‘Slasher’ Season 3 cracks code on slasher TV narrative

May 29, 2019August 14, 2021 John Hansen Horror TV

TV review: The present-day narrative of “Slasher: Solstice” is tense and tight. But the show is also peppered with flashbacks where we learn about motives.

‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ stays strong in Season 1, Part 2

May 1, 2019May 13, 2023 John Hansen Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

TV review: “Sabrina” (and Sabrina herself) stays strong – but occasionally gets goofy – in Season 1, Part 2.

All 13 episodes of ‘The Punisher’ Season 2, ranked

April 17, 2019February 21, 2022 John Hansen IMDb Top 250 TV

Marvel Cinematic Universe (TV review): The second season of this MCU series pits Frank Castle against two baddies: John Pilgrim and Billy Russo.

‘Bodyguard’ an intense, intricately plotted version of what ‘24’ would be like if it cared about details (TV review)

March 27, 2019May 7, 2021 John Hansen Television

“Bodyguard” (2018, BBC and Netflix), the six-episode British suspense series, starts with police sergeant David Budd (Richard Madden) trying to talk down a terrorist bomber on a train and mostly maintains that level of intensity […]

All 13 episodes of ‘Daredevil’ Season 3 (2018), ranked

March 20, 2019April 1, 2023 John Hansen Daredevil

Marvel Cinematic Universe flashback (TV review): “Daredevil” wraps its too-short Netflix run by digging into the villainous Wilson Fisk.

Cuaron’s ‘Roma’ a partly exhilarating, mostly exhausting, very eye-opening walk in the shoes of a 1970s Mexican maid (Movie review)

February 21, 2019May 10, 2021 John Hansen Movies

With the Oscars coming up, the guilt of constantly scrolling past “Roma” (2018) on Netflix en route to “Daredevil” episodes finally got to me, and I gave the Best Picture nominee a watch. And also, my […]

‘He’s Out There’ is a decently scary lake-cabin stalker thriller, but not a unique one (Movie review)

February 16, 2019May 7, 2021 John Hansen Horror Movies

Similar to the two “Strangers” films, “He’s Out There” (2018, now on Netflix) strips the horror genre down to basics and tells a scary story of people in random peril at a remote cabin. It […]