- John Hansen
- April 22, 2011
Where have all the epic season finales gone? (TV commentary)
For as long as I can remember, TV has served up an epic season finale or two every May. In recent years, up until 2010,
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- John Hansen
- April 17, 2011
First episode (of new season) impressions: ‘Friday Night Lights’ (TV review)
“Friday Night Lights” (7 p.m. Central Fridays on NBC) continues to do the little things well: In the fifth-season premiere, Landry goes through his own version
- John Hansen
- April 17, 2011
Meta to the max: If it’s all been done before, then what’s left to say in ‘Scream 4?’ (Movie review)
Eleven years after “Scream 3,” the casting director of “Scream 4” had a lot of lost time to make up for. While the original film in 1996
- John Hansen
- April 12, 2011
‘LOLA’ returns with cast shake-ups, but it’s still ‘Law & Order’ (TV commentary)
“Law & Order,” and now its spinoff “Law & Order: Los Angeles” (9 p.m. Central Mondays on NBC), have never been character-centered, but there were at least
- John Hansen
- April 9, 2011
All 21 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 8 (2000-01), ranked
I blazed through my rewatching of “The X-Files” eighth season (2000-01, Fox), which plays like a page-turner of a novel and yet covers a ton of ground, from
- John Hansen
- April 8, 2011
First episode impressions: ‘The Killing’ (TV review)
“The Killing” (9 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC), which instantly became the best show on TV with its two-hour premiere last Sunday despite the fact that
- John Hansen
- April 3, 2011
‘Star Wars: Red Harvest’ a slog through blood and gore (Book review)
I found “Star Wars: Red Harvest” (December 2010, hardcover) to be a disappointment both as a “Star Wars” fan and as a horror fan. Despite
- John Hansen
- April 2, 2011
Chewbacca and Ahsoka team up in ‘The Clone Wars?’ OK, I’ll buy it (TV commentary)
Long before the prequels started filming, George Lucas announced that R2-D2 and C-3PO would be in all six “Star Wars” films, so we had time
- John Hansen
- March 28, 2011
Jedi-Sith romance is at the heart of ‘Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi – Vortex’ (Book review)
You hear a lot about how women always go for the bad boy, but in “Vortex” (November 2010, hardcover), the sixth in the nine-book “Star
- John Hansen
- March 27, 2011
I can’t curb my enthusiasm for the ridiculous, hilarious ‘After Lately’ (TV review)
In the early days of “Chelsea Lately” (10 p.m. Central Mondays through Thursdays, E!), the show started with the roundtable, then had a comedy sketch, then wrapped