Is Jordan Peele’s latest a masterpiece? ‘Nope’
Movie review: The early mysterious air soon goes out of the stylish but pretentious “Nope,” as Peele again fails to recapture the brilliance of “Get Out.”
Jordan Peele
Is Jordan Peele’s latest a masterpiece? ‘Nope’
4th ‘Candyman’s’ horror vibe lost in worthwhile message
Movie review: Even by the standards of genre sequels, the “Candyman” sequels struggle to expand on the original’s statement. “C4” tries, at least.
A second opinion: ‘Us’ is a boring piece of beautiful arthouse horror (Movie review)
Writer-director Jordan Peele’s “Us” reminds me of Alex Garland’s “Annihilation” (2018). Both are followups to a breakthrough piece of chilling sci-fi/horror that I and everybody else loved – “Get Out” (2017) in Peele’s case and […]
‘Us’ – Jordan Peele’s followup to ‘Get Out’ – is chilling, weird and fresh (Movie review)
Writer-director Jordan Peele’s latest horror offering, “Us” – which hits digital June 4 and disc June 18 — opens on a seemingly endless wall of caged rabbits, a promise of future symbolism. The slow and […]
‘The Twilight Zone’ can’t live up to high standard of the name
First episode impressions (TV review): The new version of the classic sci-fi show gets off to a slow start.
‘Get Out’ reviews
John’s “Get Out” review, johnvhansen.com, June 25, 2017 Michael’s “Get Out” review, Top 20 films of 2017, Jan. 21, 2018
‘Get Out’ is a creepy, thrilling and eye-opening piece of social commentary (Movie review)
“Get Out” (now available on pay-per-view streaming) is the latest example of how a horror movie can be an effective vehicle for making a social statement. When I read the Amazon description that notes the race […]