film criticism by maryann johanson | celebrating 25 years: 1997–2022
Oh my god… This is from California PBS station KVIE, but the pledge breaks were exactly the same on the other side of the continent for me on WLIW on Long Island. IO9 has more. Oh, the fannishness, it hurts.
Doctor Who fan music, with a Doctor Who cartoon video! I’m in heaven: Thanks to reader doggett (aka toclafane) for bringing this to my attention.
There’s something very creepy about this, mostly because I suspect it wasn’t meant to be creepy at all, but Important and Meaningful: One of the saddest days in a long time? Do people really feel that way about celebrities? Or are people’s lives really that devoid of real emotion that the death of someone they … more…
It’s easy to see why: But still… It’s one thing when everyone’s fallen so madly in love with Zachary Quinto’s Spock in the new Star Trek flick that Entertainment Weekly writers are blogging about their sexual fantasies about the actor and/or the character. (I will never, ever feel guilty again for swooning over an actor … more…
J.J. Abrams is telling diehard Trekkies to avoid his new Star Trek reboot: “Don’t see the movie,” he has said. “You’ll just get angry. It is not Shatner playing Kirk, so I do apologize.” (I think he’s wrong about how serious fans will react, but I’ll get to that in my review, which I’ll post … more…
A fan Valentine to the not-late yet lamented-in-his-absence Rick Moranis: via Cinematical
(intro to my Who blogging, please read before commenting / previous: Episodes 8/9: “The Impossible Planet”/“The Satan Pit”) When you’re a kid, they tell you it’s all grow up, get a job, get married, get a house, have a kid, and that’s it. No, the truth is the world is so much stranger than that, … more…
