- John Hansen
- April 19, 2017
Before ‘Bates Motel’: ‘Psycho: Sanitarium’ (2016) (Book review)
In this series, I’m looking back at the books and movies of the “Psycho” franchise before its TV revival in “Bates Motel,” which will conclude
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- John Hansen
- April 12, 2017
Before ‘Bates Motel’: ‘Psycho House’ (1990) (Book review)
In this series, I’m looking back at the books and movies of the “Psycho” franchise before its TV revival in “Bates Motel,” which will conclude
- John Hansen
- April 10, 2017
Before ‘Bates Motel’: ‘Psycho II’ (1982) (Book review)
In this series, I’m looking back at the books and movies of the “Psycho” franchise before its TV revival in “Bates Motel,” which will conclude
- John Hansen
- April 8, 2017
Before ‘Bates Motel’: ‘Psycho’ (1959) (Book review)
Welcome to a new series where I look back at the books and movies of the “Psycho” franchise before its revival in “Bates Motel,” one
- John Hansen
- March 28, 2017
As ‘Bates Motel’ moves into ‘Psycho’ territory, it does its own thing – which is cool (TV review)
The “Bates Motel” (10 p.m. Eastern Mondays, A&E) narrative has steamrolled its way into the plot of the 1960 movie “Psycho,” its source material, the past couple
- John Hansen
- March 13, 2017
‘The Obsidian Chamber’ is Preston & Child’s craziest ride
For the first 100 pages of “The Obsidian Chamber” (October 2016, hardcover), Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s 16th Agent Pendergast novel, one word kept popping into my
- John Hansen
- February 21, 2017
Preston & Child’s ‘Beyond the Ice Limit’ blends familiar sci-fi themes into a fun, but too shallow, ride (Book review)
After receiving “many thousands” of letters and emails asking for a sequel to “The Ice Limit” (2000) (as they recount in an author’s note), Douglas
- John Hansen
- February 18, 2017
Preston & Child explore salt marshes, mudflats and lighthouses in ‘Crimson Shore’ (Book review)
“Crimson Shore” (November 2015 hardcover; now in paperback) is in many ways a classic standalone Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child potboiler, but it also has character,
- John Hansen
- January 29, 2017
First episode impressions: ‘Riverdale’ (TV review)
“Riverdale’s” (9 p.m. Eastern, Thursdays, The CW) broad strokes will be familiar to anyone who’s seen a high school drama TV series or movie before, but
- John Hansen
- January 2, 2017
‘The Secret Circle’ (2011-12) is secretly kinda good
“The Secret Circle” (2011-12, The CW; now available on Netflix) shouldn’t be nearly as good as it is, but because every actor plays the witches-and-spells mythology