- John Hansen
- February 19, 2018
‘Family Guy’ Season 3 review
“Family Guy” Season 3 (2001-02, Fox), episodes 1-21 — Like “Futurama,” Seth MacFarlane’s “Family Guy” (7 p.m. Thursday, Fox) has been playing in the shadow of
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- John Hansen
- February 19, 2018
‘Futurama’ Season 4 review
“Futurama” Season 4 (2001-02, Fox), episodes 1-6 — The only animated comedy in the same league as “The Simpsons” is Matt Groening’s 30th Century farce “Futurama”
- John Hansen
- February 19, 2018
‘The Simpsons’ Season 13 review
“The Simpsons” Season 13 (2001-02, Fox), episodes 1-12 — Matt Groening’s “The Simpsons” (7 p.m. Sunday, Fox) has been the funniest show on TV for every
- John Hansen
- November 26, 2017
‘The Simpsons Movie’ review
“The Simpsons Movie” – This mid-summer “Simpsons” fix is essentially an extra-long, extra-good episode that sends the family on the run to the snowy northwest
- John Hansen
- November 26, 2017
‘Futurama: Bender’s Big Score’ review
“Futurama: Bender’s Big Score” – I had forgotten how much I missed Matt Groening’s hilariously satirical take on the future before viewing this first of
- John Hansen
- September 23, 2017
10 funniest moments in ‘Family Guy’s’ ‘Blue Harvest’
There are broad “Star Wars” parodies, and then there are insider-y “Star Wars” parodies, and then there’s a near-perfect mix of the two: The “Family
- John Hansen
- January 4, 2017
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Clone Wars’ (2008) launches in a small way on the big screen (Movie review)
Disney’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is getting a lot of buzz, an odd contrast to the last time a “Star Wars” film outside
- John Hansen
- October 3, 2016
First episode impressions: ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Season 3 (TV review)
Now in its third season, “Star Wars Rebels” (8:30 p.m. Saturdays on Disney XD) has almost entirely caught up to “The Clone Wars” in production value. Even
- John Hansen
- June 22, 2015
First episode impressions: ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Season 2 (TV review)
I’ve been slower than most fans to embrace Disney’s take on “Star Wars.” Even though “Star Wars Rebels” features “Clone Wars’ “ executive producer Dave Filoni in
- John Hansen
- March 25, 2015
‘Stars Wars: Ewoks’ dumbs down Season 2 (1986)
After a generally strong first season, “Ewoks” Season 2 (1986, ABC) purposely dumbs things down and lightens things up, apparently in an attempt to draw younger viewers