- John Hansen
- July 12, 2011
SyFy’s ‘Alphas’ is just another superhero show
I’m on the fence about superhero shows. On one hand, there’s something inherently cool about the concept that can’t be dismissed; on the other hand,
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- John Hansen
- June 21, 2011
First episode impressions: ‘Falling Skies’ (TV review)
Watching “Falling Skies” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on TNT) is like buying a greatest hits album where you already own all the songs. The opening scenes of
- John Hansen
- June 19, 2011
‘Super 8’ gets derailed by crashes and monsters (Movie review)
It’s such a cliched truism that special effects don’t make a movie better that you’d think it wouldn’t have to be said ever again. And
- John Hansen
- June 13, 2011
‘X-Men: First Class’ goes to head of the class
Sure, there are probably dozens upon dozens of comic books that explore the early friendship between Professor Charles Xavier (Professor X) and Erik Lensherr (Magneto).
- John Hansen
- June 12, 2011
All 20 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 9 (2001-02), ranked
Although the common perception is that “The X-Files” went out with a whimper in Season 9 (2001-02, Fox), I actually found this to be a
- John Hansen
- June 10, 2011
Flippin’ sweet! ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ and 10 other shows to watch in 2011-12 (TV commentary)
Intimidated by the list of nearly 50 new shows coming out in the fall? Never fear, I have done the hard work for you of
- John Hansen
- May 30, 2011
Luke Skywalker must die? Not necessarily (‘Star Wars’ books and comics commentary)
An entertaining “Star Wars” fandom debate broke out recently, prompted by FANgirl’s provocatively titled blog post “Luke Skywalker Must Die.” Jason at The ForceCast podcast blasted her post a
- John Hansen
- May 21, 2011
10 movies John wouldn’t mind seeing this summer (Commentary)
Although I dislike about 90 percent of wide releases nowadays, I still enjoy paging through the Entertainment Weekly summer movie preview and sifting out a
- John Hansen
- May 8, 2011
‘Lone Gunmen’ (2001) emphasizes funny side of ‘X-Files’
While few “X-Files” fans will dispute the greatness of the two Lone Gunmen-themed episodes, the actual series “The Lone Gunmen” (2001, Fox) gets mixed reviews. I love the fact
- John Hansen
- April 24, 2011
Far from a parody, ‘Paul’ is a celebration of classic sci-fi concepts (Movie review)
One of the hosts of the Force Cast (at forcecast.net) recently argued that sci-fi fans should rebel against the term “nerd” because nerds are mainstream now