film criticism by maryann johanson | celebrating 25 years: 1997–2022
The science is ludicrous, the story is almost entirely free of drama, and the finale descends into the hoariest, most ridiculous clichés of the genre. But the future smart-house porn is lovely.
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.
When I look at my watch during a movie, it’s because I’m checking to see if my guess about where in the runtime we are coincides with what just happened onscreen. This book is what makes that possible.
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Great. Now we critics are being chastised for not spoiling movies…
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…when I get up and running on WordPress (which will be very soon), when I can protect such posts from accidental viewing. In the meantime, please enjoy this post from Film School Rejects about Oblivion…
Let me know what you think. If enough people like it, maybe I’ll do this as a weekly thing…
I’ve done another podcast with The Picture Show, a project of Sam Inglis’s 24 Frames Per Second…
Postcard-pretty, unusual for a science fiction flick, but shockingly derivative.
