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film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997

Hollywood pathetically attempts to recapture the glory of the past (Evil Dead review)

Hollywood pathetically attempts to recapture the glory of the past (Evil Dead review)

Wed Apr 03 2013, 06:11pm | 35 comments

Oz the Great and Powerful (review)

Oz the Great and Powerful (review)

Thu Mar 07 2013, 04:34pm | 30 comments

Oz: The Great and Powerful (trailer)

Mon Nov 19 2012, 08:00am | 0 comments

it’s well beyond time for me to go on a rampage (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed Aug 29 2012, 12:11am | 1 comment

The Possession (trailer)

Fri Aug 10 2012, 08:00am | 0 comments

The Amazing Spider-Man (review)

Mon Jul 02 2012, 04:27pm | 2 comments

The Evil Dead (retro trailer)

Sun Mar 11 2012, 12:22pm | 0 comments

Sam Raimi’s Day of the Triffids (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri Mar 02 2012, 01:31am | 0 comments

question of the day: What secondary or tertiary characters from literature deserve their own movie?

Thu Feb 10 2011, 08:05am | 0 comments

going Godwin on ‘Toy Story 3’; why ‘Splice’ isn’t sci fi (and neither is ‘Minority Report’ anymore); more: leftover links

Sun Jun 20 2010, 05:41pm | 4 comments

question of the day: Do super actors make super heroes?

Tue May 18 2010, 10:56am | 9 comments

new this week in U.S., Canadian, and U.K. theaters: ‘Robin Hood,’ ‘Just Wright,’ ‘Letters to Juliet,’ ‘Lebanon,’ more (with DVD alternatives)

Mon May 10 2010, 04:28pm | 4 comments

Warren Beatty vs Pauline Kael, MacGruber movie in trouble, more: leftover links

Sun Feb 07 2010, 01:31pm | 5 comments

because the origins of Spider-Man are lost in the mists of cinematic history

Tue Jan 12 2010, 02:04pm | 12 comments

watch it: “Ataque de Pánico! (Panic Attack!) 2009”

Tue Dec 22 2009, 07:45pm | 2 comments

October 23: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

Fri Oct 23 2009, 06:48pm | 0 comments

October 2: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

Fri Oct 02 2009, 11:58am | 0 comments

District 9 (review)

District 9 (review)

Thu Aug 13 2009, 01:50pm | 55 comments

I Sell the Dead (review)

Sat Aug 08 2009, 11:55am | 1 comment

trailer break: ‘I Sell the Dead’

Fri Jul 24 2009, 04:40pm | 0 comments

question of the day: Can even Sam Raimi make a World of Warcraft movie anything other than pointless?

Thu Jul 23 2009, 09:47am | 28 comments

U.K. box office: ‘The Hangover’ hits Britain

Thu Jun 18 2009, 10:32pm | 0 comments

question of the day: ‘The Hangover’’s baby versus ‘Drag Me to Hell’’s kitten: who wins the grudge match?

Fri Jun 12 2009, 10:26am | 4 comments

U.K. box office: ‘Night at the Museum 2’ clings to No. 1

Wed Jun 03 2009, 09:24pm | 0 comments

North American box office: ‘Up’ up and away

Tue Jun 02 2009, 04:40pm | 2 comments

opening in the U.S. and Canada May 29: ‘Up,’ ‘Drag Me to Hell,’ ‘What Goes Up,’ more

Fri May 29 2009, 08:59pm | 0 comments

May 29: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

Thu May 28 2009, 01:24pm | 0 comments

Drag Me to Hell (review)

Wed May 27 2009, 04:02pm | 11 comments

question of the day: Which movies are actually better than the books they’re based on?

Tue May 26 2009, 11:13am | 45 comments

trailer break: ‘Dead Snow’

Thu May 14 2009, 11:55am | 4 comments

my week at the movies: ‘Drag Me to Hell,’ ‘Moon,’ ‘The Age of Stupid,’ more

Tue May 12 2009, 10:20pm | 0 comments

trailer break: ‘Drag Me to Hell’

Thu Mar 12 2009, 01:44pm | 1 comment

best writing and direction of 2004: cut and print…

Wed Mar 02 2005, 06:00pm | 0 comments

best and worst movies of 2004 (and why I’m gonna spend a lot of money on DVDs)

Wed Dec 29 2004, 11:14am | 0 comments

Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness, Young Frankenstein, Little Shop of Horrors, and Beetlejuice (review)

Fri Oct 31 2003, 09:44pm | 0 comments

Death to Smoochy and Panic Room (review)

Thu Mar 28 2002, 06:13pm | 0 comments

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