“Crash” – Writer-director Paul Haggis (“Million Dollar Baby”) follows about a dozen characters – played by Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon, Brendon Fraser and Terrence Howard, among others – through initially unrelated stories about their daily […]
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, […]
John’s top 10 movies of 2001, NDSU Spectrum, Jan. 18, 2002
Superhero movie flashback (Review): This is (sort of) the fifth movie in the series that started with Reeve.
Superhero movie flashback (Review): Director Richard Donner and star Christopher Reeve help us fall in love with superheroes again.
Movie review: “Suicide Squad” introduces a colorful band of misfit superheroes.
Watching “War for the Planet of the Apes” – now available via Redbox and streaming – is like seeing a movie from the future. Every scene has an ape in it; there’s never a sense that the […]
I used to listen to Kumail Nanjiani’s “X-Files Files” podcast, and occasionally he’d reference the time when his girlfriend was in a coma. Although it registered with me as an unusual thing to have in one’s […]
“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 […]
Movie review: “X-Men’s” Wolverine trilogy goes out on top with an unshackled finale.