film criticism by maryann johanson | 25 years: 1997–2022
I have been avoiding this whole Courtney Stodden/Doug Hutchinson thing — and when I say avoiding, I mean “curling into a mental fetal ball and mentally projecting myself into a saner parallel universe as a psychological defense mechanism” — but I can no longer do so.
Mighta been nice if the show itself had had just a tiny smidgen of a sense of humor about itself, like this video does.
Seems to me that Abrams is engaging in one of the classic gambits of the Internet troll…
Apparently NCIS, the military cop procedural, is the most watched scripted show in the United States. I would not have guessed this if given a million guesses.
Written by Lost’s Damon Lindelof, and featuring Thor’s Chris Hemsworth.
Star Trek writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman have said that they plan to heed some suggestions from fans as they write the sequels. Oh, dear. I’m not sure how wise this is…
I’m still mad about the end of Lost, but this makes me feel a little better.
Writing my review of I Love You Phillip Morris made me realize that I had not posted a female gazing for Rodrigo Santoro, which is an omission that could no longer be overlooked…
Plus: celebs run afoul of Twitter; is True Grit going to the Oscars?; Hurley’s lotto numbers come up (almost); more…
Plus: How did ‘Little Fockers’ get focked up?; is ‘True Grit’ a remake or not?; Jon Stewart, the Modern Day Edward R. Murrow; more…
