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John Hansen
January 2, 2011

All 20 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 5 (1997-98), ranked

“The X-Files” fifth season (1997-98, Fox) is one big appetizer for the main course — “X-Files: Fight the Future,” which would hit movie theaters in

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John Hansen
December 31, 2010

A look back at 2010, and ‘2010: The Year We Make Contact’ (Movie commentary)

With 2010 winding down, I decided to take a look back at “2010,” the 1984 movie, to see how prescient Peter Hyams (the film’s director) and Arthur

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John Hansen
December 25, 2010

Classic Christmas TV episodes: ‘Xmas Story’ (‘Futurama’)

Show: “Futurama” (Season 2, episode 8) Airdate: Dec. 19, 1999 Overview: In the year 3000, Christmas is known as Xmas and Robot Santa Claus has

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John Hansen
December 18, 2010

All 24 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 4 (1996-97), ranked

Ideally for the business people behind the networks, TV series would be written in such a way that they could stay on the air forever.

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John Hansen
November 25, 2010

All 24 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 3 (1995-96), ranked

Season 3 was when “The X-Files” became the show that I now picture in my head when I fondly daydream about “The X-Files.” Gone for

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John Hansen
November 13, 2010

Love hurts in a galaxy far, far away (TV and comic book commentary)

Two surprising love stories were revealed recently in “Star Wars” stories. In Friday’s “Clone Wars,” (8 p.m. Central Fridays on Cartoon Network), my favorite original “Clone

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John Hansen
November 6, 2010

All 25 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 2 (1994-95), ranked

Although I’m partial to Season 1 of the “X-Files” because of the lovable, experimental clunkiness of many episodes, Season 2 is pretty darn good also,