film criticism by maryann johanson, not an AI | since 1997
I started off thinking, Oh, hey, it’s like an episode of classic Doctor Who: Go to a place where something dodgy is happening, do a thing, rescue some people, be responsible for the deaths of others, go home. But this turns out to really be about something else…
If you haven’t already seen 2009’s Moon, I beg you to do so before you see Source Code, which will put you off director Duncan Jones, which wouldn’t be fair to you, to Jones, or to Moon.
Didn’t Quantum Leap do this 20 years ago?
WorldCon is going on this weekend in Melboure, and the Hugo Awards were announced last night.
People walked on the moon, 41 years ago today for the first time. Walked on the moon. It sounds like science fiction, but it’s history. Forty-years-gone history. Outside the living memory of many, many people now alive (including me, who wouldn’t make her debut on the planet till a month after Neil Armstrong’s famous first … more…
Someday, Rockwell will get his Oscar due, I have no doubt. But I bet that when that day comes, lots of movie lovers will look back and say, ‘But it should have happened for Moon.’
It’s Quentin Taratino’s biggest opening ever in Britain, too: 1. Inglourious Basterds: £3.6 million (NEW) 2. The Time Traveler’s Wife: £.92 million (2nd week; drops 35%) 3. G-Force: £.65 million (4th week; drops 30%) 4. Aliens in the Attic: £.64 million (2nd week; drops 51%) 5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: £.598 million (actual … more…
Year One: Oh god, there’s gonna be a sequel, isn’t there? Year Two? For the love of Brian, someone make it stop… Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: By the time I see this come Monday afternoon, its debut-weekend fate in the U.K. will already be known. Weird. [trailer] Miss March: Man, we are just dumping … more…
Oh, my head hurts: 1. The Hangover: $32.8 million (2nd week; drops 27%) 2. Up: $30.8 million (3rd week; drops 30%) 3. The Taking of Pelham 123: $23.4 (NEW) 4. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: $9.6 million (4th week; drops 34%) 5. Land of the Lost: $9 million (2nd week; drops 52%) … more…
opening wide The Taking of Pelham 123: You know what would be a real disaster? The rush hour that follows this hijacking, what with the East Side subway lines shut down as a crime scene. Oy. Imagine That: This could have been an awesome satire. Imagine this: credit default swaps and interest-only mortgages are the … more…
