- John Hansen
- May 5, 2023
All 9 ‘Scream’ movies and TV seasons, ranked
Since 1996, the “Scream” franchise has been the touchstone for the new era of screen entertainment wherein audiences give an increasing amount of feedback to
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- John Hansen
- April 20, 2023
‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 5 looks to the future
Like the final season of “Lost,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” is flash-forwarding in its last go-around, in the prologs of each episode (three of which
- John Hansen
- April 9, 2023
‘Slasher’ Season 5 ‘Ripper’ overly ambitious, but still brutal
For better or worse, “Slasher” gets ambitious by trying its first period-piece mystery, venturing to 1890s Toronto. Through two episodes, it’s slightly “for worse,” but
- John Hansen
- March 28, 2023
Seventies-style howcatchem ‘Poker Face’ would make Columbo proud
“Poker Face” (Peacock) starts off as an earworm – I’d bet 50 percent of viewers have “puh-puh-puh-poker face” in their head when thinking about the
- John Hansen
- March 16, 2023
It’s freaky how great ‘Freaks and Geeks’ (1999-2000) still is
“Freaks and Geeks” (1999-2000, NBC/Fox Family) took TV from the Nineties to the Aughts as it chronicled kids moving from the Seventies to the Eighties.
- John Hansen
- March 5, 2023
‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ Season 1 (1989) launches an icon
It took 13 years after Agatha Christie’s death until we got the definitive version of Hercule Poirot on screen, with David Suchet starring in the
- John Hansen
- February 16, 2023
‘My So-Called Life’ (1994-95) probes hearts, minds of ’90s teens
W.G. Snuffy Walden’s “My So-Called Life” (1994-95, ABC) theme song encapsulates the series, which itself encapsulates 1994-95. An ominous opening tone calls to mind dark
- John Hansen
- February 14, 2023
The age-old ‘My So-Called Life’ debate: Jordan or Brian?
I went into my rewatch of “My So-Called Life” (1994-95) with one of the show’s most famous questions on my mind: Jordan or Brian? The
- John Hansen
- January 26, 2023
‘Dawson’s Creek’ Season 1 (1998) an all-time great teen romance
If “Dawson’s Creek” had lasted only through its first 13-episode season (1998, WB), it would be considered an all-time great one-season wonder and would be
- John Hansen
- January 19, 2023
Lightning strikes twice for Apatow with ‘Undeclared’ (2001-02)
I went into this rewatch of “Undeclared” (2001-02, Fox) with a vague image of it in my brain. I remembered it as “‘Freaks and Geeks’