- John Hansen
- November 14, 2009
Fun with ‘The Clone Wars’: Guessing Ahsoka’s fate (TV commentary)
Don’t mix up “Clone Wars” and “The Clone Wars.” “Clone Wars” was the spin-off fiction produced from 2002-07; it included nine collected volumes of comic
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- John Hansen
- November 10, 2009
‘Glee’ is the first successful scripted music show, but maybe we shouldn’t be surprised (TV commentary)
Why is “Glee” (8 p.m. Central Wednesdays on Fox) the first widely popular scripted music show? I’m almost certain the answer is “random chance,” but that would
- John Hansen
- November 9, 2009
‘V’ for political parable (TV review)
If “V” (7 p.m. Central Tuesdays on ABC) was just another alien invasion show, we could dismiss it out of hand. After all, there are only two
- John Hansen
- November 8, 2009
‘Donnie Darko’ helmer is still thinking outside ‘The Box,’ but that’s not necessarily a good thing (Movie review)
See, this is what I meant in my “Paranormal Activity” review about how good actors can add a lot to a movie. Cameron Diaz is
- John Hansen
- November 6, 2009
Klosterman’s ‘Eating the Dinosaur’ crystallizes this hazy world we live in (Book review)
There aren’t many things I enjoy more than cracking open a new book of Chuck Klosterman essays. I read his latest volume, “Eating the Dinosaur,”
- John Hansen
- November 1, 2009
‘Paranormal Activity’ a cut above a normal horror film (Movie review)
Usually I don’t give spoiler warnings in my blog posts, the reason being that this isn’t a movie review site, it’s an interactive site where
- John Hansen
- October 29, 2009
3eb, GBV, Rick Springfield, and the definition of musical relevance (Music commentary)
I’m sorry to say that Third Eye Blind’s new album, “Ursa Major,” is nowhere near as good as its self-titled debut from 1997. It’s also
- John Hansen
- October 27, 2009
‘Law & Order’: The forgotten show (but it’s still good) (TV commentary)
Between Hulu and DVRs, it’s easier than ever to watch current TV shows. And since NBC wiped out five hours of programming with its Jay
- John Hansen
- October 26, 2009
Is ‘Dollhouse’ channeling Philip K. Dick?
For anyone who wanted to look closely, the “Dollhouse”–Philip K. Dick comparison has been obvious since the first episode, but it has really struck me during this
- John Hansen
- October 25, 2009
‘Zombieland’ kind of fun, completely forgettable (Movie review)
“Zombieland” is a fairly fun movie, but it also stretches this whole “being chased by a pack of zombies” thing to the point where I wonder