film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997
U.S. AND CANADA/OPENING WIDE Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: It’s tanking in the U.K., and now it gets a shot at tanking in North America. [trailer] review to come If you can’t make it to the multiplex, try: • Big Trouble in Little China (1986): In which Kurt Russell goes up against an … more…
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but all you’ve just gotten yourself artificially inseminated and the doctor said to take it easy. But you can have a multiplex-like experience from the comfort of your own sofa with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks … more…
A wickedly wonderful little smashup of fluff…
Cancer is pretty much the same as the Empire State Building or the White House getting blown up… by a fleet of invading aliens… while the beloved war-hero President escapes in the nick of time.
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… What I hear, this is like Crash — the Cronenberg one — but instead of automobile accidents, it’s weird stuff on the Internet that gets these freaky people off. So Maria Bello, who’s into this stuff, leaves her husband, Rufus Sewell, who isn’t into it, for Jason … more…
