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Review of Martian (2015)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 11 Oct 2015

An excellent complement to the novel, simplifying the science without dumbing it down yet retaining the suspense and urgency of its interplanetary…

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Review of The Martian (2015)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 11 Oct 2015

An excellent complement to the novel, simplifying the science without dumbing it down yet retaining the suspense and urgency of its interplanetary…

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Review of Room (2015)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 09 Oct 2015

I wish I could have stopped the film - numerous times - simply to give myself a chance to step back from an emotional precipice of horror and tension…

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Review of Dukhtar (2014)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 08 Oct 2015

A gripping story from a place where women are less than second-class citizens that insists that they are, in fact, people who deserve to live…

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Review of Suffragette (2015)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 06 Oct 2015

The first feature film ever about the women who fought for their right to vote is glorious. It is angry and passionate and defiant. It is essential…

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Review of Sicario (2015)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 04 Oct 2015

The 'War on Drugs' has never felt more like an actual war in this brutal, scathing condemnation of the lawlessness of the battle…

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Review of The Walk (2015)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 01 Oct 2015

Puts CGI, IMAX, and 3D (and Joseph Gordon-Levitt) to perfect use. Everything here comes with a vertiginous thrill and a delightful enchantment…

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Review of The Intern (2010)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 01 Oct 2015

A nice movie about real problems people face in real life, and it deals with them in as sidelong a way as it possibly can, avoiding all strong…

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Review of The Intern (2015)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 01 Oct 2015

A nice movie about real problems people face in real life, and it deals with them in as sidelong a way as it possibly can, avoiding all strong…

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Review of Life (2014)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 29 Sep 2015

A smart, wistful exploration of art, ambition, and celebrity, with appealingly melancholic performances by Robert Pattinson and Dane DeHaan…

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Review of Miss You Already (2015)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 27 Sep 2015

Authentically female in how it gets inside a lifelong friendship between two women, and as wisely funny as it is sharply poignant…

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Review of Doctor Who: Last Christmas (2014)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 16 Sep 2015

With this episode, Moffat may have reached a pinnacle of immunizing the show not only from criticism but from any sort of discussion at all…

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Review of Containment (2015)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 15 Sep 2015

There's nothing groundbreaking in this low-budget sci-fi thriller, but newbie director Mcenery-West makes excellent use of his claustrophobic setting…

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Review of Containment (2015)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 15 Sep 2015

There's nothing groundbreaking in this low-budget sci-fi thriller, but newbie director Mcenery-West makes excellent use of his claustrophobic setting…

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Review of How to Change the World (2014)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 14 Sep 2015

A warts-and-all history of Greenpeace full of colorful characters and beset by twists and surprises. An inspiring, even exhilarating tribute…

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Review of Listening (2015)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 14 Sep 2015

Naive, hamfisted, and amateurish indie sci-fi... but as hilarious as the clumsy, clichéd execution is, it still isn't even worth it for the laughs…

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Review of Everest (2015)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 13 Sep 2015

A spectacular, heart-stopping adventure that has you catching your breath and gasping in shock…

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Review of Legend (2015)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 10 Sep 2015

Tom Hardy is fab, but this is GoodFellas-lite, depicting violent sociopaths as glamorous, even amusing, and lacking all understanding of what…

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Review of Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 10 Sep 2015

The only slightly original element of the first film - the Maze - is gone, and now we're in not simply a generic afterscape butevery sci-fi…

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Review of The Second Mother (2015)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 09 Sep 2015

Sharply observant and always surprising; mixes dry humor, aching drama, and stinging social commentary in its clashes between classes and generations…

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Maryann Johanson has written reviews for:

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The List (2,018)
Film.com (1,892)
Film4 (1,522)
Apollo Guide (1,430)
Orlando Weekly (1,048)
Missoula Independent (105)

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