- John Hansen
- March 17, 2021
Allen shows serious side in ‘Interiors’ (1978)
“Interiors” (1978) is a rare Woody Allen film where I wouldn’t know it’s an Allen film if I went in cold and skipped the opening
Allen shows serious side in ‘Interiors’ (1978)
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- John Hansen
- March 15, 2021
‘Andromeda Strain’ movie (1971) seems longer than TV miniseries (2008)
I think of the 21st century – starting with 2001’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” – as the era of faithful book-to-film adaptations. But they
- John Hansen
- March 7, 2021
‘Coming 2 America’ has more enthusiasm than inspiration
Thirty-three years after “Coming to America,” Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley and nonagenarian James Earl Jones still look great. But writers Barry W. Blaustein
- John Hansen
- March 4, 2021
‘Coming to America’ (1988) shows Murphy’s versatility
“Coming to America” (1988), from the height of Eddie Murphy’s comedic powers, has returned to the spotlight thanks to the upcoming release of the sequel
- John Hansen
- February 21, 2021
‘Murder on the Orient Express’ (1974) adds comedy
Albert Finney looks the part of Hercule Poirot in his only turn as the Belgian detective extraordinaire in the 1974 adaptation of Agatha Christie’s “Murder
- John Hansen
- February 12, 2021
‘Silence of the Lambs’ (1991) threads needle to Oscar glory
To mark the 40th anniversary of author Thomas Harris’ invention of Hannibal Lecter and the 30th anniversary of “The Silence of the Lambs” – the
- John Hansen
- February 10, 2021
Allen stand-ins steal ‘Hannah and Her Sisters’ (1986)
“Hannah and Her Sisters” (1986) takes a sometimes absurd but ultimately realistic view of human behavior as it chronicles a period encompassing three Thanksgivings of
- John Hansen
- February 7, 2021
‘Love and Monsters’ keeps apocalypse upbeat
“Love and Monsters’ ” cast and crew are filled with people who have done apocalypses before, so perhaps having gotten the doom and gloom out
- John Hansen
- February 3, 2021
Allen finds neurotic match in ‘Annie Hall’ (1977)
As a kid, I knew “Annie Hall” (1977) as the movie that beat “Star Wars” for Best Picture, so I vaguely hated the movie without
- John Hansen
- December 22, 2020
Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ a confusing time-travel experiment
I watched “Tenet” on one of those bare-bones discs from Redbox, but presumably we can also buy editions that include bonus features. Hopefully one of