- John Hansen
- April 11, 2023
Shyamalan’s ‘Knock at the Cabin’ not worth answering
I suspect “Knock at the Cabin” (Peacock) will rank as M. Night Shyamalan’s most divisive film. Based on the novel “The Cabin at the End
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- John Hansen
- March 16, 2023
It’s freaky how great ‘Freaks and Geeks’ (1999-2000) still is
“Freaks and Geeks” (1999-2000, NBC/Fox Family) took TV from the Nineties to the Aughts as it chronicled kids moving from the Seventies to the Eighties.
- John Hansen
- February 23, 2023
Blake’s ‘Buffy’ books continue with ‘One Girl in All the World’
With her second “Frankie the Vampire Slayer” entry, “One Girl in All the World” (January, hardcover), Kendare Blake again delivers a novel that’s partly appealing
- John Hansen
- February 19, 2023
‘Sleeping Murder’ (1976) a relaxing throwback mystery
“Sleeping Murder” (October 1976), which Agatha Christie (1890-January 1976) wrote mid-career with the purposeful intent of having it published after her death, is like a
- John Hansen
- February 16, 2023
‘My So-Called Life’ (1994-95) probes hearts, minds of ’90s teens
W.G. Snuffy Walden’s “My So-Called Life” (1994-95, ABC) theme song encapsulates the series, which itself encapsulates 1994-95. An ominous opening tone calls to mind dark
- John Hansen
- February 14, 2023
The age-old ‘My So-Called Life’ debate: Jordan or Brian?
I went into my rewatch of “My So-Called Life” (1994-95) with one of the show’s most famous questions on my mind: Jordan or Brian? The
- John Hansen
- February 10, 2023
King stirs brew of tropes, imagination in ‘Fairy Tale’ (2022)
Stephen King goes into full fantasy adventure mode for “Fairy Tale” (September, hardcover), a 599-page doorstop he wrote during the height of the pandemic, driven
- John Hansen
- January 26, 2023
‘Dawson’s Creek’ Season 1 (1998) an all-time great teen romance
If “Dawson’s Creek” had lasted only through its first 13-episode season (1998, WB), it would be considered an all-time great one-season wonder and would be
- John Hansen
- January 22, 2023
Westmacotts wrap with intriguing triptych ‘The Burden’ (1956)
Agatha Christie wraps up her six Mary Westmacott books – non-mysteries written under the pseudonym – with “The Burden” (1956 in the UK). It’s not
- John Hansen
- January 15, 2023
‘A Daughter’s a Daughter’ (1952) presages ‘Gilmore Girls’ ’ generational clashes
In the fifth Mary Westmacott novel, “A Daughter’s a Daughter” (1952), Agatha Christie returns to the almost-autobiography format of “Unfinished Portrait,” my pick for the