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
  • 2025’s films ranked
    • 2026’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

BBC

Doctor Who thing of the day: first pix of Jenna-Louise Coleman’s new companion

Mon, Jun 11, 2012
no comments yet

Obviously, what looks like another early-21st-century gal is just biding her time until she reveals herself to be a superintelligent cabbage. Right?

| Leave a comment

Doctor Who thing of the day: customized Converse

Tue, Jun 05, 2012
2 comments

I’ll take one pair of each…

| 2 Comments

question of the day: What old TV shows desperately need to be reinvented or rebooted?

Fri, Jun 01, 2012
no comments yet

I vote for Star Cops, the BBC’s criminally short-lived near-future science fiction series from 1987, which would be fabulous to revisit…

| Leave a comment

question of the day: What is the modern appeal of Sherlock Holmes?

Fri, May 18, 2012
no comments yet

Does his emotional coldness and daunting intellect have something to say to us that strikes a particular chord right now? Or is Holmes a perennial favorite that storytellers will be returning to and updating far into the future?

| Leave a comment

why The Avengers opened a week earlier outside the U.S. and Canada (and other adventures in social networking)

Tue, May 01, 2012
no comments yet

What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

| Leave a comment

London photo of the day: the loneliness of the BBC News cameraperson

Mon, Apr 30, 2012
no comments yet

Waiting in the rain for news to happen.

| Leave a comment

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

Mon, Apr 16, 2012
6 comments

Is it the Internet making it easier for existing fans to share their passion, and hence grow the fandom? Or is there something inherent in the new Doctor Who that is suddenly appealing to more Americans?

| 6 Comments

Doctor Who thing of the day: David Tennant’s “time travel” ads for Virgin Media have the BBC furious

Mon, Apr 09, 2012
no comments yet

Wibbly-wobbly kerfuffle!

| Leave a comment

Doctor Who thing of the day: new companion to be played by Jenna-Louise Coleman

Wed, Mar 21, 2012
no comments yet

Looks like my hopes of us getting Tom Baker’s sentient cabbage for a companion have been squashed.

| Leave a comment

apparently Uggie is a fraud (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Mar 16, 2012
no comments yet

What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

| Leave a comment
Older posts
Newer posts
← Previous Page1 … Page12 Page13 Page14 … Page33 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