So I got “Girls Trip” (2017) because my wife and a friend were dying to see it. They watched it by themselves before I did and told me that it was terrible: “It wasn’t funny, […]
“Pitch Perfect 3” is far and away the weakest film in the franchise. It feels incomplete yet somehow oddly overstuffed, with some story elements that feel extremely out of place.
TV review: The creator of “Gilmore Girls” launches her third great series, this time via Amazon Prime.
John’s “Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist” Completely Random Slice of Pop Culture column, Brainerd Dispatch, Oct. 9, 2008 John’s top 10 movies of 2008, May 6, 2009 John’s “Nick & Norah: One movie that’s better […]
My “Knocked Up” review, Brainerd Dispatch, June 7, 2007
John’s “Little Miss Sunshine” flashback review, johnvhansen.com, Dec. 17, 2012 “Little Miss Sunshine” – There’s nothing particularly original about this story of a family that road-trips to the titular beauty pageant that daughter Olive (Abigail Breslin) wants […]
My “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” review, Brainerd Dispatch, June 9, 2005
My “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” review, Brainerd Dispatch, Aug. 25, 2005
My “Spanglish” review, Brainerd Dispatch, Dec. 16, 2004
My “Napoleon Dynamite” review, Brainerd Dispatch, Sept. 16, 2004