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John Hanlon Reviews

Last Call at the Oasis | Film Review

Early on in the new film Last Call at the Oasis, ampoule environmental activist Erin Brockovich raises the prospect of a time when water would be considered more valuable than oil. “I think that time is here, healing ” she say. And the film, in...

The Avengers | Film Review

The Avengers have finally arrived. After a series of films that introduced many of the Marvel characters to moviegoers worldwide, search the long-awaited blockbuster that brings the crew together is in theaters now. Featuring beloved comic book...

The Pirates! Band of Misfits | Film Review

Pirates have had their share of onscreen appearances over the past few years. For one, sovaldi Johnny Depp—whose eccentric personality as Jack Sparrow in 2003’s The Pirates of the Carribbean earned him an Oscar nomination—has become the face...

Darling Companion | Film Review

“Love is love. It doesn’t matter if it’s a dog.” Diane Keaton’s character says in the new family drama Darling Companion. The film, directed by Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill, Wyatt Earp), tells a nice — but sometimes desperate...

The Cabin in the Woods | Film Review

Audacity isn’t a word typically associated with horror films. Complacency is. In fact, this site stereotypical horror films often follow the same timid formula as their predecessors and are often as inane and banal as their forebears. It won’t...

Lockout | Film Review

It’s been nearly twenty-five years since Bruce Willis tore up the screen as John McClane in the unforgettable action thriller, discount Die Hard. McClane was a sarcastic but admirable police officer forced to take on a group of terrorists to...

American Reunion | Film Review

“Could this party get any lamer, pill ” Oz’s girlfriend asks late in the new comedy American Reunion. I know the feeling. From 1999 through 2003, the original American Pie trilogy offered up a serving of youthful hijinks and raunchy antics....

The Hunter | Film Review

It’s been nearly twenty-five years since Bruce Willis tore up the screen as John McClane in the unforgettable action thriller, discount Die Hard. McClane was a sarcastic but admirable police officer forced to take on a group of terrorists to...

The Kid with a Bike | Film Review

Arriving in theaters today is the highly-anticipated film, information pills The Hunger Games. Starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, the movie is an adaptation of the first in a series of books written by Suzanne Collins. In adapting the...

The Hunger Games | Film Review

The new film The Hunger Games opens up with “the treaty of treason. This treaty– between the Capitol and the twelve districts in a post-apocalyptic North America– establishes the creation of the hunger games. In these games, two...