Every ‘Aliens/Predator’ Universe movie and series, ranked
Movie and TV list: In each of six decades, the monsters from “Aliens” and “Predator” have thrilled audiences. Here are my rankings of the films and shows.
‘Alien’ short films mark 40th anniversary
‘Aliens/Predator’ Universe flashback (Reviews): The franchise gifted fans with several short films to mark its 40th anniversary.
‘quarterlife’ review
“quarterlife” (2007-08, quarterlife.com, NBC) – Yet another Marshall Herskovitz/Edward Zwick TV series has been canceled by a network, but this time, it’s not bothering me or other fans one bit. In fact, many fans of “quarterlife” probably didn’t even tune in to NBC’s one-and-done airing of the show on Feb. 26 because they had already
‘Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’ reviews
John’s “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” flashback review, johnvhansen.com, Sept. 13, 2016 John’s “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” review, Brainerd Dispatch, Aug. 21, 2008
One-season wonders: ‘Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’ (2008) (TV review)
So I’ve finished my rewatches of all the Joss Whedon series between 1997-2010 except one – and it’s the most unusual one. “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” (2008) is three 15-minute web episodes that add up to length of one TV episode. It was penned by Whedon and his brothers Zack and Jed and Jed’s wife Maurissa Tancharoen
‘Dating Rules from My Future Self’ makes web TV cool again (Review)
My top show of 2007 was a web series — “quarterlife” — and three of my top 10 of 2008 were web series, headlined by “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.” I was even titling my year-end lists “Top 10 TV/Internet shows.” It definitely seemed like TV and the internet were well on the way to merging
3 of the best ‘Star Wars’ documentaries were made by a fan (Movie commentary)
I don’t mean to rain on the parade of fans who are excited for the Sept. 16 release of the “Star Wars” saga on Blu-ray, but I’m not getting too worked up about it. As readers of my blog know, I am a technological laggard despite being a TV and movie geek; I just got
The best TV shows of the Aughts … as it happened (Commentary)
I thought it might be fun to look back on my picks for “best of the year” this decade as those years were ending (mostly fun for me, but you can enjoy it too, if you want).
5 random odds and ends (Commentary)
1. In “Return of the Jedi,” when the Ewok (I believe it’s Paploo, but I can’t check it because I don’t have my “Star Wars” library moved into my new place yet) jumps on the speeder bike, he immediately knows how to drive it. Specifically, he immediately knows where to find the override function that
5 random items of note (Commentary)
1. Do you ever get a Facebook friend request from someone you’ve never heard of? I usually just ignore it. This is kind of unfortunate, because now I have no chance of becoming friends with that person (I certainly won’t get to know them outside of Facebook). And I would probably end up liking them