- John Hansen
- June 11, 2011
First episode impressions: ‘Love Bites’ (TV review)
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the two genres that lend themselves to vignette-style TV shows are horror (the various incarnations of “The Twilight
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- John Hansen
- June 10, 2011
Flippin’ sweet! ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ and 10 other shows to watch in 2011-12 (TV commentary)
Intimidated by the list of nearly 50 new shows coming out in the fall? Never fear, I have done the hard work for you of
- John Hansen
- May 30, 2011
‘Hangover Part II’ even stupider — and funnier — than the original (Movie review)
From the opening scene where Phil (Bradley Cooper) calls his wife from a Bangkok rooftop and says “Honey, it happened again,” “The Hangover Part II” takes off
- John Hansen
- May 30, 2011
Luke Skywalker must die? Not necessarily (‘Star Wars’ books and comics commentary)
An entertaining “Star Wars” fandom debate broke out recently, prompted by FANgirl’s provocatively titled blog post “Luke Skywalker Must Die.” Jason at The ForceCast podcast blasted her post a
- John Hansen
- May 28, 2011
Preston and Child refresh the James Bond template with Gideon Crew in ‘Gideon’s Sword’ (Book review)
There is no sword in “Gideon’s Sword” (February 2011, hardcover). There’s probably some literary reason for the title, but still, I kept expecting a sword
- John Hansen
- May 21, 2011
10 movies John wouldn’t mind seeing this summer (Commentary)
Although I dislike about 90 percent of wide releases nowadays, I still enjoy paging through the Entertainment Weekly summer movie preview and sifting out a
- John Hansen
- May 16, 2011
‘Insidious’ sneaks up on you with its scares
“Insidious,” which has scared up the best business of any horror movie this year, is made by people who still love the genre. Although it comes
- John Hansen
- May 8, 2011
‘Lone Gunmen’ (2001) emphasizes funny side of ‘X-Files’
While few “X-Files” fans will dispute the greatness of the two Lone Gunmen-themed episodes, the actual series “The Lone Gunmen” (2001, Fox) gets mixed reviews. I love the fact
- John Hansen
- May 3, 2011
War: It’s not so fantastic, even in ‘Star Wars’ (Movie commentary)
Is the killing of a human being ever a cause for celebration? That question came to mind when I saw sports fans celebrating the death of 9/11
- John Hansen
- April 24, 2011
Far from a parody, ‘Paul’ is a celebration of classic sci-fi concepts (Movie review)
One of the hosts of the Force Cast (at forcecast.net) recently argued that sci-fi fans should rebel against the term “nerd” because nerds are mainstream now