film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997
Most of us in North America won’t see Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time until Thursday-midnight screenings begin — and I won’t see it till then either, because Disney is still refusing to acknowledge my existence. But the film opened last week in the U.K. to a pathetic £1.37 million, and didn’t even win … more…
The new film Four Lions opened in the U.K. last weekend, to great box office: £609,000 from just 115 screens, for a per screen average of £5,292, “the highest of all the new releases, and double most of them,” notes Charles Gant at the Guardian’s Film blog. (Its average was second for the weekend only … more…
It started late last year, when the redband trailer for Kick-Ass debuted. Some fanboys appeared to find it hugely erotic to hear 11-year-old Chloe Moretz as Hit Girl say “cock” — which it kinda disturbing, actually — while other fanboys were merely annoyed (and continue to be annoyed to this day) that grownups were annoyed … more…
