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film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997

curated: a sneak peek at the 2016 Doctor Who Christmas special

Sat Nov 19 2016, 06:34pm | 2 comments

a few thoughts on Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (and open thread)

a few thoughts on Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (and open thread)

Mon May 18 2015, 08:51pm | 5 comments

Doctor Who thing: some valentines from the Doctor (and one from Amy)

Doctor Who thing: some valentines from the Doctor (and one from Amy)

Fri Feb 14 2014, 09:16am | 1 comment

Doctor Who thing: extended trailer for “The Time of the Doctor”

Doctor Who thing: extended trailer for “The Time of the Doctor”

Fri Dec 20 2013, 12:17pm | 2 comments

Doctor Who thing: “The Time of the Doctor” trailer and poster

Doctor Who thing: “The Time of the Doctor” trailer and poster

Fri Dec 13 2013, 12:55pm | 9 comments

Doctor Who thing: An Adventure in Space and Time gets UK/US airdates, retro posters

Doctor Who thing: An Adventure in Space and Time gets UK/US airdates, retro posters

Tue Nov 05 2013, 01:02pm | 3 comments

Doctor Who thing: 12th Doctor to be named live on BBC One Sunday night

Doctor Who thing: 12th Doctor to be named live on BBC One Sunday night

Fri Aug 02 2013, 10:53am | 17 comments

Doctor Who thing: BBC America teases Season 7.5

Fri Mar 22 2013, 01:01pm | 0 comments

Doctor Who thing of the day: Weeping Angel and crack-in-the-universe pumpkins

Thu Nov 01 2012, 01:56pm | 0 comments

Doctor Who thing of the day: so the Doctor drives a Delorean now?

Tue Aug 28 2012, 12:03pm | 0 comments

Doctor Who thing of the day: Season 7 premiere set for Sep 1

Wed Aug 22 2012, 12:21pm | 0 comments

Doctor Who thing of the day: “Asylum of the Daleks” teaser

Mon Aug 20 2012, 03:59pm | 3 comments

all the Pussy Riot news you need today (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat Aug 18 2012, 10:45pm | 0 comments

Doctor Who thing of the day: Why is DW suddenly so popular in the United States?

Mon Apr 16 2012, 02:20pm | 6 comments

Doctor Who thing of the day: the Doctor and Amy in Times Square (and tons of pix from the NYC shoot)

Fri Apr 13 2012, 11:29am | 0 comments

Doctor Who thing of the day: reports from the Cardiff convention

Thu Mar 29 2012, 03:02pm | 0 comments

Doctor Who thing of the day: Neil Gaiman’s favorite DW moments from 2011

Mon Dec 19 2011, 03:40pm | 0 comments

Doctor Who thing of the day: DW the top show on U.S. iTunes

Tue Dec 13 2011, 03:13pm | 0 comments

Doctor Who thing of the day: prequel minisode to “The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe”

Wed Dec 07 2011, 05:56pm | 0 comments

question of the day: What is the appeal of ‘The Inbetweeners’?

Wed Sep 07 2011, 11:22am | 0 comments

Doctor Who thing of the day: prequel to “Let’s Kill Hitler”

Mon Aug 15 2011, 01:14pm | 0 comments

‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Dalek spotted at San Diego Comic Con

Fri Jul 22 2011, 04:34pm | 0 comments

question of the day: What actors have you been surprised to discover were a different nationality than you’d believed?

Thu Jul 07 2011, 11:33am | 0 comments

‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Amy’s voiceover intro for the international episodes — good or bad?

Mon Jun 13 2011, 02:53pm | 16 comments

ungodly numbers of people watched the ‘Doctor Who’ premiere last weekend

Thu Apr 28 2011, 01:46pm | 0 comments

‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: If I Had a Time Machine…

Tue Apr 19 2011, 01:54pm | 0 comments

‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: the Doctor (and Amy and Rory and River) in NYC

Tue Apr 12 2011, 01:23pm | 0 comments

‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Season 6 BBC America trailer

Mon Apr 04 2011, 11:51am | 0 comments

‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Series 6 American premiere date announced… but not the British date

Thu Mar 10 2011, 01:49pm | 0 comments

wtf: BBC America is getting into “original programming”

Tue Jan 04 2011, 02:35pm | 0 comments

‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Series 6 trailer (and a BBC America promo)

Fri Dec 31 2010, 01:01pm | 0 comments

‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Christmas special will be fast-tracked internationally

Tue Nov 02 2010, 07:15am | 0 comments

what the fez…?

Sat Jul 24 2010, 02:05pm | 8 comments

‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: a show this popular inspires bizarre rumors (re Johnny Depp and a missing script)

Wed Jun 30 2010, 08:50pm | 18 comments

the earth is hungry…

Sat May 22 2010, 11:55am | 4 comments

to cryosleep, perchance to freeze

Sat May 15 2010, 11:55am | 7 comments

because no one will listen to what the ‘Hurt Locker’ pirates are saying

Fri May 14 2010, 06:42pm | 14 comments

‘Doctor Who’ breaks ratings records in the U.S.

Thu Apr 22 2010, 04:12pm | 6 comments

‘Doctor Who’ on iTunes

Mon Apr 19 2010, 11:07am | 1 comment

question of the weekend: How would our world change if air traffic over Europe were shut down for a year or more?

Sat Apr 17 2010, 10:54am | 24 comments

notes from a ‘Doctor Who’ fan screening

Thu Apr 15 2010, 03:39pm | 39 comments

because our mass media corporate overlords are insane

Tue Mar 02 2010, 08:38pm | 15 comments

question of the day: How long will Matt Smith last as the Doctor?

Mon Mar 01 2010, 09:10am | 20 comments

the ‘Doctor Who’ teasing is killing me!

Mon Feb 22 2010, 12:59pm | 24 comments

Doctor Who: The Complete Specials (review)

Tue Feb 02 2010, 10:19am | 8 comments

caption this! image from ‘Doctor Who’: “The Waters of Mars”

Wed Nov 04 2009, 09:27pm | 11 comments

U.K. and U.S. airdates for ‘Doctor Who’: “The Waters of Mars”

Sat Oct 31 2009, 03:42pm | 29 comments

‘Torchwood: Children of Earth’ debuts on BBC One on Monday!

Fri Jul 03 2009, 02:27pm | 26 comments

‘Doctor Who’ news roundup

Sat May 30 2009, 02:03pm | 7 comments

Primeval: Volume One (review)

Tue Nov 04 2008, 12:39pm | 5 comments

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