MaryAnn Johanson
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Affiliation:
FlickFilosopher.com
Location:
Bronx, NY, 10470
Birthday:
August 19, 1969

MaryAnn Johanson

 
MaryAnn Johanson
Oh, damn, it’s Saturday, isn’t it? Wednesday felt like a Friday, Thanksgiving Day felt like a Saturday, and now the actual Friday and Saturday of this week feel like days out of time. But then tomorrow will feel like a...
MaryAnn Johanson
...the end of Oprah; sexism hurts everybody; and more. Yes, it’s The Week in Women, my regular column over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Enjoy....
MaryAnn Johanson
Yesterday, the Online Film Critic Society -- of which I am a member, and I serve on its Governing Committee -- announced our favorite Thankgiving-themed movie (go here to learn which film we picked). Now it’s your turn: What’s your...
MaryAnn Johanson
Take a break from work: watch a trailer......
MaryAnn Johanson
I’ve been cooking Thanksgiving dinner all day, so I haven’t gotten to as much posting as I would have liked to. For now, enjoy this British -- and hence totally unrelated to any American holiday -- commercial:...
MaryAnn Johanson
The Guardian is reporting that Peter Jackson has ramped up the violence in The Lovely Bones after test audiences demanded more blood: Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson has revealed that he had to shoot new footage for The Lovely Bones after...
MaryAnn Johanson
Take a break from work: watch a trailer......
MaryAnn Johanson
Remember that the following is meant to make you want to see the movie: What happens to a woman when she is abused by her parents, becomes a runaway at the tender age of 14, is molested by a...
MaryAnn Johanson
You might have thought that Tucker Max might have taken a hint from the fact that his toddler’s temper tantrum of a flick, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, was rejected not only by critics but by audiences: it...
MaryAnn Johanson
Over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. He was really cool and very interesting. And his new movie is fabulous, too. (Review next week.)...
MaryAnn Johanson
As pure drama, these are still fascinating to watch, especially to see the early work of some now very famous names. But as a look at what TV was doing half a century ago, it’s riveting.
MaryAnn Johanson
...a new part of our bodies we gals must learn to hate; Sex Slave: The Movie won’t be exploitive, the (male) director promises; and more. It’s The Week in Women, my regular column over at the Alliance of Women Film...
MaryAnn Johanson
Take a look back at an old trailer......
MaryAnn Johanson
I’ve always got piles of books around me: books to read, books I’ve read and mean to write about at MaryAnnJohanson.com (and never seem to find the time to do so), books I feel like I should read but keep...
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The Spanish Civil War by Hugh Thomas. Next ... a very good question ...
November 21 at 9:35pm
MaryAnn Johanson
We’re emerging from the Great Recession? Who knew? Hoorah!...