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John Hanlon Reviews

Film Reviews

Home Again Review

Home Again

Release Date: September 8th, 2017

Earlier this year, Reese Witherspoon played against type in the HBO series Big Little Lies. Her character Madeline was head-strong, profane and unwilling to accept failure. It was a great role for the Oscar-winning actress (who also produced the series). It’s unfortunate then...

Annabelle Creation Review

Annabelle Creation

Release Date: August 11th, 2017

Annabelle: Creation is a prequel to the 20014 hit Annabelle and exists in the same universe as the Conjuring franchise. But that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t stand out on its own. It focuses on the creation of Annabelle, a possessed doll that was housed in the...

Kidnap Review

Kidnap

Release Date: August 4th, 2017

In the 2008 blockbuster Taken, Liam Neeson’s character was a retired CIA agent. The character knew how to fight and when terrorists kidnapped his teenage daughter, they didn’t know what they were getting into. In the new film Kidnap, Halle Berry’s main character is a...

Atomic Blonde Review

Atomic Blonde

Release Date: July 28th, 2017

Director David Leitch has a long history as a stuntman. He’s worked as a stunt double in features like The Mexican, Van Helsing,  Mr. & Mrs. Smith (where he served as Brad Pitt’s double). He’s also worked as a stunt coordinator, a fight designer, and an action...

Dunkirk Review

Dunkirk

Release Date: July 21st, 2017

Dunkirk might be Christopher Nolan’s most grandiose film and his most personal. The director, who previously astounded audiences with The Dark Knight trilogy, Interstellar and Inception, brings a true story to life in this new feature. The story focuses on the evacuation of...

War for the Planet of the Apes Review

War for the Planet of the Apes

Release Date: July 14th, 2017

The idea of re-imagining the Planet of the Apes series a few years ago seemed like a strange one. After the original five films (released from 1968 until 1973), two short-lived television programs, and a 2001 reboot, it seemed like the long-running franchise had passed its peak....

Spider-Man Homecoming Review

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Release Date: July 7th, 2017

In fifteen years, we’ve seen three cinematic versions of Spider-Man. In the first version, Tobey Maguire played the title character in a trilogy that spanned from 2002 until 2007. In the second series, Andrew Garfield portrayed the web-slinger in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)...

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