G. Allen Johnson
Staff Writer at SFGate
SF Chronicle movie journalist, copy editor, Indiana-born [email protected]
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sfchronicle.com | G. Allen Johnson
Dakota Johnson, shown posing at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 19, stars in Celine Song’s “Materialists,” in theaters Friday, June 13. Scott A Garfitt/Associated PressDakota Johnson has freed herself from the “Madame Web” debacle. The actress says the tanking of the 2024 superhero movie she starred in “wasn’t my fault,” and put the blame on the decision-makers at Sony Pictures. “There’s this thing that happens now where a lot of creative decisions are made by committee.
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sfchronicle.com | G. Allen Johnson
Ana de Armas swings into action in “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina.”Murray Close/Lionsgate/Associated PressPlaying a Cuban agent, Ana de Armas helped Daniel Craig’s James Bond infiltrate a villain’s lair in a brief but memorable appearance in “No Time to Die.” In her latest film, the clunkily titled “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina,” de Armas proves she could play James Bond. Or John Wick himself, for that matter.
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freerepublic.com | G. Allen Johnson
Free RepublicBrowse · SearchNews/ActivismTopics · Post ArticleSkip to comments. Clint is 95SF Chronic ^ | May 30, 2025 | By G. Allen Johnson, Staff WriterPosted on by sasquatchAs Clint Eastwood turns 95, is the America that made him slipping away? (Excerpt) Read more at sfchronicle.com ...
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sfchronicle.com | G. Allen Johnson
Clint Eastwood, shown at an event in Los Angeles in 2019, turn 95 on May 31, 2025. Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/FilmMagicAmerica has changed a lot since 1930, but Clint Eastwood hasn’t. Or so it would seem. The cinema legend, who turns 95 on Saturday, May 31, was born in San Francisco, raised in the East Bay and spent most of his life as a resident of Monterey County.
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houstonchronicle.com | G. Allen Johnson
“Karate Kid: Legends” is steeped in nostalgia, which helps paper over a formulaic script and the strange reality that its domestic scenes are more effective than its fight action. It opens with a scene between a young Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) from “Karate Kid Part II” (1986). By the film’s second half, a much older Daniel and Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) team up to train a teenager, Li Fong (Ben Wang of “American Born Chinese”), ahead of a big tournament.
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A pleasant surprise: In ‘Ballerina,’ Ana de Armas reaches Keanu Reeves’ level. Fight me if you disagree: https://t.co/HmzvoPaA31