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REVIEW. THE DRAMA battles its own emotional conundrum.
Robert Pattinson and Zendaya in The Drama. Note: No specific spoilers are given for the movie in this review though, if you have access to a smart phone or any type of social media, The Drama 's big reveal is hardly a secret anymore. What would you do if, days before your wedding, you found out that your fiancé had done something (or planned to) so heinous that you begin to question everything about that individual, your relationship and the future? That's the premise writer
MaryAnn Janosik
3 hours ago9 min read


MJ's View. Encore: MJtheMovies Goes Pod.
Poster for Bruce Springsteen's 2026 Tour. The raised fist says it all: Bruce Springsteen's 2026 "Land of Hopes and Dreams" Tour is serious, defiant, a pilgrimmage from Minneapolis to Washington where "no kings" will be tolerated and the power of the people will surely be emphasized. Last evening, I had the opportunity to speak again about all things Bruce, including the upcoming tour, with Jesse Jackson, lifelong "Boss" fan and creator of the "Set Lusting Bruce" podcast, now
MaryAnn Janosik
4 days ago1 min read


REVIEW. If you believe in the power of feel-good movies, PROJECT HAIL MARY might be the answer to your prayers.
Ryan Gosling in Project Hail Mary. Close your eyes and Imagine, if you can, a cinematic hybrid that's part 2001: A Space Odyssey (without the alien monolith), part Top Gun (karaoke and bar singing included), and part ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (Twizzlers instead of Reese's and an alien called Rocky). Then write a screenplay, based on Andy Weir's sci-fi novel, that jams in every available pop culture reference, Rocky Balboa related and otherwise. Top it off with some dazzling
MaryAnn Janosik
Mar 227 min read


MJ's Oscar Picks 2026: The Zombie Vampire Monster Ping Pong Edition
Best Supporting Actor Nominee Jacob Elordi as "The Creature" in Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein. " I found what I am. What I'm made from. I am the child of a charnel house. A wreckage, assembled from refuse and the discarded dead. A monster . " - - The Creature (Jacob Elordi), Frankenstein He kind of looks like Oscar, Jacob Elordi's "Creature," doesn't he? An abstract patchwork of souls whose life is a Tabula Rasa of other's memories, hopes, dreams. I lo
MaryAnn Janosik
Mar 1047 min read
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