film criticism by maryann johanson | “tinged with the pungent liquor of cynicism“
Clint Eastwood turns a terrorist attack into a bit of post-hoc reality “entertainment” with the stunt casting of the actual heroes as themselves in a stilted, tone-deaf piece of Christian-American propaganda.
The ultimate anti-disaster movie. A supremely gripping and powerfully emotional film about, paradoxically, what happens when everything works as it should.
A mess of a romantic dramedy full of colonialistic offensiveness, forced quirkiness, implausible emotion, and oblivious masculine self-centeredness.
Cuz people are speculating what Brad Bird’s new flick Tomorrowland might be about, and then speculating how much folk will be upset if it turns out to be something else entirely…
Ferris Bueller Joins the Air Force. With monkeys.
It’s a big ball of horror ‘Constantine’s Sword’ tries to wrap up in a brief, 95-minute look at the history of the Catholic Church…
