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Maryann Johanson

Children of the Night

Vampires are sensitive, werewolves are decisive and girls are idiots. Nice message, Twilight.

Maryann Johanson
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010

The Maid

This astonishing Chilean film beautifully observes the smallest of everyday things.

Maryann Johanson
| Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Spoiler Alert!

Wait, no, Knight and Day has nothing to spoil.

Maryann Johanson
| Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Just Shoot Me

Screwball comedy is supposed to be an even-handed battle of the sexes. But in Killers, Katherine Heigl plays an idiot.

Maryann Johanson
| Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Not Enough Splice

For a film dealing with "multispecies morphogens," this is a pretty common breed of sci-fi thriller.

Maryann Johanson
| Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Seems Four-ced

Hopefully the Shrek series will end at a quadrilogy. We’re running out of synonyms for “contrived.”

Maryann Johanson
| Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Love's Labour's Lost

Picking Chris Egan over Gael Garcia Bernal? That’s a Shakespearean tragedy.

Maryann Johanson
| Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Mostly Wrong

Somebody get Queen Latifah a decent film role.

Maryann Johanson
| Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Robbed

Robin Hood should take from its (overly) rich plot and give to its (frustratingly) poor characterizations

Maryann Johanson
| Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Precious

Precious depicts the worst that a girl’s experience can be

Maryann Johanson
| Wednesday, April 14, 2010
 
 
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