- John Hansen
- September 24, 2024
Fall movie preview 2024: 10 films I wouldn’t mind seeing
Depth might be returning to Hollywood’s offerings this fall. The season is short on mega-hyped movies, but a closer look reveals many projects whose taglines
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- Tom Simmons
- September 13, 2024
In ‘Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man’ (1951), vaudeville pair confronts the unseen
“Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man” (1951) is first and foremost a boxing movie. Admittedly, it’s also slapstick. It’s a detective show. And –
- John Hansen
- August 26, 2024
2024: A horror ‘Oddity’ – Irish film is year’s best so far
If one has been watching a string of horror films that don’t quite get things right, “Oddity” plays like a revelation. A scary vibe –
- John Hansen
- August 25, 2024
Horror-thriller ‘Longlegs’ has loads of style, not enough story
An odd combination of rigid filmmaking and going for broke, “Longlegs” has enough good scenes and moments to be worth a look. As a complete
- John Hansen
- August 20, 2024
‘Immaculate’ conceives shocking gore horror
It’s amazing in this day and age that there aren’t tons of stories about religious groups protesting “Immaculate,” the shocking gore-horror flick that came out
- John Hansen
- August 3, 2024
‘MaXXXine’ wades into belly of beast to cap ‘X’ trilogy
If “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” (2019) was Quentin Tarantino’s love letter to Sixties Hollywood, “MaXXXine” is Ti West’s hate letter to Eighties
- John Hansen
- August 2, 2024
Ricci’s ‘The Gathering’ (2003) is well-meaning, cliched church horror
As her career launched, like most actresses, Christina Ricci supplemented artistic, critic-lauded work with better-paying gigs, which likely explains her top billing in “The Gathering”
- John Hansen
- July 5, 2024
‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ is No. 1 among the trilogy
Platinum Dunes goes against its reputation as an IP-cash-in studio with “A Quiet Place: Day One,” a prequel that’s the best and most heartfelt of
- John Hansen
- June 21, 2024
‘Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon’ (2006) a smart but thin satire
“Scream” (1996) is the most influential film in horror history because it not only reignited the dormant slasher genre to the point that it’s now
- John Hansen
- June 3, 2024
‘Mind Body Spirit’ is simple yet original low-budget horror
“Mind Body Spirit” (Hoopla) is evidence that micro-budget indie filmmaking is alive and well – maybe even healthier than ever. Writer-directors Alex Henes and Matthew