Skip to content
  • weekly digest email
  • Patreon (paid or free)
  • Substack (paid or free)
  • my books
  • about/contact
  • social media, etc
  • sponsorship
  • rss
FlickFilosopher.com

handcrafted by maryann johanson (human) | 100% free of AIs and algorithms

  • 21st-century sci-fi
  • movies for the resistance
  • classic film virgin
  • directed by women
    • Where Are the Women? project
  • in cinemas
    • US and Canada
    • UK and Ireland
  • watch at home
    • US and Canada
    • UK and Ireland
  • 2026’s films ranked
    • 2025’s films ranked
    • 2024’s films ranked
    • 2023’s films ranked
    • 2022’s films ranked
  • all recent posts
    • archives by month
  • all reviews
    • A–M
    • N–Z
    • Oscars Best Pix
    • Oscars Best Animated Pix
  • new comments

Month: February 2014

Instant Video is coming to Amazon.co.uk

Fri, Feb 21, 2014
no comments yet

Oh, goodie! I love Amazon U.S.’s Instant Video. I presume Amazon U.K.’s implementation will be as good.

| Leave a comment

see Nymphomaniac Parts 1 and 2 back-to-back in the UK, Sat Feb 22nd only

Fri, Feb 21, 2014
34 comments

I don’t recommend the film, but this is a unique opportunity, and I thought you’d like to know about it if you’re inclined to see the film anyway.

| 34 Comments

Doctor Who thing: overexcited kids wreck TARDIS

Fri, Feb 21, 2014
5 comments

Hey you kids! Get off my TARDIS!

| 5 Comments

In Secret trailer: sex, corsets, and murder

Fri, Feb 21, 2014
1 comment

Ooo, juicy! And with Oscar Isaac! Yum.

| 1 Comment

Amsterdam photo of the day: Lenin hanging out with Gollum

Thu, Feb 20, 2014
4 comments

At least I assume that’s what’s going on with this statue bunged onto the side of a building.

| 4 Comments

Stalingrad review: life among the ruins

Thu, Feb 20, 2014
15 comments

Russia’s first 3D IMAX spectacle is visually intense, but I never warmed to a story meant to be about human resilience.

| 15 Comments

A New York Winter’s Tale (aka Winter’s Tale) review: cold in the city

Thu, Feb 20, 2014
9 comments

A leaden, charmless movie that is unable to commit to its own fantasy. So implausible that even Colin Farrell’s own Irish accent sounds fake.

| 9 Comments

I wrote a thing for Indiewire…

Thu, Feb 20, 2014
2 comments

…about British film.

| 2 Comments

subscription drive update and testimonial from reader and subscriber Marc

Thu, Feb 20, 2014
2 comments

This is hugely disappointing, obviously. Clearly I cannot expect another 39 subscribers to sign up every day for the rest of the month. Or can I?

| 2 Comments

behold the power of movies to bring down dictators

Thu, Feb 20, 2014
21 comments

There’s no such thing as “just a movie.”

| 21 Comments
Older posts
Newer posts
← Previous Page1 … Page4 Page5 Page6 … Page15 Next →

sf/f/h flash fiction by me

Cultural Artifacts cover
now on Kindle Unlimited!

try KU for free:
US Amazon
Can Amazon
UK Amazon

please help keep truly independent film criticism alive!
support my work at Patreon  support my work at Substack
Pledge your support now at Patreon or Substack.
FREE regular streaming recommendations via Substack and Patreon.
Or make a one-time or recurring donation via PayPal. (PayPal account not required; debit/credit card payment available.)

shop to support




Watch on Apple TV

When you purchase or rent almost anything from Amazon US, Amazon Canada, Amazon UK, and Apple TV, Books, and Music (globally), I get a small affiliate fee that helps support my work. Please use my links if you can! (Affiliate fees do not increase your cost.) Thank you!
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
sample sponsored post (sponsored) - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce quis risus odio.


member
Online Film Critics Society


member
Alliance of Women Film Journalists

Vuelio top-10 UK film blog


Tomatometer-approved critic on
Rotten Tomatoes


top critic
Movie Review Query Engine

Amazon US author page
Amazon UK author page


executive member
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
Copyright © 1997–2026 MaryAnn Johanson. All rights reserved.
No content appearing on this site may be reproduced, reposted, or reused in any manner without express written permission.
All images appearing on this site not created by me are utilized under fair-use doctrines.
No images or text appearing on this site may be used to train artificial intelligence.
privacy policy | hosted by Fused