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film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997

The Girl in the Spider’s Web movie review: an itsy-bitsy reboot

The Girl in the Spider’s Web movie review: an itsy-bitsy reboot

Fri Nov 23 2018, 09:12pm | 0 comments

Gone Girl movie review: proof of wife

Gone Girl movie review: proof of wife

Mon Sep 29 2014, 08:52pm | 153 comments

Doctor Who thing: too many girls for the Doctor to cope with

Doctor Who thing: too many girls for the Doctor to cope with

Thu Nov 28 2013, 08:02am | 3 comments

Dead Man Down (trailer)

Mon Feb 25 2013, 08:00am | 1 comment

A Royal Affair (review)

Fri Nov 16 2012, 10:12pm | 11 comments

clearly, Loki is Lore…

Mon May 07 2012, 08:39pm | 0 comments

question of the day: Has the era of the female hero arrived?

Mon Apr 09 2012, 12:36pm | 0 comments

your David Tennant-as-a-pirate photo of the day (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri Mar 23 2012, 01:26am | 0 comments

The Artist will have a good night (and other Oscar predictions)

Sat Feb 25 2012, 10:59pm | 0 comments

AWFJ announces 2011 awards

Wed Jan 11 2012, 12:33am | 0 comments

question of the day: What was the most sexist movie or movie moment in 2011?

Fri Jan 06 2012, 11:57am | 0 comments

question of the day: Who was the most kickass female action film character of 2011?

Thu Jan 05 2012, 10:45am | 0 comments

In the Land of Blood and Honey (trailer)

Thu Dec 22 2011, 04:07pm | 0 comments

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (review)

Mon Dec 19 2011, 05:31pm | 1 comment

David Fincher on David Denby’s ‘Dragon Tattoo’ embargo breakage

Thu Dec 08 2011, 12:33am | 0 comments

question of the day: Can the year-end awards-baiting movie madness ever be changed (even if David Denby can’t make it happen himself)?

Mon Dec 05 2011, 11:42am | 0 comments

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (international trailer)

Fri Oct 07 2011, 09:00am | 0 comments

question of the day: What movie are you most looking forward to in Autumn 2011?

Mon Sep 12 2011, 11:26am | 0 comments

oh, WTF: “sexy” ‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ poster misses the fucking point entirely

Fri Jun 03 2011, 06:06pm | 0 comments

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (“leaked” redband trailer)

Wed Jun 01 2011, 01:47pm | 0 comments

Saturday cute: the dragon with the girl tattoo

Sat Apr 02 2011, 04:01pm | 0 comments

Colin Firth and Natalie Portman are Oscar shoo-ins; everything else up for grabs: Oscar predictions

Sat Feb 26 2011, 04:41pm | 0 comments

question of the day: What are your favorite Mary Sue stories in popular fiction?

Fri Jan 14 2011, 09:36am | 0 comments

Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2010 EDA Award winners

Mon Jan 10 2011, 01:08pm | 0 comments

the year in movies by and about women…

Thu Dec 30 2010, 12:07pm | 0 comments

Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2010 EDA Awards nominees

Tue Dec 28 2010, 11:51pm | 0 comments

Online Film Critics Society 2010 Award nominees

Tue Dec 28 2010, 11:27pm | 0 comments

True Grit (review)

Mon Dec 20 2010, 02:03pm | 0 comments

The Girl Who Played With Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden) and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Luftslottet som sprängdes) (review)

Mon Dec 13 2010, 03:05pm | 0 comments

Zac Efron to star in ‘Akira’?; another Indiana Jones flick?; more ‘Spooks’?; more: leftover links

Sun Nov 14 2010, 01:06pm | 0 comments

what she said: Melissa Silverstein at Women and Hollywood…

Thu Oct 21 2010, 01:19pm | 0 comments

you’re not helping: Hollywood’s rediscovery of nonblond nonbimbos does not a revolution make

Tue Sep 21 2010, 05:41pm | 0 comments

Chilean mine disaster: the movie; Justin Bieber goes to Hollywood; Muppets online; more: leftover links

Sat Sep 18 2010, 05:46pm | 0 comments

trailer break: ‘The Winning Season’

Wed Sep 01 2010, 11:42am | 1 comment

Rooney Mara is the American girl with the dragon tattoo; Net neutrality’s swan song; is George Lucas an asshole?; more: leftover links

Sun Aug 22 2010, 01:05pm | 3 comments

‘Inception’ attacks ‘X-Men: First Class’; pushing back against 3D; Lisbeth Salander does not eat pray love; more: leftover links

Sun Aug 08 2010, 11:03am | 2 comments

question of the day: Is James Bond dead?

Fri Aug 06 2010, 07:55am | 22 comments

female gazing at: Daniel Craig

Tue Jul 27 2010, 04:46pm | 14 comments

calling bullshit on: Owen Gleiberman at EW’s The Movie Critics…

Tue Jul 27 2010, 03:41pm | 2 comments

question of the day: Which movies are better than the books they’re based upon?

Tue Jul 27 2010, 10:24am | 62 comments

Joss Whedon will direct ‘Avengers’; much ado about ‘Inception’ and ‘Mad Men’; celebrity stalkers; more: leftover links

Sun Jul 25 2010, 02:45pm | 2 comments

porn for women; Edward Norton steps down as the Hulk (will David Tennant step up?); more: leftover links

Sat Jul 17 2010, 11:47am | 7 comments

Cyrus (review)

Mon Jul 12 2010, 03:46pm | 11 comments

new this week in U.S., Canadian, and U.K. theaters: ‘Despicable Me,’ ‘Predators,’ ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,’ more

Fri Jul 09 2010, 12:31pm | 1 comment

trailer break: ‘The Girl Who Played with Fire’

Thu Jul 08 2010, 12:03pm | 3 comments

question of the day: Is there any point in a Hollywood remake of ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’?

Wed Jul 07 2010, 08:22am | 23 comments

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Man som hatar kvinnor) (review)

Tue Jul 06 2010, 10:41pm | 17 comments

Roger Ebert hates 3D; is Sacha Baron Cohen worth $20 million?; Brits playing American; and more: leftover links

Sun May 02 2010, 12:25pm | 4 comments

bias update: March 29

Mon Mar 29 2010, 08:28pm | 6 comments

Kirstie Alley’s Scientology diet; the Tinseltown closet; Tina Fey, sex goddess: leftover links

Sat Mar 20 2010, 08:02pm | 4 comments

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