- John Hansen
- June 15, 2010
State of Television Address: Returning shows (Commentary)
With last week’s “Glee” season capper, we’ve come to the end of the TV year (more or less), and I’m ready for my State of
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- John Hansen
- May 29, 2010
Summer movie preview: 10 movies John wouldn’t mind seeing (Commentary)
Sorry I’m late with my summer movie column this year. But at least I’m getting it out by Memorial Day, which used to mark the
- John Hansen
- May 22, 2010
Fond farewell: ‘Lost’ (TV review)
On Tuesday morning, television is going to look a lot worse than it does right now. On Sunday, we’ll say farewell to “Lost,” and on
- John Hansen
- May 20, 2010
Happy 30th anniversary to ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ (Movie commentary)
On Friday, “The Empire Strikes Back” marks its 30th anniversary. That’s right, 30 years ago, the movie industry was capable of putting out a Memorial Day weekend
- John Hansen
- May 15, 2010
‘Star Wars’ veteran Allston gets his writing groove back in ‘Fate of the Jedi: Backlash’ (Book review)
Aaron Allston became my favorite “Star Wars” author when I read his first book, “X-Wing: Wraith Squadron,” back in 1998. Allston, taking the “X-Wing” baton
- John Hansen
- May 12, 2010
‘Lost’ isn’t so much about ‘good versus evil’ as it’s about ‘faith versus reason’ (TV commentary)
I kind of feel sorry for Jacob and the Man in Black after watching this week’s episode of “Lost” (8 p.m. Central Tuesday on ABC, followed by
- John Hansen
- May 3, 2010
Joe Schreiber mows down zombies in a galaxy far, far away in ‘Star Wars: Death Troopers’ (Book review)
If you’re in the right mood, movies about some guy mowing down a bunch of reanimated corpses — Peter Jackson’s “Dead Alive” comes to mind
- John Hansen
- April 28, 2010
A boy named Boba: Bounty hunter’s origin story continues in ‘The Clone Wars’ (TV commentary)
When Boba Fett appeared 30 years ago in “The Empire Strikes Back” wearing Mandalorian armor (so named in the “Empire” novelization) that was associated with
- John Hansen
- April 11, 2010
I wish I could take a time machine back to before I bought my ticket to ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ (Movie review)
The first sign that the characters have gone back in time in “Hot Tub Time Machine”: No cell phone reception. The second sign: A guy is
- John Hansen
- April 2, 2010
In search of the next ‘Lost?’ It’s already here, and it’s called ‘Fringe’ (TV commentary)
A recent issue of Entertainment Weekly examined networks’ efforts to find the next “Lost,” in terms of both quality and ratings, and determined that nothing fits the