- John Hansen
- March 10, 2017
The chosen 20: The all-time best ‘Buffys’
Today marks the 20th anniversary of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” which premiered on March 10, 1997. That sentence is technically incorrect – “Buffy” debuted with a movie
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- John Hansen
- September 20, 2016
First episode impressions: ‘The Good Place’ (TV review)
Exhibit A in the case that network TV is dying is the bevy of reboots that no one asked for, and Exhibit B arrived Monday
- John Hansen
- February 4, 2013
All 22 episodes of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Season 7 (2002-03), ranked
“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Season 7 (2002-03, UPN) is the ultimate mixed bag from the series’ run. Although it bows out in a satisfying enough way and
- John Hansen
- June 16, 2012
All 22 episodes of ‘Angel’ Season 5 (2003-04), ranked
“Angel” Season 5 (2003-04, The WB) sends the series out with a bang, ironically because it’s a season of intriguing fresh starts. Unlike with the final
- John Hansen
- April 16, 2012
‘Cabin in the Woods’ an original reconstruction of horror genre, but it falls short of its potential (Movie review)
I’m currently finding myself disappointed with the end of “Angel” Season 4 in my “Rewatching and reviewing the classics” project, because the story of a
- John Hansen
- February 21, 2011
‘Buffy’ Season 8 was an interesting, instructive failure; bring on Season 9 (Comic book review)
More than a decade ago, I declared Joss Whedon my personal god for creating “Buffy” Season 3, still arguably the greatest TV season ever. But one
- John Hansen
- July 21, 2009
OK, fine, Dumbledore is gay. But Buffy is straight, dammit (Comic book commentary)
I don’t think I’m homophobic. I believe gay people should have equal rights to straight people in every respect (marriage, serving in the military, etc.)