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Cold Bananas Movie & TV Reviews

Reviews of movies, TV, comics and books by John Hansen, Michael Olinger and Shaune Redfield.

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Category: Lists and Rankings

Posted on May 15, 2009November 29, 2018

5 cute little movies I want to see this summer (Commentary)

The big movies get the buzz; the little movies get the love. My previous blog entry was movies that you’ll see with a group of 10 friends; this list is movies that you’ll see by yourself.

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Posted on May 14, 2009November 29, 2018

5 big, obnoxious movies I want to see this summer (Commentary)

You’re going to hear lots of hype in the months ahead, but it’s sometimes hard to know which summer movies you should ignore and which you should embrace. Give your brains a rest, because I have the answers: See these five movies.

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Posted on May 9, 2009May 19, 2018

John’s top 10 TV/Internet shows of 2008 (finally) … and random thoughts

Here’s evidence that “writer” is more of a lifestyle than a profession. When I lost my job to a layoff on Dec. 2, one of my first regrets was that I wouldn’t get to publish my end-of-year top 10 lists.

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Posted on May 6, 2009May 19, 2018

John’s Infinite Movie List: The top 10 movies of 2008 (finally)

As any movie fan knows, you need about half of the next year before you can see all of the movies from the previous year. So here’s my better-late-than-never top 10 movies of 2008.

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Fresh Movie Reviews

  • Vaughn and Newton are great, but body-switch horror-comedy ‘Freaky’ is rather basic (Movie review)

  • ‘Love and Monsters’ is a refreshingly upbeat vision of the apocalypse (Movie review)

  • Trio of great actors, clever twist are the big things that drive ‘The Little Things’ (Movie review)

  • Evan Rachel Wood gives a heartwrenching turn in the (way) offbeat ‘Kajillionaire’ (Movie review)

  • Disaster flick ‘Greenland’ carries the weight of (the end of) the world (Movie review)

Fresh TV Reviews

  • Blogging ‘Saul’: Everyone breaks bad in ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 5 (2020) (TV review)

  • First episode impressions: ‘Clarice’ (TV review)

  • ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ loses most of its magic in series-ending Part 4 (TV review)

  • ‘Cobra Kai’ balances fan service, sharp writing and epic action in Season 3 (TV review)

  • John’s top 10 TV shows of 2020

Horror Reviews

  • Hannibal at 40: ‘Red Dragon’ (2002) lacks ‘Manhunter’s’ style, but does everything else better (Movie review)

  • Hannibal at 40: New Starling-Lecter pairing in ‘Hannibal’ (2001) can’t recapture the magic (Movie review)

  • First episode impressions: ‘Clarice’ (TV review)

  • Hannibal at 40: ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ (1991) threads the needle to Oscar glory (Movie review)

  • Vaughn and Newton are great, but body-switch horror-comedy ‘Freaky’ is rather basic (Movie review)

Horror Movies & TV Zone

Superhero Reviews

  • Superhero Saturday: ‘Doomed!’ (2015) chronicles the fascinating story behind the aborted ‘Fantastic Four’ flick (Movie review)

  • Superhero Saturday: ‘She Makes Comics’ (2014) is a fun chronicle that leaves unanswered questions (Movie review)

  • Superhero Saturday: ‘Professor Marston & the Wonder Women’ (2017) chronicles the unusual inspiration behind the icon (Movie review)

  • Superhero Saturday: ‘The Death of ‘Superman Lives’’ (2015) chronicles Burton’s famous unmade film (Movie review)

  • Superhero Saturday: ‘Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics’ (2013) is a jittery PR piece, but not without some value (Movie review)

Superhero Movies & TV Zone

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Streaming:

Amazon Prime | CBS All Access

DC Universe | Disney Plus

HBO Max | Hulu | Netflix

Peacock | YouTube Premium

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