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Maryann Johanson

Fun With Metaphors

Brad Pitt takes on the financial crisis with Killing Them Softly

Maryann Johanson
| Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Mercy Killing

The Paranormal Activity franchise must be put down

Maryann Johanson
| Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Frozen in Cliche

The most recent Ice Age installment has all the well-worn marks of a paycheck sequel

Maryann Johanson
| Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Fairy Tale Fail

Snow White and the Huntsman brings little excitement to a well-worn story.

Maryann Johanson
| Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Bored Game

Battleship flounders in the deep end of alien-invasion idiocy.

Maryann Johanson
| Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Nevermore

John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe, crime-solver, could have been great. It isn't.

Maryann Johanson
| Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Safe Words

Just say 'action,' 'Statham' and, perhaps for the first time, 'complexity.'

Maryann Johanson
| Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Crowne of Yawns

If Larry Crowne had the courage to satirize corporate bullshit and manufactured emotions, it'd be a better movie.

Maryann Johanson
| Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Grading on a Different Curve

With its surprisingly smart script, Bad Teacher is a send-up of typical romantic comedies.

Maryann Johanson
| Wednesday, June 22, 2011

I Am Number Four

A big, dumb movie for the Team Edward/Jacob crowd.

Maryann Johanson
| Wednesday, May 25, 2011
 
 
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