- John Hansen
- July 29, 2013
‘The Conjuring’ effectively delivers standard scares
I kept the lessons of Hollywood horror movies in mind as I hunted for my new apartment. I like living in a somewhat older place,
‘The Conjuring’ effectively delivers standard scares
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- John Hansen
- June 18, 2013
‘Mama’ a solidly creepy, if not groundbreaking, middle-of-the-night horror flick (Movie review)
If you’re looking for a good flick to watch in the middle of the night with the lights out, you could do a lot worse
- John Hansen
- April 18, 2013
‘The Way, Way Back’ and 12 more summer movies I’m looking forward to (Commentary)
Even as soulless and redundant superhero movies headline the summer movie schedule, a deeper look at the lineup reveals some really smart-looking smaller flicks hiding
- John Hansen
- December 25, 2012
John’s top 10 movies of 2012
Here are my picks for the top 10 movies of 2012: 1. “This Is 40” — Writer-director Judd Apatow’s first great film in five years, rather than
- John Hansen
- October 29, 2012
‘Sinister’ the best horror film of the year so far (Movie review)
“Sinister” is the best horror film I’ve seen so far this year, largely because it isn’t content to just do the minimum to scare you (like “Paranormal
- John Hansen
- October 21, 2012
Law of diminishing returns starting to kick in with ‘Paranormal Activity 4’ (Movie review)
The “Paranormal Activity” franchise continues to deliver the expected goods — scares or laughs, depending on your mindset — in its fourth entry. But like the “Saw”
- John Hansen
- October 14, 2012
‘Prometheus’ (2012) is a thinking fan’s sci-fi film
It’s really a shame that the novelization has died out. “Prometheus,” which recently hit home video, is begging for a talented sci-fi author to delve deeper into
- John Hansen
- September 4, 2012
‘The Possession’ is a stylish, if unsurprising, exorcism movie (Movie review)
“The Possession” doesn’t stand apart from its possession/exorcism genre brethren in any obvious way. It’s not even the first movie of this kind to be based
- John Hansen
- August 13, 2012
10 movies worth checking out this fall (Commentary)
I’ve perused Entertainment Weekly’s Fall Movie Preview, watched the trailers and come up with my list of 10 movies I wouldn’t mind seeing in the
- John Hansen
- August 2, 2012
Monsters go to town in ‘AVPR: Aliens vs. Predator — Requiem’ (2007)
One of the fun things about the “Aliens/Predator” franchise is that it tries not to repeat itself. Every entry is a mix of horror, science