film criticism by maryann johanson | celebrating 25 years: 1997–2022
Dave Beauchene at PopTometry suggests that movie stars should only be movie stars if there can be unanimous agreement on their objectively superior talent. What’s more, this was once true, and has been lost. I couldn’t disagree more.
We can be assured that while Close will certainly be deglammed to play Boyle, she won’t be deglammed anywhere near enough…
Maybe this is a problem only I have, because I cannot avoid the entertainment news if I want to keep up with my industry. But even just scanning the headlines some days makes me shake my head and wonder, Did we really need to know that about her? Did we honestly need to hear that … more…
I don’t watch American Idol or similar shows — because I hate the Gong Show-style exercises in humilation they seem designed to be, and even at their best, it’s still just a bunch of bland pop singers — but it’s been impossible to avoid hearing about Susan Boyle, the Scottish woman who apparently startled Simon … more…
