Fly Me To The Moon
Fly Me To The Moon (2024) feels like a film made by committee. A film where studio executives had the final say. Everything is played safe and nothing at all… Read more »
Tag: Scarlett Johansson
Ghost World
Ghost World (2001) is a classic. It’s a film that I and all my friends in high school loved. We related to the cynicism of Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson… Read more »
Asteroid City
Wes Anderson continues to explore the synthesis between high camp visuals and dead pan existentialism with a flare for miniature photography and jukebox scores in the science fiction film Asteroid… Read more »
Manny & Lo
Lisa Krueger’s Manny & Lo (1996) is an underrated gem of the independent film movement of the nineties. Scarlett Johansson, who plays the titular Manny, was only twelve when the… Read more »
Under The Skin
In the time since its first release Jonathan Glazer’s film Under The Skin (2013) has only risen in its critical status. Some blogs that I have encountered consider Under The… Read more »
The Prestige
Christopher Nolan made The Prestige (2006) between his first and second Batman features. It was a return for Nolan to the pseudo non-linear narrative storytelling of Memento (2000) but with… Read more »
Lost In Translation
How perfect is it that a film which so defined a generation should open with a shot of Scarlett Johansson’s buttocks? Sofia Coppola’s Lost In Translation (2003) is one of… Read more »
Black Widow
Black Widow (2021) arrived a decade too late. After so many stops and goes Scarlett Johansson finally gets her solo superhero outing after Disney has killed off her character within… Read more »
Ghost In The Shell
2017 wasn’t the best year in Scarlett Johansson’s career. Aside from appearing in the critically derided Rough Night, Johansson also appeared as the lead in Rupert Sander’s live action adaptation… Read more »
We Bought A Zoo
Cameron Crowe’s best work is all tied to his own experiences coming of age. Almost Famous (2000) and Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) are both literal examinations of his… Read more »
