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, 2009Boondock die-hards welcome a long-awaited cult sequel
September 25, 2009With a killer cast and a great premise, “Fame” fails in spite of itself.
September 18, 2009Here’s a colorless, ordinary story about love and loss in Seattle
September 18, 2009Feminine revenge, but not quite feminist
August 21, 2009Kari Skogland has cajones, but her film doesn’t
August 19, 2009A gentle, elegantly-drawn little fable.
August 11, 2009Is there any group of people more obsessive and ridiculous about food than Americans?
August 7, 2009Hugh Dancy did better than imaginable for a man who’s last film was “Confessions of a Shopoholic.”
July 12, 2009It’s so rare to see a real surprise come out of the major film industry anymore, it’s worth the $10 to see one.
July 1, 2009It’s full of classic gangster scenes, but is the film a classic?
June 26, 2009I still can’t get the taste of earnestness out of my mouth.
June 25, 2009Now maybe if this had happened last year… oh “The Dark Knight” and “Wall-E.”
June 22, 2009It doesn’t deserve any more credit than your average mediocre rom-com.
May 31, 2009The 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 [...]
May 29, 2009I 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 [...]
Excited children swarmed to MIT for Scratch Day last week.
May 18, 2009You might think David Lynch would be a fascinating person to interview. Apparently Lynch would rather interview you.
Lynch is presenting “Interview Projectâ€, 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 [...]
Screenwriter Cinco Paul (“Horton Hears a Whoâ€, “Santa Claus 2â€) is teaming up with Jon Hale to produce the new dramedy “Noraâ€, 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 [...]
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, [...]
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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