‘Shaun of the Dead’ (2004) the all-time elite zom-com
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg get on the map in a big way with a dry comedy that takes advantage of zombie lore.
Edgar Wright
‘Shaun of the Dead’ (2004) the all-time elite zom-com
McKenzie, Taylor-Joy light up ‘Last Night in Soho’
Movie review: Edgar Wright lusciously mashes up genres and takes us on a wild ride through London’s neon-lit club sector.
‘Ant-Man’ (2015) a small-scale amusement
An outsider’s take on the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Movie review): Paul Rudd enters the MCU in a film that has fun with scale.
‘Baby Driver’ reviews
John’s “Baby Driver” review, johnvhansen.com, Dec. 12, 2017 Michael’s “Baby Driver” review, Top 20 films of 2017, Jan. 21, 2018
Music-driven ‘Baby Driver’ cranks up the directorial creativity (Movie review)
At one point in “Baby Driver” — now available via Redbox and streaming — the gunshots are in perfect sync with the beats from the song in Baby’s (Ansel Elgort) earphones. It’s one example of […]
‘Hot Fuzz’ review
“Hot Fuzz” – Simon Pegg and Nick Frost transfer their spot-on satire from “Shaun of the Dead” to the shoot-’em-up genre – Pegg’s cop even studies movies like “Bad Boys 2” to help him do […]
‘Grindhouse’ review
“Grindhouse” – Writer-directors Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino have a bloody good time here, spinning yarns in the style of the choppy, grainy B-movies they grew up watching in the 1970s. Rodriguez’s “Planet Terror” is […]
You won’t need to be as drunk as the characters to enjoy ‘The World’s End’ (Movie review)
All the things we loved about previous Simon Pegg/Nick Frost movies “Shaun of the Dead,” “Hot Fuzz” and “Paul” are present again in the pub-crawl comedy “The World’s End”: A bit of smart humor (the first […]
‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’ is so cool it’s cold — but not in a good way (Movie review)
“Scott Pilgrim vs. The World,” based on a comic book, takes two universal interests of young males — games and girls — and combines them into one thing. The title character (Michael Cera, as usual playing […]