- John Hansen
- December 18, 2010
All 24 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 4 (1996-97), ranked
Ideally for the business people behind the networks, TV series would be written in such a way that they could stay on the air forever.
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- John Hansen
- December 8, 2010
Folds/Hornby collaboration Lonely Avenue a compelling but mediocre experiment (Music review)
Author Nick Hornby writes the words and musician Ben Folds puts the music to them. The September album “Lonely Avenue” is, on the surface, hard to resist.
- John Hansen
- December 7, 2010
Should the ‘Walking Dead’ survivors have reason for hope? (TV commentary)
The first season (only six episodes) of “The Walking Dead” (9 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC) has wrapped up, and a theme has emerged: Should the survivors
- John Hansen
- November 26, 2010
Latest Belle & Sebastian disc ‘Write About Love’ a step down, but still good (Music review)
Chance, a commenter on these threads, feels that Belle and Sebastian’s October release, “Write About Love,” is weak; I think it’s decent. Actually, we’re both right. It
- John Hansen
- November 25, 2010
All 24 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 3 (1995-96), ranked
Season 3 was when “The X-Files” became the show that I now picture in my head when I fondly daydream about “The X-Files.” Gone for
- John Hansen
- November 19, 2010
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1’ does its artistic best with the Horcrux quest (Movie review)
After the heart-racing wonder of last year’s “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” it’s time to take a deep breath and slow down for “Harry Potter and the
- John Hansen
- November 14, 2010
‘Paranormal Activity 2’ even better than the original (Movie review)
Shaune, a commenter on these threads, wrote about a year ago that he liked “Paranormal Activity,” but if they made a sequel he would hate it. Well,
- John Hansen
- November 13, 2010
Love hurts in a galaxy far, far away (TV and comic book commentary)
Two surprising love stories were revealed recently in “Star Wars” stories. In Friday’s “Clone Wars,” (8 p.m. Central Fridays on Cartoon Network), my favorite original “Clone
- John Hansen
- November 13, 2010
First episode impressions: ‘The Walking Dead’ (TV review)
Here are my first episode impressions of “The Walking Dead,” which airs at 9 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC. 1. It looks like I’m in the minority
- John Hansen
- November 6, 2010
All 25 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 2 (1994-95), ranked
Although I’m partial to Season 1 of the “X-Files” because of the lovable, experimental clunkiness of many episodes, Season 2 is pretty darn good also,