- 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
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- 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
- John Hansen
- December 23, 2016
Williamson gets groove back with ‘Hidden Palms’ (2007)
“Hidden Palms” (2007, The CW) seems like the show “Glory Days” – from five years earlier – should’ve been. It’s an ongoing murder-mystery mixed with a
- John Hansen
- December 22, 2016
TV shows lost to history: ‘Glory Days’ (2002) (Review)
After “Dawson’s Creek” and before his commercial resurgence with “The Vampire Diaries” and “The Following,” uber-producer Kevin Williamson stumbled through a few interesting failures. Among
- John Hansen
- November 23, 2016
Hailee Steinfeld shines as self-centered teen in ‘Edge of Seventeen’ (Movie review)
“The Edge of Seventeen” is the latest entry in the “teenage girls who are so obsessed with their dream of a perfect life that they make
- John Hansen
- September 25, 2016
Once-great ‘Summerland’ suffers a fall in Season 2 (2005)
Other than the animated “Ewoks” series, I haven’t encountered a more extreme example of a good show going bad in its sophomore year than “Summerland” Season
- John Hansen
- September 19, 2016
‘Summerland’ Season 1 (2004) a great beach watch
In the category of TV shows that were never made available for purchase after their original airing, it’s hard to find one more popular than “Summerland.” It
- John Hansen
- June 30, 2016
‘Dead of Summer’ camps out in familiar slasher territory
“Dead of Summer” (9 p.m. Eastern Tuesdays on Freeform) doesn’t break a single clod of new ground, but it’s a slick summer horror series that almost
- John Hansen
- June 1, 2016
‘Scream: The TV Series’ starts to reward loyal fans in Season 2
“Scream: The TV Series” (11 p.m. Eastern Mondays on MTV) gradually got better over the course of its first season, and with the second-season premiere, it
- John Hansen
- November 29, 2015
‘Paper Towns’ is ‘American Graffiti’ for a new generation … but it’s no ‘American Graffiti’ (Movie review)
On the surface, there’s a lot to like about “Paper Towns” (now available from Redbox), as a group of high school seniors goes on one last (or