‘Scooby Doo’ review
“Scooby Doo” — Here’s a phrase I never thought I’d write: Matthew Lillard gives a great performance in “Scooby Doo.” Lillard, who is usually included in Freddie Prinze, Jr. films because he’s the only actor […]
Movies
‘Insomnia’ review
“Insomnia” — The latest from “Memento” mastermind Christopher Nolan stars Al Pacino as good L.A. cop who ventures closer to the dark side with each corner he cuts in his pursuit of murderer Robin Williams […]
‘About a Boy’ review
“About a Boy” — This is the latest film adapted from a novel by witty Brit Nick Hornby (“High Fidelity”). Featuring Hugh Grant as a 30-something layabout, “About a Boy” features even more of Hornby’s […]
‘Spider-Man’ reviews
John’s “Spider-Man” flashback review, May 18, 2019 “Spider-Man” — This is a colorful start to a new film franchise, but it has some nagging flaws: The Green Goblin, despite the best efforts of Willem Dafoe, […]
‘Frailty’ review
“Frailty” — Bill Paxton’s directorial debut takes a theme that other movies may use for entertainment purposes — people getting chopped up into little pieces with an axe — and makes it genuinely disturbing. Matthew […]
‘E.T. The Extra Terrestrial’ review
“E.T. The Extra Terrestrial” — This 20th Anniversary release allows Steven Spielberg fans to go back to a time when a simple movie about intergalactic friendship could make you cry. A time when Drew Barrymore […]
‘Do It For Uncle Manny’ review
NDSU Spectrum: Movie review Pseudo-‘Swingers’: ‘Manny’ finds humor in Hollywood fakeness By JOHN HANSEN March 8, 2002 “Do It For Uncle Manny” may be one of the first films directly influenced by “Swingers,” the 1996 […]
‘Soul Survivors’ review
“Soul Survivors” — Eliza Dushku, Wes Bentley and Melissa Sagemiller star in this horror film that tries desperately to be weird and original. It seems that writer/director Steve Carpenter structured the whole film around a […]
‘Session 9’ review
“Session 9” — A group of workers goes in to clear asbestos from an abandoned insane asylum. One of the workers becomes obsessed with old tape reels of doctor-patient conversations. You’d think it would be […]
‘John Q’ review
“John Q” — Denzel Washington, James Woods and Robert Duvall go slumming in this heavy-handed and predictable story about a dad (Washington) who takes a hospital hostage so they’ll put his son’s name on a […]