NDSU Spectrum: TV review ‘Boston Public’ sheds light on the teachers’ point of view By JOHN HANSEN Feb. 9, 2001 “Boston Public” is not your stereotypical high school drama. Despite some surface similarities to “Dawson’s […]
John’s “Freaks and Geeks” flashback review, March 16, 2023 NDSU Spectrum: TV review ‘Freaks,’ ‘Creek’ put different spins on high school By JOHN HANSEN January 2000 It seems natural to compare newcomer “Freaks and Geeks” […]
“American Vandal” – an eight-episode fictional docu-mystery that dropped last fall on Netflix – explores the snicker-worthy case of someone spray-painting penises on 27 cars. And to be sure, creators Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda […]
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 […]
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