Jordan Peele

Is Jordan Peele’s latest a masterpiece? ‘Nope’

Writer-director Jordan Peele’s career-arc similarities to M. Night Shyamalan become more pronounced with “Nope.” But he’s declining faster. Shyamalan was still doing good work on

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4th ‘Candyman’s’ horror vibe lost in worthwhile message

I think of “Candyman” (2021) – which I want to call “C4ndyman” since it’s the series’ fourth film, but which I’ll abbreviate as “C4” –

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‘Us’ reviews

Summer’s review, May 12, 2019 John’s review, June 20, 2019

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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

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‘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

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‘The Twilight Zone’ can’t live up to high standard of the name

CBS All Access’ new version of “The Twilight Zone” is certainly putting itself out there. Using the name of the revered Rod Serling series (1959-64)

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‘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

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‘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.

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