film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997
As suggested by reader Jester, and as framed by Amy Tuteur, MD, at Open Salon: When did B movie starlets become medical experts? Tuteur writes: Ricki Lake is evidently an expert on childbirth, Jenny McCarthy is an expert on immunology, and Susan [sic] Somers is an expert on chemotherapy (in the immortal words of Orac … more…
Phone booth? When was the last time you saw a phone booth? I mean, a quarter of a century ago, Christopher Reeve could already get a laugh when his Clark Kent looked askance at the little kiosk that was his only public telephonic refuge for quick changes. But here’s an entire movie, set in the 21st century, that expects us to accept not only that a phone booth still stands in Manhattan but that its glass panels remained unbroken until a dramatic moment here in the very course of events that unfold before our eyes.
