Jonpaul Henry Guinn, Author at Book and Film Globe

Barbarian

Grosse Pointe Blech

September 9, 2022September 13, 2022 Jonpaul Henry Guinn 0 Comments Barbarian, Bill Skåsgard, Georgina Campbell, Justin Long, Zach Cregger

‘Barbarian’ teaches us to not pull the creepy rope

Reacher

Hot for ‘Reacher’

February 24, 2022April 3, 2022 Jonpaul Henry Guinn 0 Comments Alan Richtson, Lee Child, Ozark, Reacher, Tom Cruise, Willa Fitzgerald

Amazon serves up a faithful adaptation for Lee Child’s anti-bullying side of beef

HBO: Special Mason Unit

July 24, 2020July 29, 2020 Jonpaul Henry Guinn 0 Comments HBO, Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason

Matthew Rhys stars in a dark, gritty reboot of ‘Perry Mason’

The Plot Against America

The Plot Against Binge-Watching

March 25, 2020March 27, 2020 Jonpaul Henry Guinn 0 Comments Anthony Boyle, Asymmetry, David Simon, Ed Burns, John Turturro, Lisa Halliday, Morgan Spector, Philip Roth, The Great British Baking Show, The Plot Against America, The Wire, Winona Ryder, Zoe Kazan

‘The Plot Against America’ is excellent. But is this what you want to be watching right now?

Spenser Confidential

Spenser’s Grift

March 20, 2020March 22, 2020 Jonpaul Henry Guinn 2 Comments Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg, Robert Urich, Spenser Confidential, Winston Duke

Robert B. Parker wouldn’t recognize the Boston in Spenser Confidential

The Doctor is Insane

January 19, 2020January 18, 2020 Jonpaul Henry Guinn 0 Comments Antonio Banderas, Dolittle, Emma Thompson, Jim Broadbent, John Cena, Michael Sheen, Octavia Spencer, Rami Malek, Robert Downey Jr., Stephen Gaghan

What is ‘Dolittle’, Even?

The Grudge Report

January 5, 2020 Jonpaul Henry Guinn 0 Comments Andrea Riseborough, Betty Gilpin, Demian Bechir, Jacki Weaver, John Cho, The Grudge

If You See ‘The Grudge,” Do it Grudgingly

‘6 Underground’ Takes Out Some Truly World-Class Evil

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019 Jonpaul Henry Guinn 1 Comment 6 Underground, Dave Franco, Mélanie Laurent, Michael Bay, Ryan Reynolds

Super-Dumb, Occasionally Fun, and Very, Very Cynical

MUSIC TELEVISION

Wu-Tang Babies

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 Jonpaul Henry Guinn 0 Comments Alton Sanders, Method Man, Raekwon, RZA, Shameik Moore, Wu-Tang Clan, Wu-Tang: An American Saga

The Wu-Tang Origin Story on Hulu Ain’t Nothin’ to Fuck With

Polar

Hitman Baby, One More Time

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 Jonpaul Henry Guinn 0 Comments Close, John Wick, Johnny Knoxville, Mads Mikkelsen, Polar, Prometheus, Smokin' Aces, Vanessa Hudgens

Noomi Rapace Out-Toughs Mads Mikkelsen in the Battle of the Netflix Action Movies

Netflix TELEVISION

Yawning Mantis

January 28, 2019January 27, 2019 Jonpaul Henry Guinn 0 Comments Claire Bouquet, La Mante, The Mantis

Netflix’s Serial-Killer Drama is Pretentious and Camp-Free. Surprise! It’s French.