handcrafted film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997
Ballerina turned whore-spy? This is like a cheap porn scenario, and the Hollywood gloss makes it worse. Risible yet tedious, yet another movie by men that thinks it’s critiquing misogyny yet is indistinguishable from it.
Ominous signs and psychological detours get tossed out and tossed away on the path to ridiculous gothic nonsense that takes itself far too seriously.
Winners are indicated. I got 16/24. Pretty good, if I may say so myself.
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.
What is it about folktales that appeal to us? What elements of folktales do you particularly like or hate, especially as Hollywood deals them out?
Limp and lifeless, this overlong and undercooked would-be blockbuster cannot focus on either the hard-edged realities or the magical mysteries it toys with.
Or The Heat. Or White House Down. Or Grown Ups 2. This is because these films don’t open in the U.K. for weeks and weeks still.
Tonto-versy! Johnny Depp now just prank-calling it in? Special Report: White Men in Hollywood: How Are They Doing? And more!
In lieu of a trailer today, here are the gathered Super Bowl ads that ran during the game yesterday for Disney’s upcoming flicks
Let’s get our geek on for the coming year!
