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‘Like Father’ gets by on the charms of Kristen Bell, Kelsey Grammer (Movie review)

August 4, 2018April 17, 2025 John Hansen Movies

It’s easy to see why “Like Father” went straight to Netflix (the modern equivalent of straight-to-video) rather than getting a theatrical release, but fans of Kristen Bell and/or Kelsey Grammer will still find this light […]

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Slasher Season 2

‘Slasher’ Season 2 (2017) finds winter chills

July 20, 2018August 14, 2021 John Hansen Horror TV

TV review: Compared to “Scream,” “Slasher” is gorier, with remarkably creative kill scenes. But it’s also a more compelling mystery.

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All 13 episodes of ‘Luke Cage’ Season 1 (2016), ranked

July 17, 2018May 10, 2023 John Hansen Marvel Cinematic Universe

Marvel Cinematic Universe flashback (TV review): Luke Cage joins the Netflix pantheon with a nice dose of Harlem history.

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Jessica Jones Season 1

All 13 episodes of ‘Jessica Jones’ Season 1 (2015), ranked

June 24, 2018April 1, 2023 John Hansen Lists and Rankings

Marvel Cinematic Universe flashback (TV review): Quirky Krysten Ritter shows another side to her acting range as “Jessica Jones” gets underway.

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All 13 episodes of ‘Daredevil’ Season 1 (2015), ranked

June 17, 2018April 1, 2023 John Hansen Daredevil

Marvel Cinematic Universe flashback (TV review): Drew Goddard successfully launches the street-level MCU.

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‘Everything Sucks!’ mostly gets 1996 right, definitely gets the pain of first love right (TV review)

March 7, 2018May 10, 2021 John Hansen One-Season Wonders

“Everything Sucks!” (Netflix), the first season of which includes 10 half-hour episodes, starts off like a second-rate “Freaks and Geeks” but eventually strikes painfully accurate notes about first love and high school crushes. By the […]

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Veronica

‘Veronica’ adds grit to slick Ouija subgenre of horror

March 2, 2018February 19, 2022 John Hansen Horror Movies

Movie review: “Veronica” doesn’t redefine Ouija board horror, but it certainly approaches it from a different perspective.

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Mockumentary ‘American Vandal’ is also a gripping mystery with spot-on performances (TV review)

February 18, 2018May 10, 2021 John Hansen American Vandal

“American Vandal” – an eight-episode fictional docu-mystery that dropped last fall on Netflix – explores the snicker-worthy case of someone spray-painting penises on 27 cars. And to be sure, creators Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda […]

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‘Cloverfield Paradox’ pays lip service to science, turns into a familiar space thriller (Movie review)

February 13, 2018May 10, 2021 John Hansen Horror Movies

“The Cloverfield Paradox” (which recently debuted on Netflix), the third installment of the loosely connected Cloververse saga, takes topical physics such as the recently discovered God Particle and the popular multiverse theory and smashes them […]

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Ricky Gervais’ old ‘Office’ humor still lands in ‘Life on the Road’ (Movie review)

February 19, 2017April 15, 2021 John Hansen Movies

Following up on BBC’s “The Office” – which aired back in “Two Thousand and cough-cough” (actually 2001-03) – Ricky Gervais finds there’s still plenty of room to pound the joke into the ground in “David Brent: […]

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