film criticism by maryann johanson | handcrafted since 1997
I imagine that a movie pub would mostly show classics, ones that people know by heart. This would not be a venue for quiet appreciation of a new movie but more of a communal bonding type of experience.
The idea is for you to get a little treat in your in-box each day, but maybe some would prefer to see them here?
The #DailyStream is a once-per-day, single-movie-only streaming recommendation that appears both at my Substack and Patreon, and in truncated forms across my social media. They are free for everyone.
Adam Driver’s intensely focused, utterly unironic performance is the only saving grace of this movie of few ideas and little suspense, mystery, or excitement. There aren’t even that many dinosaurs.
In honor of the great showing Irish talent and Irish stories made at this past weekend’s Oscars, and of Saint Patrick’s Day coming up on Friday…
I correctly guessed 13 out of the 23 categories, which is a little better than how I did last year.
The #DailyStream is a once-per-day, single-movie-only streaming recommendation that appears both at my Substack and Patreon, and in truncated forms across my social media. They are free for everyone.
I’ve just discovered mass-transit simulator Mini Metro, and I’m wasting so much wonderful time with it. It reminds me of SimCity, which I was hooked on many many years ago…
The #DailyStream is a once-per-day, single-movie-only streaming recommendation that appears both at my Substack and Patreon, and in truncated forms across my social media. They are free for everyone.
This relentless, heart-in-your-throat, ticking-clock thriller about precarious single-motherhood could not be more timely or more intimate. As real, and as recognizably stressful, as the genre gets.
