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I'm MaryAnn Johanson, writer and editor, and this is my scratch pad, idea-jotter-downer, portfolio and resume, and general hang-out blog.

• film/TV/pop culture critic at FlickFilosopher.com
• contributor, Film.com
• member, Online Film Critics Society
• member, Alliance of Women Film Journalists
• member, International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences

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Location: New York City
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• the finest media commentary the right wing has to offer... from 1898, 1962, and an alternate dimension
• RIP film editor Karen Schmeer
• watch it: “Murray Hill Incorporated is Running for Congress”
• my week at the movies: ‘The Wolfman,’ ‘Mother,’ ‘Frozen,’ ‘Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,’ ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,’ ‘Valentine’s Day’
• trailer break: ‘Repo Men’
• somewhere in an alternate uinverse -- maybe -- Neil Gaiman may have written a ‘Doctor Who’ episode
• question of the day: What does Hollywood always get wrong when depicting ordinary people?
• ‘Vanity Fair’ can recognize sexism and unfair treatment of women in Hollywood...
• ‘Caprica’ blogging: “The Reins of a Waterfall”
• watch it: “The Super Bowl Shuffle: The Bears”
• retro trailer: ‘Brian’s Song’
• Warren Beatty vs Pauline Kael, MacGruber movie in trouble, more: leftover links
• watch it: “Sean James and Al Joyner respond to the Tebow Super Bowl ad”
• February 5: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
• watch it: the 2/6/10 weekly address from President Barack Obama
• question of the weekend: What -- if anything -- do you do to prepare for a big storm?
• watch it: “Slow loris loves getting tickled”
• Dear John (review)
• I’d love to have people say “Bloody Torchwood” as I drive by...
• screencap Friday: what the flick? #109
• because every girl’s mother is her frenemy
• trailer break: ‘Universal Dead’
• question of the day: What will the pitch for the J.D. Salinger movie sound like?
• watch it: 1980s Teddy Ruxpin commercial
• U.K. box office: some more about ‘Avatar’
• bias update: February 4
• From Paris with Love (review)
• “Women Writers React to the Oscar Nominations”
• because nobody uses teh Googles
• North American box office: ‘Avatar’ is 7 weeks at No. 1