- John Hansen
- August 14, 2009
The ugly truth: Hollywood’s marketing strategy lets us down (Movie commentary)
I have the day off. Here are my movie-going options. I can drive an hour to see “(500) Days of Summer,” which I really want to see.
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- John Hansen
- August 10, 2009
Don’t you forget about John Hughes, whose influence is still being felt (Movie and TV commentary)
Here’s how influential John Hughes was: I’m writing a blog post about the late writer-director (he died on Thursday of a heart attack at age 59) and
- John Hansen
- August 9, 2009
‘Terminal Freeze’ is a typical Lincoln Child chiller, and that’s fine with me (Book review)
“Terminal Freeze” is another Lincoln Child book about a monster on the loose. I might sound like I’m bored with the idea, but actually Child’s
- John Hansen
- August 6, 2009
‘Funny People’ focuses more on ‘people’ than ‘funny’ (Movie review)
If you saw any of Comedy Central’s advance coverage of “Funny People,” you’ve seen most of the funny bits of the new Judd Apatow movie. But one
- John Hansen
- August 5, 2009
Another attempt to defend the ‘Star Wars’ prequels: Midi-chlorians as an explanation of religious faith (Movie commentary)
“Star Wars” fans didn’t like midi-chlorians — microscopic cells within one’s body that heighten Force sensitivity — when they were introduced in “The Phantom Menace.” But I’d
- John Hansen
- August 4, 2009
Do I like country music now, or does country music finally like me? (Commentary)
I used to think country music was something old people liked (just as rap music was something black people — and the white kids of
- John Hansen
- August 1, 2009
Spike should be on the 20 greatest vampires list (TV and movie commentary)
As a “Buffy/Angel” fan, I eagerly opened my Entertainment Weekly today to find out where Angel and Spike ranked among their 20 greatest vampires — and to see if
- John Hansen
- July 31, 2009
5 random things on my mind (Commentary)
1. In the new “Star Trek” movie, why doesn’t Spock, who has mastered time travel, go back in time to prevent the destruction of his home planet?
- John Hansen
- July 30, 2009
Who’s your favorite Anakin? (Movie and TV commentary)
Jake Lloyd is now 10 years older than he was in “Star Wars: Episode I,” so he’s the same age Anakin Skywalker was in “Episode II,”
- John Hansen
- July 29, 2009
‘Star Wars’ meets ‘Jurassic Park’ in Christie Golden’s ‘Fate of the Jedi: Omen’ (Book review)
“Fate of the Jedi” is the third multi-author “Star Wars” series from Del Rey, following the Yuuzhan Vong series and the Jacen-turns-evil series. The first