film criticism by maryann johanson | celebrating 25 years: 1997–2022
In the era of COVID and Brexit, much of this overstuffed adventure feels redundant, farcical, inconsequential, and desperate. But Ana de Armas and Lashana Lynch show us the way to a future for 007.
Now updated with all the winners…
Spotlight takes four awards, including Best Film…
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With the departure of Judi Dench’s M, there is no longer even a single woman in a position of authority in the current Bond series.
After a truly spectacular and fresh opening sequence, everyone might as well be enacting a Bond puppet show, which is sometimes unpleasantly retro-icky.
