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‘American Beauty’ review

My “American Beauty” review, NDSU Spectrum, October 1999

NEW RELEASES

Immaculate
‘Immaculate’ conceives shocking gore horror
Turtles All the Way Down
Green beautifully tackles mental illness in ‘Turtles All the Way Down’ (2017, 2024)
Presumed Innocent
‘Presumed Innocent’ a slick spin on the classic book/film
MaXXXine
‘MaXXXine’ wades into belly of beast to cap ‘X’ trilogy
Cobra Kai Season 6
‘Cobra Kai’ eventually gets its kicks back in Season 6, Part 1

LISTS AND RANKINGS

Dawson's Creek Season 1
‘Dawson’s Creek’ Season 1 (1998) an all-time great teen romance
Undeclared
Lightning strikes twice for Apatow with ‘Undeclared’ (2001-02)
VHS 2
Novelty wears off fast in jerky sequel ‘V/H/S/2’ (2013)
Wonderfalls
‘Wonderfalls’ (2004) is a sad show that makes me happy
Movies 2022
John’s top 10 movies of 2022
TV 2022
John’s top 10 TV shows of 2022
VHS
‘V/H/S’ (2012) an intense trip of found-footage horror
Michael Crichton films ranked
On the cutting edge: Every Michael Crichton film, ranked 
Michael Crichton books ranked
The near-futurist: All 28 Michael Crichton novels, ranked 
Top Gun
Top 10 observations about ‘Top Gun’ (1986) 

BOOK REVIEWS

Marple 12 New Mysteries
‘Marple: Twelve New Mysteries’ (2022) honors, expands character
Insomnia novel
‘Insomnia’ (1994) is long but not sleep-inducing
The Thin Man
Hammett launches icons Nick and Nora Charles in ‘The Thin Man’ (1934)
Maltese Falcon
‘Maltese Falcon’ (1930) stands as definitive hardboiled mystery
Strong Poison
Wimsey shows how to catch ’em in Sayers’ ‘Strong Poison’ (1930)
Cuckoo's Calling
Rowling masters another genre in ‘Cuckoo’s Calling’ (2013)
Poirot sifts through lies in ‘The Killings at Kingfisher Hill’ (2020)
Night Film
Pessl wades into delicious darkness in ‘Night Film’ (2013)
Dead Mountain
P&C unearth another New Mexico conspiracy in ‘Dead Mountain’
Exorcist saga ranked
All 9 ‘Exorcist’ movies, TV seasons and books, ranked
1 2 3 4 5 6 … 71

reviews by creator

J.J. Abrams | Woody Allen 
Judd Apatow | Shane Black
James Cameron | John Carpenter
Chris Carter | Agatha Christie
Michael Crichton | Philip K. Dick
Kevin Eastman | Jane Espenson
Paul Feig | Dave Filoni | Mike Flanagan
Vince Gilligan | Drew Goddard
Christopher Golden | James Gunn
Marshall Herskovitz | Nancy Holder
Nick Hornby | John Hughes
Jason Katims | Stephen King
Robert Kirkman | Chuck Klosterman
Peter Laird | George Lucas 
David Mamet | Christopher Nolan
Preston/Child | J.K. Rowling
Ridley Scott | Amy Sherman-Palladino
M. Night Shyamalan | Kevin Smith
Steven Spielberg | Michael A. Stackpole
Sylvester Stallone | Wachowski Sisters
Joss Whedon | Kevin Williamson
Timothy Zahn | Edward Zwick

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SyFy | TBS | TNT | USA | VH1 | WGN

Streaming
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Hulu | Max | Netflix
Paramount Plus | Peacock
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About Reviews from My Couch
Since 2009, John Hansen has been reviewing new and old movies, TV, books and comics. Shaune Redfield and Michael Olinger were previous regular contributors to RFMC.

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