film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997
The AWFJ is one of the critics’ groups I belong to; my input helped determine these nominees, and I will vote in the final balloting to narrow it down to the winners. I still have to watch a few of these nominees…
I can’t remember another weekend like this past one at the box office, which couldn’t be a clearer indication of the difference between how movies aimed at teenagers and very young adults play compared to how movies with more sophisticated appeal do. Look at this…
In Jackass 3D, morons with death wishes led by Johnny Knoxville engage in highly dangerous stunts for your amusement. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
What on Earth is the appeal of the Jackass franchise? Why would a movie with no special FX, no characters to speak of, no story, no nothing except overgrown idiocy speak to so many people?
Why? Why do we celebrate idiocy like this?
