- John Hansen
- September 17, 2013
Fall TV 2013: ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ and 7 other shows worth checking out (Commentary)
Well, that came upon us in a hurry. Perhaps because there aren’t any major new shows to get excited about, the Fall 2013 TV season
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- John Hansen
- September 17, 2013
Spectacular performances make ‘Spectacular Now’ worth seeing (Movie review)
Screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber have carved out a niche by making movies in familiar genres but with a fresh perspective. “(500) Days
- John Hansen
- September 16, 2013
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing Rogue Squadron’ Issues 25-35 (1997-98) (Comic book reviews)
The “X-Wing Rogue Squadron” comic series closes out its run by delving into one of the most popular EU characters, Baron Soontir Fel, who was introduced in
- John Hansen
- September 13, 2013
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing Rogue Squadron’ Issues 13-24 (1996-97) (Comic book reviews)
And now we’re off and flying. The middle batch of the 35-issue “X-Wing Rogue Squadron” comics series — “The Warrior Princess” (1996-97), “Requiem for a Rogue” (1997) and “In the Empire’s Service” (1997)
- John Hansen
- September 12, 2013
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Jedi Academy Trilogy Volume 2: Dark Apprentice’ (1994) (Book review)
“Dark Apprentice” (1994), the second book in Kevin J. Anderson’s “Jedi Academy Trilogy,” is quite a page-turner. About the only thing slowing me down was that I stopped
- John Hansen
- September 10, 2013
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Jedi Academy Trilogy Volume 1: Jedi Search’ (1994) (Book review)
Kevin J. Anderson contributed many of the most essential post-Endor elements to the EU, going forward with the same ideas George Lucas would go “backward”
- John Hansen
- September 8, 2013
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing Rogue Squadron’ Issues 1-12 (1995-96) (Comic book reviews)
Around the same time that Michael Stackpole was writing his “X-Wing” novels in the late 1990s, he was also providing the stories for the 35-issue “X-Wing
- John Hansen
- September 5, 2013
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘I, Jedi’ (1998) (Book review)
In addition to being a flat-out fun read, “I, Jedi” (1998) accomplishes a lot: It’s the definitive character study of Corran Horn, showing how he finds balance
- John Hansen
- September 4, 2013
Liam James breaks out amid stellar cast in lovable ‘The Way Way Back’ (Movie review)
Between “The Descendants” — one of my top 10 movies of 2011 — and this summer’s “The Way Way Back,” screenwriters Nat Faxon and Jim Rash have
- John Hansen
- September 4, 2013
Sniff! These 5 great shows won’t be coming back (TV commentary)
My Entertainment Weekly Fall TV Preview should pop up in my mailbox in a few weeks, and I hope I’m pleasantly surprised by some new