John Anderson

John Anderson Wall Street Journal Nov 2, 2026 As “The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of” asserts, affectionately and convincingly, “SCTV” altered the orbit of humor, partly by making television that made fun of television, while unleashing a galaxy of talent into the comedy universe. Go to Full Review SCTV: The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of (2026) - - - -

John Anderson Newsday Oct 31, 2026 3/4 William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet is electric, frenetic, inventive and fresh. Its energy is palpable... But like the Montagues and Capulets, there's also an unhealthy tension between director Baz Luhrmann and his material. Go to Full Review William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996) 79% 77%

John Anderson Newsday Oct 26, 2026 3.5/4 So the Kubrickian message is: If movies are fantasy and the active pursuit of fantasy is evil, then movie directors are evil. Sydney Pollack, call your agent. Go to Full Review Eyes Wide Shut (1999) 79% 74%

John Anderson Wall Street Journal Oct 15, 2026 While Mr. Tucci is doing neither Jean Servais in the classic “Rififi” nor Maximilian Schell in “Topkapi,” there are echoes of both of those crime classics as the intricate scheme is laid out, and we’re sucked in. Go to Full Review Masterplan (2026) 31% - -

John Anderson Wall Street Journal Oct 10, 2026 [A] somber but affectionate documentary. Go to Full Review Who Is Martin Mull? (2026) - - - -

John Anderson Wall Street Journal Oct 8, 2026 To say that there’s an interesting ethical conflict at work in “Animals” -- an imprecise title -- is not to say that the performances aren’t phoned in. Or that the action-oriented aspects of the film aren’t highly implausible. Go to Full Review Animals (2026) 30% - -

John Anderson Wall Street Journal Oct 1, 2026 We jump -- not as high as we might, but with a lurch. Go to Full Review Infirmary (2026) 50% - -

John Anderson Wall Street Journal Sep 28, 2026 You root for the right people in “Unabomber,” even if the heroine is fictional and the talented Mr. Tremblay makes youthful frustration and rage a bit too sympathetic. Go to Full Review Unabomber (2026) 24% - -

John Anderson Wall Street Journal Sep 24, 2026 A remarkably pretty film about a torturous pastime, “Learning to Fly” is the rare sports movie devoted to failure. Go to Full Review Learning to Fly (2026) - - - -

John Anderson Wall Street Journal Sep 10, 2026 Drawn Together has its irresistible charms, chief among them Ester Expósito, the young Spanish actor who could well be on the Penélope Cruz track to international stardom. Go to Full Review Drawn Together (2026) 36% - -

John Anderson Wall Street Journal Aug 27, 2026 If you’re hardcore, you’ll get all the jokes. If not, you’ll watch it again. Either way you win Go to Full Review Robot Chicken Adult Swim Special (2026) - - - -

John Anderson Wall Street Journal Aug 27, 2026 The Iranian system doesn’t seem very far from what a lot of Americans would eagerly support. And it’s no accident that the filmmakers have titled their documentary after an instruction contained not just in the Quran, but the Old and New Testaments. Go to Full Review An Eye for an Eye (2025) 100% - -

John Anderson Wall Street Journal Aug 21, 2026 A riveting (no pun intended) study of how a company can ruin its product, its culture and its brand. It isn’t nice to kick people when they’re down. Unless those people keep insisting that they’re still standing up. Go to Full Review Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing (2026) 79% - -

John Anderson Wall Street Journal Aug 13, 2026 The lead actor’s Everyman persona is what makes him so appealing, and it is maintained throughout a film that almost inevitably has to rev up the violence just to keep pace with itself. But it is also entertaining throughout. Go to Full Review Normal (2025) 78% - -

John Anderson Wall Street Journal Aug 7, 2026 A viewer can become only so invested in the story, and for so long. Past a certain number of raindrops, burst pipes, crumbling walls and the occasional looming shadow behind the windows, one runs out of patience. Go to Full Review The Last House (2026) 23% - -

John Anderson Newsday Aug 4, 2026 2/4 Carpenter and Co. have put their fingers in all the messy sores of modern life but refuse to take a real position. Go to Full Review Escape From L.A. (1996) 45% 39%

John Anderson Wall Street Journal Jul 31, 2026 The forecast calls for grim. Also, very funny. Rather bloody, too, thanks to director Jorma Taccone’s extreme take on the gore-as-entertainment genre, although the entire project is elevated by the cast and the writing. Go to Full Review Over Your Dead Body (2026) 71% 32%

John Anderson Wall Street Journal Jul 31, 2026 The narrator may be paying tribute to his kin and his country, but his underlying subject is nothing less than time itself. Go to Full Review Time and Water (2026) 91% - -

John Anderson Los Angeles Times Jul 28, 2026 ...lashed together with baling wire, chewing gum, chocolate icing... Go to Full Review Matilda (1996) 90% 73%

John Anderson Wall Street Journal Jul 28, 2026 72 Hours hangs everyone out to dry, even on the beaches of Miami, where hedonism, bikinis and gangsters are the unavoidable appointments of exhausted storytelling. Go to Full Review 72 Hours (2026) 17% - -