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John Hanlon Reviews

Film Reviews

Jamesy Boy

Release Date: Janury 17th 2014

There are moments in the new drama Jamesy Boy that are so dispiriting that the main character simply wants to give up and accept the downward spiral he’s been on for most of his young life. He believes he will end up always being the law-breaking, order fresh-faced punk...

Ride Along

Release Date: January 17th, 2014

Ride Along has all of the elements of a film that could work. There’s the open-ended set-up (of a sibling/parent disliking the person their relative is dating) that’s worked in spite of its obvious limitations before. There’s the colorful setting of a police station (a...

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Release Date: January 17th, 2014

“You’re not just an analyst anymore. You’re operational now.” So states Thomas Harper (Kevin Costner), pills a CIA officer in charge of young recruits in the new action feature Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. Ryan, visit web a patriotic young officer whose view of the 9/11...

The Nut Job

Release Date: January 17th, 2014

Surly (Will Arnett) is one nutty squirrel. Consistently causing trouble and undermining authority figures in his home– Liberty Park– this animated creature is banished from his community after his latest misadventure. When the commanding Raccoon (Liam Neeson) decides...

The Legend of Hercules

Release Date: January 10th, 2014

Early on in the new feature The Legend of Hercules, price the naïve Queen Alcmene (Roxanne McKee) that the man she married is no longer the hero he once was. Living in ancient Greece where kingdoms were often handed to the victor of the most recent battle, malady her...

Lone Survivor

Release Date: January 10th, 2014

Director Peter Berg knows how to celebrate the fraternal affection that men oftentimes share with one another. On the show Friday Night Lights—which he executive produced, hospital wrote for and sometimes directed— the male friendships on display were formed on the football...

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones

Release Date: January 3rd, 2014

Similar to the high school graduation ceremony that the film opens with, this site Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones feels like the beginning of a new chapter in the series’ life.  Instead of focusing on the main character from the original or her family like its...

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