Emma Rose Johnson

E-Mail: emmarosej@gmail.com

Web Page: http://moviemaven.blastmagazine.com

Short bio: Emma Johnson is a Blast Magazine critic whose work has appeared in The Boston Globe

Articles by Emma Johnson:

November 1, 2009

Boondock die-hards welcome a long-awaited cult sequel

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September 25, 2009

With a killer cast and a great premise, “Fame” fails in spite of itself.

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September 18, 2009

Here’s a colorless, ordinary story about love and loss in Seattle

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September 18, 2009

Feminine revenge, but not quite feminist

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August 21, 2009

Kari Skogland has cajones, but her film doesn’t

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August 19, 2009

A gentle, elegantly-drawn little fable.

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August 11, 2009

Is there any group of people more obsessive and ridiculous about food than Americans?

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August 7, 2009

Hugh Dancy did better than imaginable for a man who’s last film was “Confessions of a Shopoholic.”

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July 12, 2009

It’s so rare to see a real surprise come out of the major film industry anymore, it’s worth the $10 to see one.

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July 1, 2009

It’s full of classic gangster scenes, but is the film a classic?

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June 26, 2009

I still can’t get the taste of earnestness out of my mouth.

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June 25, 2009

Now maybe if this had happened last year… oh “The Dark Knight” and “Wall-E.”

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June 22, 2009

It doesn’t deserve any more credit than your average mediocre rom-com.

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May 31, 2009

The problem with web series is there’s just too damn many of them. Something will come along that takes the forefront for five seconds (hey there, “quarterlife”!) and then fades into the mists of time. Let’s hope the same fate does not befall “Interview Project,” produced by legendary filmmaker David Lynch and directed by his [...]

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May 29, 2009

I have a confession to make: I really kind of liked “Drag Me to Hell.”
Sam Raimi’s latest project is an homage to the gross-out B-horror flicks of the 70s and 80s (minus the nudity; hence the PG-13 rating). Alison Lohman plays Christine, a young woman with a bright future who finds herself at the business [...]

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May 23, 2009

Excited children swarmed to MIT for Scratch Day last week.

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May 18, 2009

You might think David Lynch would be a fascinating person to interview. Apparently Lynch would rather interview you.
Lynch is presenting “Interview Project”, a 121-part web series that will premiere on June 1. The program will feature three to five minute interviews with people from all across the country. Filmmakers Austin Lynch (David’s son) and Jason [...]

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May 16, 2009

Screenwriter Cinco Paul (“Horton Hears a Who”, “Santa Claus 2”) is teaming up with Jon Hale to produce the new dramedy “Nora”, to be produced by Beloved Pictures.
Paul and Hale wrote the story, which, according to Beloved President Caleb Applegate, is “profoundly believable and fantastically multidimensional.” The film is set in New [...]

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April 30, 2009

BROOKLINE — It appears they saved the best for last.
The closing film for the Independent Film Festival of Boston, “World’s Greatest Dad” represents the work of a mature, intelligent, thoughtful director, a man who wants to discuss loneliness, pain and the strange environment of middle age.
Written and Directed by: Bobcat Goldthwait
Starring: Robin Williams, [...]

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April 30, 2009

SOMERVILLE – It is always a question in documentary about how the camera effects its subject- how do documentary filmmakers consciously or unconsciously affect the film they are making, and hence the truth they are trying to tell?

This question kept ringing in my head while watching the screening of “Invisible Girlfriend,” a documentary about [...]

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