- John Hansen
- December 11, 2009
John’s favorite entertainers of the Aughts (Commentary)
First, my top 10 entertainers. These are the people (and one fictional robot) who put a smile on my face in every project they tackled.
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- John Hansen
- December 5, 2009
The really cool stuff of the Aughts wasn’t found in the mainstream (Commentary)
Time Magazine called it the “decade from hell,” but Entertainment Weekly argued, in its latest issue, what about the entertainment? However, they failed to make
- John Hansen
- November 6, 2009
Klosterman’s ‘Eating the Dinosaur’ crystallizes this hazy world we live in (Book review)
There aren’t many things I enjoy more than cracking open a new book of Chuck Klosterman essays. I read his latest volume, “Eating the Dinosaur,”
- John Hansen
- October 26, 2009
Is ‘Dollhouse’ channeling Philip K. Dick?
For anyone who wanted to look closely, the “Dollhouse”–Philip K. Dick comparison has been obvious since the first episode, but it has really struck me during this
- John Hansen
- October 24, 2009
In ‘Juliet, Naked,’ Nick Hornby lays bare the funny side of music snobbery (Book review)
Nick Hornby taps into a gold mine of insider humor in “Juliet, Naked” by making fun of extreme levels of music snobbery. Hornby invents a cult-favorite
- John Hansen
- October 21, 2009
‘24’ TV show could learn something from ‘24’ novels (Book commentary)
You know, when I watch “24,” I usually make fun of it, and I don’t get any satisfaction from doing that. But it’s different from other downhill-progressing
- John Hansen
- October 17, 2009
How crucial is continuity in franchise storytelling? (Commentary)
I’m curious to hear from my readers on this one: How important is it to you that a franchise has continuity between each of its
- John Hansen
- September 8, 2009
Mystery, mysticism and politics: Denning’s ‘Abyss’ continues the ‘Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi’ series (Book review)
The early “Star Wars” novels — “Splinter of the Mind’s Eye” and the “Han Solo Adventures” — followed the lead of “A New Hope,” where
- John Hansen
- September 3, 2009
Preston & Child do their usual, compelling ‘Dance’ — this time with zombies (Book review)
I used to describe Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child as “like Michael Crichton, only better.” I now know that’s a simplistic comparison, but it’s still useful. The
- John Hansen
- August 19, 2009
Entertainment I discovered after getting a tip from someone: A top 15 list (Commentary)
Part of the purpose of this blog is to let you know about cool stuff in the entertainment world. The blog’s main purpose, of course,