- John Hansen
- November 11, 2011
Is ‘The Secret Circle’ secretly one of TV’s best new shows? (Commentary)
With a great midseason finale this week, “The Secret Circle” (8 p.m. Central Thursdays on The CW) put itself in the company of the best new shows.
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- John Hansen
- November 7, 2011
In ‘Riptide,’ the ‘Star Wars’ Expanded Universe and ‘The Clone Wars’ finally work together (Book review)
Sometimes it seems like the “Star Wars” Expanded Universe is under attack by “The Clone Wars,” what with the premature killing off of Even Piell
- John Hansen
- November 2, 2011
Oh my god, they killed Otis! (and thoughts on falls to the dark side) (TV and movie commentary)
Kind of a jerk move by Shane to kill Otis on Sunday’s episode of “The Walking Dead” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC), huh? But also a
- John Hansen
- October 31, 2011
First episode impressions: ‘Grimm’ (TV review)
Just like a musician doesn’t have to pay for the rights to record a song written before 1922, I assume a similar law holds true
- John Hansen
- October 29, 2011
First episode impressions: ‘Beavis and Butt-head’ Season 8 (TV review)
“Beavis and Butt-head” (9 p.m. Central Thursdays on MTV) jumped right into its eighth-season premiere on Thursday with Butt-head’s trademark “Uhhhhh-huh-huh” and Beavis’ iconic “Heh-heh-yeah-yeah-heh.” Fourteen
- John Hansen
- October 23, 2011
‘Paranormal Activity 3’ has the found-footage genre down to a science (Movie review)
Many horror franchises get lazy with each new entry, falling back on what worked in previous installments rather than getting innovative. I’m happy to say
- John Hansen
- October 21, 2011
The new fall shows — not too shabby so far (TV commentary)
I’ve done “first episode impressions” of the noteworthy new shows this season, and many TV critics have done the same. We do this because it’s
- John Hansen
- October 17, 2011
First episode impressions: ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 2 (TV review)
I’m not sure if having a slow pace is a requirement for AMC shows, or if AMC seeks out these kinds of shows for its
- John Hansen
- October 16, 2011
All 22 episodes of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Season 2 (1997-98), ranked
Usually, I’m more interested in the journey than the ending, so I don’t have much sympathy when someone says “Well, it was good, but then
- John Hansen
- October 10, 2011
‘50/50’ shows both sides of the cancer coin (Movie review)
I wasn’t surprised to learn that Adam, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character in “50/50,” is based on screenwriter Will Reiser. Adam has cancer, but he’s not an emotional train