as Peele again fails to recapture the brilliance of “Get Out.”
4th ‘Candyman’s’ horror vibe lost in worthwhile message
Movie review: Even by the standards of genre sequels, the “Candyman” sequels struggle to expand on the original’s statement. “C4” tries, at least.
‘Us’ reviews
Summer’s review, May 12, 2019 John’s review, June 20, 2019
A second opinion: ‘Us’ is a boring piece of beautiful arthouse horror (Movie review)
Writer-director Jordan Peele’s “Us” reminds me of Alex Garland’s “Annihilation” (2018). Both are followups to a breakthrough piece of chilling sci-fi/horror that I and everybody else loved – “Get Out” (2017) in Peele’s case and “Ex Machina” (2015) in Garland’s. And in both cases, in my opinion, these followup efforts fall flat. Why? Well, it’s
‘Us’ – Jordan Peele’s followup to ‘Get Out’ – is chilling, weird and fresh (Movie review)
Writer-director Jordan Peele’s latest horror offering, “Us” – which hits digital June 4 and disc June 18 — opens on a seemingly endless wall of caged rabbits, a promise of future symbolism. The slow and agonizing zooming out and the screeching music, driven by a chorus from hell, invokes an anxiety I haven’t felt in
‘The Twilight Zone’ can’t live up to high standard of the name
First episode impressions (TV review): The new version of the classic sci-fi show gets off to a slow start.
‘Get Out’ reviews
John’s “Get Out” review, johnvhansen.com, June 25, 2017 Michael’s “Get Out” review, Top 20 films of 2017, Jan. 21, 2018
‘Get Out’ is a creepy, thrilling and eye-opening piece of social commentary (Movie review)
“Get Out” (now available on pay-per-view streaming) is the latest example of how a horror movie can be an effective vehicle for making a social statement. When I read the Amazon description that notes the race of the characters – a Caucasian girl brings her African-American boyfriend to meet her parents at their lake house –