film criticism by maryann johanson | celebrating 25 years: 1997–2022
A terrific portrait of the legendary critic, as objective as she was proudly subjective. Pulls no punches on her complicated life and work but rightly hails how she revolutionized thinking about film.
Claire Foy takes over as the dragon-tattooed Lisbeth Salander; more…
Yesterday’s QOTD was about a feminist net positive: the most kickass female action character of 2011. Today, we go the other way…
Lest today’s QOTD be misinterpreted as any sort of defense of New Year’s Eve, I invite you to join me in guffawing along with Mandi Bierly at PopWatch at the movie’s ridiculous mala-Big Apple-isms…
What are you doing New Year’s eve? Not seeing this cheap, lazy excuse for a movie, I hope…
Because Satan has been waiting for the moment to spring both Sarah Jessica Parker and Katherine Heigl on us in the same movie…
“Trying to be a man is a waste of a woman.” –Kate Reddy (Sarah Jessica Parker)
It’s pretty fucking clear how Sarah Jessica Parker’s Kate Reddy does it. How she manages to juggle a high-powered career, two demanding moppets, and a marriage: She’s got a buttload of dough.
I fear that the humiliation that Sarah Jessica Parker is put through in this trailer alone is a sign that the movie is not going to be kind to its protagonist.
Oh, the glorious awfulness!
