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film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997

Scoob! movie review: Scooby dooby don’t

Scoob! movie review: Scooby dooby don’t

Tue May 19 2020, 07:42pm | 0 comments

Mile 22 movie review: unfortunately no one can be told what any of it means

Mile 22 movie review: unfortunately no one can be told what any of it means

Thu Sep 20 2018, 03:47pm | 30 comments

All the Money in the World movie review: cashed out

All the Money in the World movie review: cashed out

Tue Jan 02 2018, 10:38pm | 3 comments

Daddy’s Home 2 movie review: the father away, the better

Daddy’s Home 2 movie review: the father away, the better

Tue Nov 28 2017, 05:58pm | 18 comments

War for the Planet of the Apes movie review: empathy for the ape

War for the Planet of the Apes movie review: empathy for the ape

Mon Jul 10 2017, 06:15pm | 9 comments

Patriots Day movie review: blurry portrait of a city

Patriots Day movie review: blurry portrait of a city

Mon Feb 27 2017, 05:33pm | 1 comment

curated: ‘The Bowling Green Massacre,’ directed by Peter Berg (starring Mark Wahlberg)

Mon Feb 06 2017, 12:01pm | 1 comment

Deepwater Horizon movie review: blood for oil

Deepwater Horizon movie review: blood for oil

Mon Sep 26 2016, 07:42pm | 17 comments

Daddy’s Home movie review: floundering fathers

Daddy’s Home movie review: floundering fathers

Mon Dec 21 2015, 03:45pm | 11 comments

Ted 2 movie review: Hasbro-mance

Ted 2 movie review: Hasbro-mance

Thu Jul 09 2015, 10:31pm | 9 comments

The Gambler movie review: to bet, or not to bet?

The Gambler movie review: to bet, or not to bet?

Thu Jan 22 2015, 08:40pm | 1 comment

remedying Michael Bay’s failure to adequately ogle Mark Wahlberg in Transformers

remedying Michael Bay’s failure to adequately ogle Mark Wahlberg in Transformers

Mon Jun 30 2014, 06:48pm | 7 comments

Transformers: Age of Extinction movie review: Everyday Bayism

Transformers: Age of Extinction movie review: Everyday Bayism

Mon Jun 30 2014, 04:36pm | 56 comments

Transformers: Age of Extinction trailer: do they *promise* this franchise is about to go extinct?

Transformers: Age of Extinction trailer: do they *promise* this franchise is about to go extinct?

Wed Mar 05 2014, 12:10pm | 3 comments

Lone Survivor review: never get involved in a land war in Asia

Lone Survivor review: never get involved in a land war in Asia

Mon Jan 06 2014, 08:14pm | 3 comments

your awards-season cheat sheet… or how to sound like an insider (even if you’re not)

your awards-season cheat sheet… or how to sound like an insider (even if you’re not)

Tue Nov 19 2013, 02:38pm | 6 comments

Lone Survivor trailer: war-movie Oscar bait?

Lone Survivor trailer: war-movie Oscar bait?

Tue Nov 12 2013, 08:01am | 1 comment

things wot we learned from the 2013 summer movies

things wot we learned from the 2013 summer movies

Fri Aug 30 2013, 06:53pm | 28 comments

2 Guns review: buddy cops, slight of hand

2 Guns review: buddy cops, slight of hand

Fri Aug 30 2013, 02:26pm | 2 comments

Pain and Gain review: American nightmare

Pain and Gain review: American nightmare

Tue Aug 27 2013, 08:00pm | 3 comments

2 Guns trailer: oops my partner in crime is a fed… and so am I

2 Guns trailer: oops my partner in crime is a fed… and so am I

Wed Jul 24 2013, 09:18am | 2 comments

Broken City (review)

Broken City (review)

Fri Jan 18 2013, 12:29am | 3 comments

question of the day: Who would you like to see on a celebrity newscast?

Fri Jan 11 2013, 08:50am | 0 comments

question of the day: What movie event of 2012 will have the biggest impact in years to come?

Wed Jan 09 2013, 11:08am | 0 comments

question of the day: If Mark Wahlberg can transform Transformers, what other actors could spice up other franchises?

Fri Nov 09 2012, 11:53am | 0 comments

Broken City (trailer)

Tue Oct 16 2012, 08:00am | 0 comments

Ted (review)

Wed Aug 01 2012, 07:09pm | 0 comments

Ted (redband trailer)

Mon May 28 2012, 10:45am | 0 comments

Contraband (review)

Thu Mar 15 2012, 05:49pm | 0 comments

Contraband (trailer)

Tue Jan 10 2012, 12:01pm | 0 comments

question of the day: Are there any nonreality celebrities you’d actually want to see in their own reality show?

Fri Sep 02 2011, 09:33am | 0 comments

because when you shine a line on cockroaches, they scurry back to their dark corners (possibly NSFW)

Fri Apr 15 2011, 02:11am | 0 comments

Colin Firth and Natalie Portman are Oscar shoo-ins; everything else up for grabs: Oscar predictions

Sat Feb 26 2011, 04:41pm | 0 comments

female gazing at: Mark Wahlberg

female gazing at: Mark Wahlberg

Mon Feb 07 2011, 04:06pm | 2 comments

trailer break: ‘The Fighter’

Tue Nov 30 2010, 11:31am | 0 comments

Mark Wahlberg admits ‘The Happening’ was terrible; Billy Bob Thornton says Hollywood is terrible; a female Old Spice Man spoof; more: leftover links

Sun Nov 28 2010, 07:23pm | 0 comments

quick list: five great football movies that aren’t really about football

Tue Oct 19 2010, 03:03am | 0 comments

cinematic roots of: ‘The Town’

Thu Sep 30 2010, 12:02am | 0 comments

wtf: ‘The Other Guys’ insults Wall Street, which is nothing but kind and noble and beneficient

Tue Aug 10 2010, 02:10pm | 1 comment

cinematic roots of: ‘The Other Guys’

Sun Aug 08 2010, 11:58am | 0 comments

The Other Guys (review)

Fri Aug 06 2010, 12:39pm | 11 comments

wtf: ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ done up funny

Wed Jul 14 2010, 03:41pm | 8 comments

April 9: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

Fri Apr 09 2010, 06:50pm | 0 comments

Date Night (review)

Fri Apr 09 2010, 04:15pm | 9 comments

trailer break: ‘The Lovely Bones’

Wed Nov 25 2009, 10:55am | 1 comment

Max Payne (review)

Wed Nov 19 2008, 09:30pm | 12 comments

trailer break: ‘Max Payne’

Tue Sep 02 2008, 02:57pm | 2 comments

The Departed (review)

Mon Oct 09 2006, 02:13am | 6 comments

Entourage: The Complete First Season (review)

Wed May 25 2005, 11:37pm | comments off

Traveller (review)

Mon Feb 23 1998, 11:34pm | 0 comments

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