- John Hansen
- July 2, 2025
No sophomore slump for Philippous with ‘Bring Her Back’
It’s now safe to say “Talk to Me” (2023) wasn’t merely a happy accident. Under the increased pressure of “What are they gonna do next!?”
No sophomore slump for Philippous with ‘Bring Her Back’
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- John Hansen
- June 27, 2025
Wilson’s series takes a good golf swing, can’t quite ‘Stick’ it
“Stick” (Apple TV Plus) takes old generation-gap and coming-of-age issues and sometimes makes them as fresh as the dew at the morning’s first tee time.
- John Hansen
- June 24, 2025
‘Slasher’ team gets back to gory basics with ‘Hell Motel’
The “Slasher” troupe delivered the most consistently gory TV horror from 2016-23, sometimes also adding in good mysteries, and stumbling only with Season 5, “Ripper.”
- John Hansen
- June 18, 2025
‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ is almost impossible to follow
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” has one of the most unnecessarily convoluted plots of any tentpole action movie. So much so that this eighth
- John Hansen
- June 17, 2025
A penny for your thoughts on Death in ‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’
Sometimes I wonder how Gen-Xers – the generation that didn’t give a crap – turned into helicopter parents. This is probably giving the power of
- John Hansen
- June 9, 2025
Coogler, Jordan team up again for too-safe ‘Sinners’
“Sinners” builds up its portrayal of 1931 life for black folk in Mississippi so well that when a bigger cinematic threat comes along, it’s a
- John Hansen
- May 27, 2025
‘Prom Queen’ invites more disposable ‘Fear Street’ fun
The “Fear Street” movies are the height of disposable slashers, but even so, it’s remarkable how disposable the characters are. These are the kind of
- John Hansen
- April 21, 2025
I kinda love how ‘Heart Eyes’ mixes rom-com with slasher
“Heart Eyes” may have finally arrived at the solution to the date-movie marketing problem wherein the gal wants to see a rom-com and the guy
- John Hansen
- March 29, 2025
It’s hard to break away from ‘Severance’ Season 2
“Severance” Season 2 (Apple TV Plus) requires a viewer to buy into the show’s three distinct purposes. Those who are into all three will love
- John Hansen
- March 1, 2025
‘The Gorge’ can’t clear the gap to greatness
Scott Derrickson has developed a reputation as a fine filmmaker, but for me he’s leaning toward safe filmmaker. Though his resume includes the excellent “Exorcism