Ann Hornaday

Washington, D.C.

Washington Post film critic; Baltimorean by way of Iowa, NYC and Austin. Author of TALKING PICTURES: HOW TO WATCH MOVIES (Basic Books, June 2017)

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Articles

‘Secret Mall Apartment’: Art project as prank, with a profound twist

6 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Ann Hornaday

‘Secret Mall Apartment’: Art project as prank, with a profound twist (washingtonpost.com) ‘Secret Mall Apartment’: Art project as prank, with a profound twist By Ann Hornaday 2025050810005100 "Secret Mall Apartment" delivers on its title.
‘Thunderbolts*’: Another Marvel widget, saved by the cast

1 week ago | tj.news | Ann Hornaday

• • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentHo-hum. That’s the mood that engulfs Thunderbolts* from its opening scene, when Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) contemplates the ennui-inspiring routine of her life as a highly trained assassin, staring into the void from the top of the world’s second-highest building in Kuala Lumpur, then going through the murderous motions in a top-secret science lab.
The blockbuster is 50, and ‘chicken jockey’ is what we have to show for it

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Ann Hornaday

What ever happened to watching a movie? The question has become more than rhetorical in recent weeks. In mid-April, as “A Minecraft Movie” was becoming a box office juggernaut, theaters were reporting a trend that involved young filmgoers throwing food, doing backflips and standing on their heads when the film’s star, Jack Black, said the phrase “chicken jockey.” The pranks occasionally led to genuinely disturbing incidents, like fights between patrons and destruction of property.
The blockbuster is 50, and ‘chicken jockey’ is what we have to show for it

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Ann Hornaday

The blockbuster is 50, and ‘chicken jockey’ is what we have to show for it (washingtonpost.com) The blockbuster is 50, and ‘chicken jockey’ is what we have to show for it By Ann Hornaday 2025050310000000 What ever happened to watching a movie? The question has become more than rhetorical in recent weeks.
Column | The blockbuster is 50, and ‘chicken jockey’ is what we have to show for it

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Ann Hornaday

3 days agoMoviegoers can now get rowdy at interactive 'Minecraft' screeningsWarner Brothers is creating a safe space to yell out "Chicken Jockey!" This Friday, fans can embrace the madness by singing or miming along with their favorite moments from the film at special Block Party editions of “A Minecraft Movie.” » Subscribe to TODAY: https://www.youtube.com/@TODAY About: TODAY brings you the latest headlines and expert tips on money, health and parenting.
REVIEW: ‘Thunderbolts*’ is another Marvel widget, saved by the cast

1 week ago | torontosun.com | Ann Hornaday

That’s the mood that engulfs “Thunderbolts*” from its opening scene, when Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) contemplates the ennui-inspiring routine of her life as a highly trained assassin, staring into the void from the top of the world’s second-highest building in Kuala Lumpur, then going through the murderous motions in a top-secret science lab.
‘Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round’ revisits a key civil rights protest

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Ann Hornaday

‘Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round’ revisits a key civil rights protest (washingtonpost.com) ‘Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round’ revisits a key civil rights protest By Ann Hornaday 2025050210005200 Ilana Trachtman excavates a powerful shard of D.C. social history in "Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round," an illuminating chronicle of a germinal moment in civil rights history.
‘Thunderbolts*’: Another Marvel Cinematic Universe factory product saved by the cast

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Ann Hornaday

Ho-hum. ‘THUNDERBOLTS*’Starring: Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, Lewis Pullman, David Harbour, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Geraldine Viswanathan. Rating: PG-13 for strong violence, profanity, thematic elements and some drug references.
“Rust” rinde homenaje al western clásico de Hollywood, con incomodidad

1 week ago | infobae.com | Ann Hornaday

Últimas NoticiasPolíticaEconomíaDólar hoyDeportesSociedadPoliciales“Rust”, el lento y sepia homenaje de Alec Baldwin y Joel Souza al western americano, es el tipo de ejercicio de género respetable pero anodino que habría pasado desapercibido de no ser por las circunstancias en las que se rodó. En 2021, durante el ensayo de una escena, se disparó una pistola que empuñaba Baldwin, productor y protagonista de la película.
‘Rust’ honors the classic Hollywood western, uneasily

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Ann Hornaday

‘Rust’ honors the classic Hollywood western, uneasily (washingtonpost.com) ‘Rust’ honors the classic Hollywood western, uneasily By Ann Hornaday 2025050118085700 "Rust," Alec Baldwin and Joel Souza's slow-moving, sepia-toned homage to the American western, is the kind of respectable if unremarkable genre exercise that would have come and gone without much notice were it not for the circumstances of its making.