Mystery

‘The Watcher’ review

NDSU Spectrum: Movie review Director spices up serial killer trappings of ‘The Watcher’ By JOHN HANSEN Sept. 22, 2000 Ah, that staple of fall movies

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‘The In Crowd’ review

“The In Crowd” — I think this was supposed to be a spicy suspense thriller about a group of young people obsessed with maintaining their image,

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‘Cherry Falls’ review

“Cherry Falls” — This horror movie delights in satirizing two of pop culture’s funniest things — sex and violence — as a psycho starts offing virgins

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‘Valentine’ review

NDSU Spectrum: Movie review ‘Valentine’ delivers holiday-themed horror By JOHN HANSEN Feb. 9, 2001 “Valentine” is not your typical date movie. It is, however, your

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‘The Mothman Prophecies’ review

“The Mothman Prophecies” — After a fascinating first hour, enhanced by expertly creepy sound design and cinematography, the film runs out of ideas and limps

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‘Impostor’ reviews

John’s “Impostor” flashback review, Dec. 10, 2019 NDSU Spectrum: Movie review ‘Impostor’ does a nice imitation of a classic sci-fi theme By JOHN HANSEN Jan.

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Catching up with ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 1 (TV review)

“Big Little Lies” (which aired earlier this year on HBO, and can now be found on HBO Go or at Redbox) is the best thing

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Lincoln Child treks through foreboding Adirondacks in brisk ‘Full Wolf Moon’ (Book review)

Lincoln Child has already shown his skills in the “sense of place” adventure genre with the likes of “Deep Storm” (the ocean floor), “Terminal Freeze”

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All 22 installments of ‘Kolchak: The Night Stalker’ (1972-75), ranked

Like most people who weren’t around when it was on the air, I was inspired to check out “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” (1974-75) – and its preceding

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Noxon’s ‘Point Pleasant’ (2005) an interesting failure

Marti Noxon wrote three of my top 20 “Buffy” episodes – second to only Joss Whedon – and in recent years she struck gold again

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