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Joe Johnston

Joe Johnston's work as covered on Movie Habit

  • Captain America (2011)

    Joe Johnston, Director

    Review by Matt Anderson: The heartbreak is this good movie could've been great.

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  • Hidalgo (2004)

    Joe Johnston, Director

    Mortensen lends sincerity to Hidalgo Review by Matt Anderson: Hidalgo boasts fleeting moments of epic sweep, interrupted by easy tricks and artificiality

    DVD review by Matt Anderson: The DVD extras are sparse and the movie suffers from silly subplots

  • Jurassic Park III (2001)

    Joe Johnston, Director

    William H. Macy has a walk in Jurassic Park III Review by Scott Poston: Jurassic Park is leaner and meaner without Spielberg

  • October Sky (1999)

    Joe Johnston, Director

    Gyllenhaal and Dern look to the October Sky Review by Marty Mapes: A better film than its two-dimensional characters and a trite story suggest

  • Jumanji (1995)

    Joe Johnston, Director

    Review by Marty Mapes

  • The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

    Joe Johnston, Director

    The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Review by Matt Anderson: It's all as mechanical as the tin soldiers featured in the climactic War of the Realms.

  • The Rocketeer

    Joe Johnston, Director

    DVD review by Matt Anderson: The Rocketeer is full of "aw, shucks" innocence when it really needs some "oh wow" mojo.