- John Hansen
- July 20, 2009
‘Dead Like Me’: The best show ever about a dead girl named George (TV review)
Ellen Muth is one of the harder to categorize actresses out there. As George Lass — the audience-surrogate reaper on “Dead Like Me” — she
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- John Hansen
- July 10, 2009
Sharks, creepy islanders and even a bit of surfing: It’s good to have ‘Beyond the Break’ back (TV review)
In the summer of 2006, I gave “Beyond the Break” a C+ in a review, ranking it behind its contemporaries “Falcon Beach,” “South of Nowhere” and “Degrassi:
- John Hansen
- July 9, 2009
‘10 Things I Hate About You’ saves the summer season (TV review)
I don’t think I’ve seen the Julia Stiles-Heath Ledger movie of the same name, or if I did, it made no impression on me. So
- John Hansen
- July 7, 2009
It’s time we stop taking technology for granted: Hug your DVR today (TV commentary)
I’d like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to a wonderful piece of technology: the DVR. Now, I’m not saying it’s the greatest invention
- John Hansen
- June 29, 2009
5 random thoughts and observations (Commentary)
1. A lot of people use their baby as their Facebook profile picture. Wouldn’t it be awesome if an actual baby had a Facebook page?
- John Hansen
- June 27, 2009
‘Make It or Break It’: Skip it (TV review)
For two weeks once every four years, gymnastics is the most popular sport in America. Like everyone else, I was drawn into the drama of
- John Hansen
- June 24, 2009
I wish it was 1996 again, or 1985, or 1979 (Commentary)
On Tuesday, new albums by Dinosaur Jr. and the Lemonheads came out, as my Facebook friend Matt reported. “It’s like it’s 1996 again,” he happily
- John Hansen
- June 19, 2009
A belated nod to great music: Christophe Beck’s ‘Buffy’ score is available on CD (Music review)
From the “better late than never” file, Christophe Beck’s “Buffy” score is finally available on CD. It actually came out in 2008, and I just stumbled across
- John Hansen
- June 18, 2009
5 random things to mull over (Commentary)
1. I notice comedians now apologize for jokes if they offend someone. Can you imagine if musicians had to apologize for bad songs? “Sweet Home
- John Hansen
- June 11, 2009
5 random things I noticed (Commentary)
1. I notice there has been a lot of anti-Shia LaBeouf sentiment lately. Geez. What did he ever do to you? (more…)