film criticism by maryann johanson | 25 years: 1997–2022
Bidness is boomin’ for the Nazi killers: 1. Inglourious Basterds: $38.1 million (NEW) 2. District 9: $18.2 million (2nd week; drops 51%) 3. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: $12.2 million (3rd week; drops 45%) 4. The Time Traveler’s Wife: $9.7 million (2nd week; drops 42%) 5. Julie & Julia: $8.8 million (3rd week; drops … more…
But it was a slow weekend overall last weekend: 1. The Time Traveler’s Wife: £1.4 million (NEW) 2. Aliens in the Attic: £1.3 million (NEW) 3. G-Force: £.94 million (3rd week; drops 23%) 4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: £.93 million 5. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: £.83 million (2nd week; drops 53%) … more…
Out February 9 in Region 2: • Burn After Reading [buy at Amazon U.K.]. From my green light review: Chad is one of those grand force-of-nature characters, like Chigurh, who cannot help but be at the center of something extraordinary — it just so happens that where he goes when he takes the reins is … more…
obsession: still Doctor Who (most recent episode blogging: “Journey’s End”) boyfriend: David Tennant as the Doctor (see my summer of Tennant and Hamlet) psyched: Burn After Reading (because the Coen Brothers are gods) dreading: Bangkok Dangerous (because it won’t screen for critics, and the Thai movie it’s based on wasn’t so hot, either) enemy: Anna … more…
obsession: still Doctor Who (most recent episode blogging: “Journey’s End”) boyfriend: David Tennant as the Doctor (see my summer of Tennant and Hamlet) psyched: Burn After Reading (because the Coen Brothers are gods) dreading: Babylon A.D. (because it won’t screen for critics but I’m gonna endure it anyway) enemy: Anna Faris, aka The House Bunny … more…
Sex Bomb You’ve heard the term sex bomb. Now hear this: The House Bunny is a nuclear sex bomb, a radioactive weapon deadly to all forms of life except cockroaches and — maybe — morons as catastrophically stupid as the Playboy bunny Anna Faris “portrays” here. Oh, it’s supposed to be adorable, how stupid Faris’s … more…
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Dumb as a mentally deficient brick is the new pink! The House Bunny opens wide on August 22. (Technorati tags: House Bunny, trailer)
This could turn out to be one of the most important movies of the year. Not because Trouble the Water [opens limited August 22] was winner of this year’s Documentary Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, though that’s damn impressive, but because it purports to offer an unvarnished view of what was going on in New … more…
obsession: still Doctor Who (most recent episode blogging: “The Stolen Earth” — yes, I’m still behind) boyfriend: David Tennant as the Doctor (see my summer of Tennant and Hamlet) psyched: absolutely nothing (because it’s the dead end of summer) dreading: The House Bunny (because Playboy bunnies are not “cute”) enemy: Seth Rogen, and his Pineapple … more…
