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John Hansen
July 15, 2017

‘Young Americans’ (2000) a brainy, pretty ‘Creek’ spinoff

Perhaps more so than any other TV show lost to history, “Young Americans” (2000, The WB) benefits from a rewatch. Although I watched the whole eight-episode run

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John Hansen
July 10, 2017

7 times ‘X-Files’ borrowed from ‘Kolchak’

Today, it’s impossible to talk about “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” (1974-75, following TV movies in 1972 and 1973) without talking about “The X-Files” (1993-present). While this annoys some “Kolchak”

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John Hansen
July 9, 2017

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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John Hansen
July 7, 2017

‘Harry Potter’ at 20: A look back at ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’ (2000) (Book review)

For the 20th anniversary of “Harry Potter,” I’m looking back at the books and films of J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World saga. After three books that

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John Hansen
June 29, 2017

‘Harry Potter’ at 20: A look back at ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ (1999) (Book review)

For the 20th anniversary of “Harry Potter,” I’m looking back at the books and films of J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World saga. “Harry Potter and the

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John Hansen
June 27, 2017

‘Harry Potter’ at 20: A look back at ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ (1998) (Book review)

For the 20th anniversary of “Harry Potter,” I’m looking back at the books and films of J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World saga. “Harry Potter and the

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John Hansen
June 26, 2017

‘Harry Potter’ at 20: A look back at ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ (1997) (Book review)

On this 20th anniversary of the day J.K. Rowling introduced Harry Potter to the world, I take a look back at “Harry Potter and the

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John Hansen
June 25, 2017

‘Get Out’ is a creepy, thrilling and eye-opening piece of social commentary (Movie review)

“Get Out” (now available on pay-per-view streaming) is the latest example of how a horror movie can be an effective vehicle for making a social statement.