film criticism by maryann johanson | celebrating 25 years: 1997–2022
A stew of “hilarious” toxic masculinity and nonstop violence as the solution to all problems. Sexist, stupid nonsense, tediously familiar and wholly predictable. Even the cartoonish action falls flat.
Is it doing something in the spirit of their work? Is it not deifying them by pretending they were more or other than they were?
Have you been paying attention to what the movies have been saying — what the movies have really been saying — all summer? Here’s a refresher.
When I look at my watch during a movie, it’s because I’m checking to see if my guess about where in the runtime we are coincides with what just happened onscreen. This book is what makes that possible.
Most clicked this past week…
Poor Paul Walker has only Luke Evans’ villain to turn to for someone who looks most like him…
Most clicked this past week…
I cannot remember another Memorial Day weekend for which I gave all the wide releases a red light.
A colossal affair swollen with the hubris and arrogance of men who trail the foul dust of mayhem in their wake.
“We talkin’ vehicular warfare.” You know that’s how they pitched this script…
