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film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997

Geostorm movie review: weather bomb

Geostorm movie review: weather bomb

Tue Oct 24 2017, 10:34am | 23 comments

Wish Upon movie review: be careful what movies you see about wishes you should be careful about

Wish Upon movie review: be careful what movies you see about wishes you should be careful about

Fri Jul 14 2017, 09:55pm | 3 comments

can you spot the bullshit in this description of Timur Bekmambetov’s Warriors of Oz?

Wed Jul 24 2013, 07:42pm | 14 comments

geek or scream, the choice is yours: Syfy rebooting Blake’s 7

Wed Apr 10 2013, 08:43am | 0 comments

should we start calling the History Channel Hyfy?

Sat Mar 23 2013, 04:58pm | 0 comments

question of the day: Why have cable networks divorced their programming from all semblance of connection to their branding?

Fri Sep 21 2012, 10:46am | 0 comments

Cowboys & Aliens (review)

Tue Aug 16 2011, 10:19pm | 0 comments

Source Code (review)

Thu Mar 31 2011, 09:15pm | 0 comments

the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Battle of Los Angeles’

Tue Mar 15 2011, 04:51pm | 0 comments

the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Matty Hanson & The Invisibility Ray’

Tue Mar 08 2011, 04:02pm | 0 comments

‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Matt Smith talks to Digital Spy about the upcoming season, and being the Doctor

Wed Mar 02 2011, 04:09pm | 0 comments

what you don’t understand about Twitter; Facebook defriends Roger Ebert; Golden Globes in big trouble; more: leftover links

Sun Jan 30 2011, 01:50pm | 0 comments

Syfy ruins ‘Being Human’

Mon Jan 17 2011, 11:08am | 3 comments

Syfy blasts final episodes of ‘Caprica’

Mon Jan 03 2011, 11:25am | 0 comments

the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Stonehenge Apocalypse’

Tue Dec 21 2010, 10:20am | 0 comments

what does a tall tale in the town of Eureka sound like?

Tue Dec 07 2010, 12:30pm | 0 comments

‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Christmas special will be fast-tracked internationally

Tue Nov 02 2010, 07:15am | 0 comments

a few thoughts on ‘Caprica’: “False Labor”

Sun Oct 31 2010, 11:02pm | 0 comments

how ‘Caprica’ should end; why Roger Ebert hates lists; what the frak is Roland Emmerich up to?; more: leftover links

Sat Oct 30 2010, 03:48pm | 0 comments

what the frak! ‘Caprica’ cancelled!

Thu Oct 28 2010, 12:37am | 0 comments

a few thoughts on ‘Caprica’: “Things We Lock Away”

Mon Oct 25 2010, 08:44pm | 0 comments

deep thought (re the decline of Syfy)

Sun Sep 05 2010, 01:49pm | 13 comments

deep thought (re ‘Ghost Hunters’ on Syfy)

Wed Aug 25 2010, 06:53pm | 8 comments

a few thoughts on the new season of ‘Eureka’

Sat Jul 24 2010, 01:41pm | 14 comments

‘Haven’ debuts on Syfy tonight…

Fri Jul 09 2010, 04:17pm | 2 comments

Predators (review)

Fri Jul 09 2010, 12:01am | 4 comments

the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Nuclear Hurricane’

Tue Jun 29 2010, 02:21pm | 1 comment

question of the day: Has TV simply gone crazy?

Tue Jun 29 2010, 10:27am | 7 comments

question of the day: Why do we like bad movies?

Fri Jun 25 2010, 11:52am | 18 comments

wtf: Tiffany and Debbie Gibson to renew nonexistent 80s catfight in Syfy movie

Thu Jun 24 2010, 02:41pm | 6 comments

wtf: Syfy wants us viewers to create one of its Saturday night original films

Wed Jun 23 2010, 01:44pm | 15 comments

tonight on Syfy: ‘Stonehenge Apocalypse’

Sat Jun 12 2010, 11:39am | 21 comments

because Syfy really hates sci-fi, and its viewers

Thu May 06 2010, 02:25pm | 37 comments

‘Doctor Who’ breaks ratings records in the U.S.

Thu Apr 22 2010, 04:12pm | 6 comments

just received: ‘Gamera’ on DVD, Syfy’s ‘Mega Piranha’ and ‘Mothman’

Wed Apr 07 2010, 11:15am | 2 comments

question of the day: What should Syfy do with its new ‘Battlestar Galactica’ spinoff?

Wed Mar 31 2010, 09:40am | 11 comments

because Syfy wasn’t kidding when they said they don’t like sci fi

Wed Mar 17 2010, 08:02pm | 23 comments

Alice in Wonderland (review)

Mon Mar 08 2010, 10:47am | 36 comments

question of the day: What new specialty TV channel would you create?

Fri Feb 19 2010, 11:42am | 16 comments

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (review)

Sun Jan 10 2010, 07:58pm | 10 comments

Alice (review)

Sun Dec 06 2009, 06:04pm | 5 comments

U.K. and U.S. airdates for ‘Doctor Who’: “The Waters of Mars”

Sat Oct 31 2009, 03:42pm | 29 comments

trailer break: ‘Carriers’

Thu Sep 03 2009, 10:58am | 2 comments

trailer break: ‘Stargate: Universe’

Mon Jul 27 2009, 12:09pm | 7 comments

‘Warehouse 13’ debuts on Sci Fi, er, SyFy tonight

Tue Jul 07 2009, 01:41pm | 11 comments

Sci Fi Channel becomes SyFy today

Tue Jul 07 2009, 12:03pm | 16 comments

‘Doctor Who’ news roundup

Sat May 30 2009, 02:03pm | 7 comments

trailer break: ‘V: The Series’

Mon May 25 2009, 10:58am | 18 comments

question of the day: What can we hope for from the just-greenlit ‘MacGyver’ movie?

Wed Mar 18 2009, 08:58am | 7 comments

question of the day: WTF is up with the Sci Fi Channel changing its name to Syfy?

Tue Mar 17 2009, 09:30am | 19 comments

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