handcrafted film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997
A movie to turn you off Going To The Movies, just as we are allowed to again, with its unlikeable characters, muddled action, and incomprehensible plot, all of which are magnified on the big screen.
I correctly guessed 10 out of the 24 categories, which is at least a little better than last year.
And we have winners!
And we have winners!
Couched in a tale of scientific discovery is a lovely portrait of a father-daughter relationship grounded in intellect and curiosity, a rare thing onscreen.
A missed opportunity to tell what should be a captivating real-life disaster tale that is instead plodding, scattershot, and lacking in dramatic impetus.
Absurdity abounds in this odyssey of groan-worthy punning, new ways of defying cartoon physics, epic food fights, trippy time-travel, and superhero sendups.
In the vast conspiracy of stupidity that has overtaken pop culture, the disparagement of this movie by a film critic becomes an endorsement of a sad sort.
Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me)…
Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me)…
