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film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997

on Christmas coming early, and the international differences in pigs-in-blankets

Thu Oct 01 2020, 11:21pm | 8 comments

Concussion movie review: heads up

Concussion movie review: heads up

Mon Dec 21 2015, 07:52pm | 2 comments

from Facebook: how not to do diversity in Hollywood

Fri Nov 06 2015, 04:37pm | 4 comments

from Facebook: why is Sony protecting the NFL?

Fri Sep 04 2015, 09:45pm | 1 comment

“how Sony made sure everyone would see uncanny CGI nudes resembling Ellen Page”

“how Sony made sure everyone would see uncanny CGI nudes resembling Ellen Page”

Sat Oct 26 2013, 02:23pm | 5 comments

Austenland trailer: this is the movie Sony Pictures Classics doesn’t want men to see

Austenland trailer: this is the movie Sony Pictures Classics doesn’t want men to see

Thu Aug 15 2013, 10:52am | 6 comments

I’m not sure that telling men that a movie about women isn’t for them is helping

I’m not sure that telling men that a movie about women isn’t for them is helping

Fri Jul 19 2013, 11:39am | 20 comments

Madison Avenue thinks consumers are stupid (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri Oct 12 2012, 12:37am | 0 comments

is NBC’s Revolution a *complete* theft of S.M. Stirling’s Dies the Fire? (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri Aug 10 2012, 12:04am | 0 comments

question of the day: What TV shows that aren’t on DVD should be?

Thu May 31 2012, 10:53am | 0 comments

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!/Band of Misfits (review)

Mon Apr 16 2012, 09:20pm | 11 comments

21 Jump Street (redband trailer)

Mon Feb 20 2012, 01:19pm | 0 comments

another diss for Uggie! oh, the caninity! (and other adventures in social networking)

Thu Feb 16 2012, 12:47am | 0 comments

FlickFilosopher.com will join the SOPA protest on Wednesday, January 18

Sun Jan 15 2012, 05:17pm | 0 comments

David Fincher on David Denby’s ‘Dragon Tattoo’ embargo breakage

Thu Dec 08 2011, 12:33am | 0 comments

question of the day: Can the year-end awards-baiting movie madness ever be changed (even if David Denby can’t make it happen himself)?

Mon Dec 05 2011, 11:42am | 0 comments

retro ad: 1980s Sony Walkman “Meditating Monkey” ad

Thu Nov 10 2011, 12:38pm | 0 comments

question of the day: Is it too soon for a Steve Jobs biopic? Who should play him?

Mon Oct 10 2011, 10:55am | 0 comments

The Smurfs (review)

Tue Jul 26 2011, 06:07pm | 0 comments

Smurfbargo strangeness

Tue Jul 19 2011, 04:31pm | 0 comments

more embargo idiocy (re ‘Bad Teacher’)

Mon Jun 20 2011, 11:54am | 0 comments

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (“leaked” redband trailer)

Wed Jun 01 2011, 01:47pm | 0 comments

question of the day: O Hollywood, where art thou?

Mon Jan 03 2011, 10:26am | 0 comments

wtf: are some Golden Globe nominations down to bribery?

Mon Dec 20 2010, 11:44am | 0 comments

Skyline (review)

Mon Nov 15 2010, 01:35pm | 1 comment

Takers (review)

Fri Aug 27 2010, 03:23pm | 3 comments

on my radar: opening 08.13.10 in U.S. and Canadian theaters

Tue Aug 10 2010, 08:04pm | 5 comments

Salt (review)

Wed Jul 21 2010, 02:37pm | 24 comments

you’re not helping: Amy Pascal on bad movies

Tue Jul 20 2010, 03:01pm | 22 comments

omg: Andrew Garfield is Spider-Man

Thu Jul 01 2010, 09:42pm | 13 comments

question of the day: Sam Worthington as Dracula? How else can the Universal Monster reboot go down in flames?

Wed Jan 27 2010, 11:30am | 9 comments

2012 (review)

Thu Nov 12 2009, 09:58am | 45 comments

North American box office: ‘This Is It’ ain’t all that

Mon Nov 02 2009, 10:58pm | 0 comments

question of the weekend: What’s your favorite Halloween candy?

Sat Oct 31 2009, 12:12pm | 24 comments

my week at the movies: ‘Gentlemen Broncos,’ ‘Michael Jackson’s This Is It,’ ‘Creation,’ ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox,’ ‘The Fourth Kind,’ ‘Pirate Radio’ (aka ‘The Boat That Rocked’), ‘Collapse’

Mon Oct 26 2009, 03:50pm | 3 comments

question of the day: Will the Michael Jackson film ‘This Is It’ break box office records?

Mon Oct 26 2009, 11:50am | 9 comments

caption this! image from ‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’

Wed Oct 14 2009, 05:02pm | 6 comments

the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Playmobil: The Secret of Pirate Island’

Tue Oct 13 2009, 08:47am | 11 comments

question of the day: Would you pay $40 to watch a new movie at home?

Mon Aug 31 2009, 10:46am | 15 comments

U.K. box office: hamsters can’t beat Harry Potter

Thu Aug 06 2009, 01:51am | 0 comments

‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Bad Wolf”

Sun Jul 26 2009, 09:35pm | 6 comments

my week at the movies: ‘Battle for Terra,’ ‘The Limits of Control,’ ‘Fighting,’ ‘Obsessed’

Tue Apr 21 2009, 05:27pm | 4 comments

Open Season (review)

Fri Sep 29 2006, 09:55am | 0 comments

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