All 22 episodes of ‘Gilmore Girls’ Season 5 (2004-05), ranked
TV review: Everyone behaves like jerks toward everyone else as “Gilmore Girls” moves firmly into the Rory-and-Logan era.
Lists and Rankings
Fall TV 2014: ‘Gotham’ and a handful of other shows worth checking out (Commentary)
A year ago, I announced that the lineup of new fall shows was the worst in two decades, and although I ended up liking (and now mourning, since they were canceled) “Almost Human” and “Super […]
All 22 episodes of ‘Gilmore Girls’ Season 4 (2003-04), ranked
TV review: Like Rory, “Gilmore Girls” Season 4 sometimes struggles to find its footing in the transition to college. But it also boasts some classic episodes.
All 22 episodes of ‘Gilmore Girls’ Season 3 (2002-03), ranked
TV review: “Gilmore Girls” gets complicated as Rory goes through her last year of high school.
All 22 episodes of ‘Gilmore Girls’ Season 2 (2001-02), ranked
TV review: Rory enters her Bad Boy phase as Jess joins “Gilmore Girls” in the second season.
30 years later, ranking the 12 tracks of ‘Born in the U.S.A.’
Music commentary: Here are my rankings of the songs, as seen 30 years down the road.
‘Wish I Was Here’ and 9 other movies John wouldn’t mind seeing this summer (Commentary)
Here are 10 movies I wouldn’t mind seeing this summer (especially if they’re playing in the cheap theater), in order of release date:
John’s 10 favorite TV characters at the moment (Commentary)
The recent return of “24” further solidifies that this is an age of shock-value TV, where the body count of main characters is more valued than good character building. But TV’s reputation as a character […]
Comics, TV and movies John is looking forward to in 2014 (Commentary)
These are the comics, TV shows and movies I’m most looking forward to in the year ahead:
John’s top 10 movies of 2013
These were my 10 favorite movies of 2013: 1. “The Way Way Back” — The title could refer to filmmakers Nat Faxon and Jim Rash looking back at their childhoods in the 1980s or to the rear-facing […]