- John Hansen
- August 6, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Fury’ (2007) (Book review)
“Fury” (2007), the seventh entry in the nine-book “Legacy of the Force” saga, is an example of a great book within a wider storyline that’s not
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- John Hansen
- August 5, 2016
‘Dollhouse’ Season 1 (2009) makes case as Whedon’s smartest show (TV review)
Coming out five years after Joss Whedon’s Big Three series (“Buffy,” “Angel” and “Firefly”) left the airwaves, “Dollhouse” Season 1 (2009, Fox) had massive shoes to fill.
- John Hansen
- August 3, 2016
‘Star Trek Beyond’ is distractingly loud and stupid (Movie review)
In 2009, J.J. Abrams rebooted the “Star Trek” movie franchise by making a “Star Wars”-style movie with “Star Trek” trappings. The second entry, “Star Trek
- John Hansen
- August 1, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Inferno’ (2007) (Book review)
“Inferno” (2007), the sixth book of the nine-book “Legacy of the Force” series, is the one where Jacen begins referring to himself as Darth Caedus in
- John Hansen
- July 25, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice’ (2007) (Book review)
Before this re-read, I had thought of “The New Jedi Order” as the dark and grim “Star Wars” saga, but “Legacy of the Force” surpasses
- John Hansen
- July 19, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Exile’ (2007) (Book review)
Aaron Allston delivers the best book so far in the “Legacy of the Force” series with “Exile” (2007), the fourth of the nine-novel saga. Whereas earlier books
- John Hansen
- July 17, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Tempest’ (2006) (Book review)
The “Legacy of the Force” series is a good collaboration between Aaron Allston, Karen Traviss and Troy Denning, but at the same time, there’s no
- John Hansen
- July 14, 2016
‘Allegiant’ moves ‘Divergent’ series into heady sci-fi territory (Movie review)
The third entry of a four-part saga, “Allegiant” — now available on DVD – moves the “Divergent” series into heady (and sometimes head-scratching) science fiction territory. Young
- John Hansen
- July 10, 2016
This week, we celebrate our ‘Independence Day’: ‘ID:R’ novelization (2016) (Book review)
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of “Independence Day” and the release of the sequel, “Resurgence,” this week I’m looking back at the various spinoff comics
- John Hansen
- July 9, 2016
This week, we celebrate our ‘Independence Day’: ‘Crucible’ (2016) (Book review)
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of “Independence Day” and the release of the sequel, “Resurgence,” this week I’m looking back at the various spinoff comics