MaryAnn Johanson

MaryAnn Johanson

MaryAnn Johanson is a self-described blogger, film critic and author based in New York City. Her first book, "The Totally Geeky Guide to The Princess Bride," was published in August 2006. [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1847287395 Amazon.com: The Totally Geeky Guide to The Princess Bride: Books: MaryAnn Johanson ] ]

She publishes a blog of film reviews at flickfilosopher.com [ [http://www.flickfilosopher.com/ FlickFilosopher.com | cinematic musings by MaryAnn Johanson ] ] where she also blogs about "geek culture" under the heading "Geek Philosophy." [ [http://flickfilosopher.com/geekphilosophy/ GeekPhilosophy.com ] ]

Her reviews appear in a number of free weekly newspapers, including Salt Lake City Weekly [ [http://www.slweekly.com/index.cfm?do=article.doSearch Salt Lake City Weekly - Salt Lake City's Independent Guide To News, Arts & Entertainment ] ] , Charleston City Paper [ [http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A32244 Capsule Reviews of Current Movies - Screen - Capsule Reviews - Charleston City Paper - Charleston ] ] and The Colorado Springs Independent. [ [http://www.csindy.com/csindy/2007-08-23/film2.html Colorado Springs Independent : Film : Reviews : Resurrecting the Champ: A respectable fight ] ]

In an article about online movie reviewers, Time Magazine questioned Johanson's objectivity, pointing out that she is an aspiring screenwriter "which raises the question of whether [she] can objectively review product by the same film studios [she] might hope to interest in [her] script." And further pointing out that "in her recent rave review of Francis Coppola's Apocalypse Now Redux, the Flick Filosopher even mentions having shopped a script unsuccessfully to Coppola's company." Her reviews are targeted at "GenX" sci-fi and fantasy fans. Regular readers understand this and read her work due to it. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000636-3,00.html Everyone's A Critic - TIME ] ]

But Johanson is not afraid to pan popular and critically acclaimed movies as she did with Superbad ("excruciating"), [ [http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/2007/08/superbad_review.html FlickFilosopher.com: Superbad (review) ] ] Meet The Parents ("an unfathomably awful film"), [ [http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/2000/10/meet_the_parents_and_flirting.html FlickFilosopher.com: Meet the Parents and Flirting with Disaster (review) ] ] and There's Something About Mary ("I was completely and utterly bored by it... I weep for America"). [ [http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/1999/02/theres_something_about_mary_re.html FlickFilosopher.com: There's Something About Mary (review) ] ]

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.flickfilosopher.com The Flick Filosopher]
* [http://www.geekphilosophy.com Geek Philosophy]


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