Adam JohnsonJul 5, 20195 min"Spider-Man: Far From Home" Is Good.Well. I love Spider-Man. I thought Spider-Man Unlimited was a cool cartoon as a kid. I grew up reading Ultimate Spider-Man, even into...
Adam JohnsonJun 15, 20194 minIsn't It Ironic That "The Dead Don't Die"?A lot is repeated in Jim Jarmusch's The Dead Don't Die, often to hilarious effect. They're not catchphrases, more like observati
Adam JohnsonJan 19, 20193 min"Glass" Values Ideas Over ThrillsIn the trilogy capper of the "Eastrail 177 Trilogy" (or the Unbreakable trilogy, if you prefer), David Dunn (Bruce Willis, Unbreakable),...
Adam JohnsonJul 5, 20186 minMy Conflict with "Hereditary"Crap. I hate when I can't fully celebrate a great film. By all counts, this is tremendous filmmaking. I think the last time I was this...
Adam JohnsonMay 28, 20184 minFor Me, "Solo" Is the Best of Disney's Star Wars StoriesIn recent days, I started to feel extremely unsure of what I wanted to do with my life. Was I actually working to fulfill my "calling,"...
Adam JohnsonFeb 5, 20183 min"The Greatest Showman" Reminds Us Why We Go to the MoviesThe Greatest Showman and I have had an interesting history. When I first heard about it, it was my most anticipated movie of 2017. Then I...
Adam JohnsonDec 29, 20175 min"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" Is the Defining Chapter of the SagaWe are knee-deep in the new age of Star Wars. The Last Jedi is the eighth episode, the ninth live-action theatrical film, and the third...
Adam JohnsonDec 21, 20174 minRidley Scott Is a Freakin' Beast: "All the Money in the World" ReviewAll the Money in the World was not even on my radar before Kevin Spacey was removed from the finished film in the wake of numerous...
Adam JohnsonSep 17, 20173 minNolan Creates a Tense WW2 Snapshot with "Dunkirk"A handful of young British soldiers walk the eerily quiet and empty streets of Dunkirk, France. Though the war rages on, this seems to be...
Adam JohnsonSep 10, 20173 min"It" Floats with Terror, Character, and AdventureIn 1990, Tim Curry scarred children forever as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in ABC's 1990 adaptation of Stephen King's brick of a novel,...
Adam JohnsonAug 24, 20175 min"Logan" Continues to Reinvent the WheelMarch's Logan was an important film for a number of reasons. For one, it signaled the end of the run of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. This...
Adam JohnsonAug 9, 20173 min"Annabelle: Creation" Brings Memorable Terror and Iffy CharactersIn truth, dear reader, I was terrified. For much of the movie, my knees were shaking. I covered my face in fright with my sweatshirt (but...
Adam JohnsonJul 31, 20173 min"The Big Sick:" Sweet, Honest, and Shouldn't Be OverlookedJuly. It's the middle of the summer, full of the latest chapters in our favorite blockbuster franchises (or in the case of Transformers,...
Adam JohnsonJul 28, 20174 min"It Comes at Night:" An Unconventional Contemplation on DeathIn my experience, the horror film genre gets a bad rap. In a conversation with a friend at the beginning of the year, I recommended The...
Adam JohnsonApr 17, 20176 minHOLIDAY REVIEW: Jesus Christ SuperstarThis may single-handedly be the most interesting Bible film I have ever seen. Jesus Christ Superstar, based on the hit musical by Andrew...
Adam JohnsonApr 14, 20174 min"Beauty and the Beast" Is Padded, Pretty, and FlawedRemakes, adaptations, and sequels have always been part of cinema. Old ghost stories were adapted and made several times over by...
Adam JohnsonMar 19, 20174 minJames McAvoy Gives a Master-Class Performance in "Split"M. Night Shyamalan has had an interesting career. Despite making a splash with his debut film The Sixth Sense, after the release of The...
Adam JohnsonMar 16, 20174 min"I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore" Is Quirky, Dark, and OriginalPeople suck. At least it can appear that way at times. A few weeks ago, my mom and I were almost crushed on I-4 when a U-Haul trailer...
Adam JohnsonFeb 26, 20174 minCivil Rights, Women, and Humanity Win in "Hidden Figures""We all get to the peak together or we don't get there at all," says Al Harrison, played by Kevin Costner (Thirteen Days, Field of...
Adam JohnsonJun 21, 20163 min"Love & Friendship" Is a Slow-Paced but Delightfully Witty Addition to the Austen FilmToday, I'm reviewing Love & Friendship. "What is this movie? I've never seen a single trailer for it on the telly," you are 99.9%...