Skip to content
  • weekly digest email
  • Patreon (paid or free)
  • Substack (paid or free)
  • my books
  • about/contact
  • social media, etc
  • sponsorship
  • rss
FlickFilosopher.com

handcrafted by maryann johanson (human) | 100% free of AIs and algorithms

  • 21st-century sci-fi
  • movies for the resistance
  • classic film virgin
  • directed by women
    • Where Are the Women? project
  • in cinemas
    • US and Canada
    • UK and Ireland
  • watch at home
    • US and Canada
    • UK and Ireland
  • 2025’s films ranked
    • 2026’s films ranked
    • 2024’s films ranked
    • 2023’s films ranked
    • 2022’s films ranked
  • all recent posts
    • archives by month
  • all reviews
    • A–M
    • N–Z
    • Oscars Best Pix
    • Oscars Best Animated Pix
  • new comments

Target

Queer Eye S1/S2 television review: self-care for the straight guy

Mon, Aug 27, 2018
43 comments

The nicest, kindest critique of toxic masculinity imaginable. The makeovers aren’t only about new clothes and a haircut: they’re about men waking up to a new sense of self, and a new participation in their own lives.

| 43 Comments

Puzzle movie review: reclaiming the pieces of her life

Fri, Jul 27, 2018
1 comment

Kelly Macdonald is exquisite, bringing a lovely freshness and authentic life to a familiar sort of character. Even a script that is often improbable and strained cannot detract from her journey, hard as it tries to.

| 1 Comment

never fear! Hollywood remains stuck in the remake rut (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, Oct 03, 2012
no comments yet

Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

| Leave a comment

Doctor Who thing of the day: Target novelization-style “book covers” for new episodes

Mon, Sep 17, 2012
no comments yet

Remember those old Target novelizations of the classic episodes? What if Target was still novelizing the Doctor’s adventures?

| Leave a comment

a U.S.-only Avengers postcredits tag scene (and other adventures in social networking)

Thu, May 03, 2012
no comments yet

What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

| Leave a comment

question of the day: Should films be altered for international release?

Thu, May 03, 2012
3 comments

Why alter away what makes it different from what you’d see at home? Isn’t part of the charm of seeing a foreign film the taste of another culture you get from it?

| 3 Comments

adventures in Lille (part 3)

Fri, Nov 25, 2011
no comments yet

The town got very pretty once the sun set and the lights started coming on…

| Leave a comment

things you need to know: American girls not yet princessy enough; more pink to be applied

Fri, Nov 04, 2011
no comments yet

Do you secretly worry that America is falling into a “princess gap” with other nations that have their own actual, for-reals royals? Fear not: National Princess Week is coming!

| Leave a comment

Warren Beatty vs Pauline Kael, MacGruber movie in trouble, more: leftover links

Sun, Feb 07, 2010
5 comments

Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…

| 5 Comments

10,000 B.C. movie review: prehysterical

Fri, Mar 07, 2008
23 comments

Oh my god: the silly, it burns. It burns!

| 23 Comments

sf/f/h flash fiction by me

Cultural Artifacts cover
now on Kindle Unlimited!

try KU for free:
US Amazon
Can Amazon
UK Amazon

please help keep truly independent film criticism alive!
support my work at Patreon  support my work at Substack
Pledge your support now at Patreon or Substack.
FREE regular streaming recommendations via Substack and Patreon.
Or make a one-time or recurring donation via PayPal. (PayPal account not required; debit/credit card payment available.)

shop to support




Watch on Apple TV

When you purchase or rent almost anything from Amazon US, Amazon Canada, Amazon UK, and Apple TV, Books, and Music (globally), I get a small affiliate fee that helps support my work. Please use my links if you can! (Affiliate fees do not increase your cost.) Thank you!
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
sample sponsored post (sponsored) - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce quis risus odio.


member
Online Film Critics Society


member
Alliance of Women Film Journalists

Vuelio top-10 UK film blog


Tomatometer-approved critic on
Rotten Tomatoes


top critic
Movie Review Query Engine

Amazon US author page
Amazon UK author page


executive member
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
Copyright © 1997–2026 MaryAnn Johanson. All rights reserved.
No content appearing on this site may be reproduced, reposted, or reused in any manner without express written permission.
All images appearing on this site not created by me are utilized under fair-use doctrines.
No images or text appearing on this site may be used to train artificial intelligence.
privacy policy | hosted by Fused