- John Hansen
- March 20, 2015
‘Veronica Mars’ team smoothly transforms skills for ‘iZombie’
When I saw a poster for “iZombie” (8 p.m. Central Tuesdays on The CW) – “the new show from Rob Thomas” — in the background of a
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- John Hansen
- March 4, 2015
First episode impressions: ‘The Last Man on Earth’ (TV review)
It would be awesome to be the last man on Earth, and the first of the two half-hour premiere episodes of “The Last Man on Earth” (8
- John Hansen
- January 14, 2015
‘Parks and Recreation’ adds another comedy element by jumping to 2017 (TV review)
“Parks and Recreation” (7 p.m. Central Tuesdays on NBC) isn’t the first show to do a time-jump. Off the top of my head, “Dawson’s Creek” jumped
- John Hansen
- November 17, 2014
Carrey, Daniels totally redeem themselves with ‘Dumb and Dumber To’ (Movie review)
“Dumb and Dumber To” opens with Jim Carrey’s Lloyd Christmas revealing his 20-year fake stupor to best bud Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) with a “Gotcha!” Harry
- John Hansen
- November 8, 2014
The top 10 ‘Star Wars’ song parodies of all time
With Nerdist’s “All About That Base” seemingly locking up the title of best “Star Wars” song parody of the year, I thought it’d be a
- John Hansen
- November 5, 2014
‘22 Jump Street’ mocks sequels while also being a decent sequel (Movie review)
“22 Jump Street” has its cake and eats it too: The film’s not-veiled-at-all running joke is that sequels are bloated and not as good as the
- John Hansen
- September 24, 2014
First episode impressions: ‘Play It Again, Dick’ (TV review)
In the ongoing push to take “meta” to new and absurd levels, “Play It Again, Dick” (Tuesdays, CW Seed) joins the likes of “The Comeback,” “Episodes” and “Extras”
- John Hansen
- August 5, 2014
I wish ‘Wish I Was Here’ was as good as ‘Garden State,’ but that’s a lot to wish for (Movie review)
“Wish I Was Here” would’ve been a better title for 2004’s “Garden State,” where Zach Braff’s character’s use of strong anti-depressants keeps him from engaging with
- John Hansen
- July 29, 2014
Seth MacFarlane’s ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ takes the joke just far enough (Movie review)
“A Million Ways to Die in the West” is a two-hour string of funny observations about how horrible the frontier was in the 1800s, but
- John Hansen
- May 16, 2014
‘Neighbors’ starts summer comedy season with modest collection of chuckles (Movie review)
“Neighbors” modestly kicks off the summer comedy season with a lot of smiles and chuckles but not many belly laughs. Perhaps a reflection of the mainstreaming