Bridge of Spies review — Antiquated Crossings

October 16, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Steven Spielberg | Written by Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, and Joel Coen | 141 min Don't believe the marketing. Yes, Bridge Of Spies is set in the late 1950s and early '60s, based on a true story, and yes, it's set in the intelligence community of the United States, the Soviet Union, and…Read More

In Cinemas: Friday, October 16, 2015 — Bridge of Spies, Crimson Peak, Beeba Boys, Freeheld, Brand: A Second Coming, Goosebumps, Woodlawn, and more…

October 15, 2015 flawintheiris

We still await the arrival of Steve Jobs, the Oscar-bait biopic getting a heavy push from a TV marketing campaign but it still hasn't opened outside of Toronto. Frustrating. I think we can expect it on October 23. In the meantime, we have no lack of interesting material opening locally in cinemas. This weekend is one of…Read More

Beeba Boys review — The Suits Are Magic

October 15, 2015 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Deepa Mehta | 103 min Jeet Johar (Randeep Hooda) is a bit of a folk hero and leader in the Vancouver Indo-Canadian community. He's also a gangster, with a posse of five well-groomed, well-dressed henchmen rolling for him, killing people who encroach on his territory. Keen to join the crew is Nep…Read More

Reviews: Coherence, Duke Of Burgundy, Kill The Messenger, Slow West, Z For Zachariah

October 11, 2015 flawintheiris

Recent releases available on DVD and VOD that didn't screen in local cinemas: Coherence Directed by James Ward Byrkit | Written by Byrkit and Alex Manugian | 89 min Eight dissatisfied urbanites gather for a party on a night when a comet burns through the sky. All their mobile phones go dead, and then the…Read More

LENS ME YOUR EARS Ep. 014 — Nova Scotia Filmmaking

October 9, 2015 flawintheiris

Coming off the cinema-going depth charge that is the Atlantic Film Festival, my podcasting co-host Stephen Cooke and I took a look at movies shot here in Nova Scotia, both the ones by filmmakers who are from elsewhere and productions made by the homegrown industry. (Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between them, given the…Read More

In Cinemas: Friday, October 9 — Phoenix, Hyena Road, He Named Me Malala, Pan, Knock Knock, The Death Of Superman Lives: What Happened?

October 9, 2015 flawintheiris

The third screening of this season's Carbon Arc series is Phoenix, a German post-war thriller directed by Christian Petzold, who won the Silver Bear at Berlin for his previous picture, Barbara. The buzz about this new film has been pretty hot, and though I haven't yet seen it, I'm psyched. (Full disclosure: I also had…Read More

The Walk review — Sure-Footed In The Sky

October 5, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Robert Zemeckis | Written by Zemeckis and Christopher Browne, based on a book by Philippe Petit | 123 min Unlike last week's feature release, Pawn Sacrifice, where the historical drama compared unflatteringly to a more comprehensive documentary (Liz Garbus' Bobby Fischer Against The World), The Walk distances itself from James Marsh's brilliant and Oscar-winning Man…Read More

CTV Morning Live: Friday, Oct. 2 — A Prestige Weekend

October 3, 2015 flawintheiris

On Friday morning Heidi Petracek and the good people at CTV here in Halifax had me on to talk new movies. I reviewed Sicario, The Martian, Mission To Lars, and talked up Carbon Arc. Please go here to see the clip.Read More

In Cinemas: October 2, 2015 — Sicario, The Martian, The Walk, Mission To Lars, Singh is Bliing, When Marnie Was There

October 2, 2015 flawintheiris

The fall prestige movies have started to arrive, three this very weekend. So far I have to recommend Sicario, Denis Villeneuve's terrific drug war picture starring Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro. It's a powerful, violent, gorgeous movie, one that has grown in my estimation in the couple of days since I've seen it. Please…Read More

The Martian review — Deep Space Hokum

October 2, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Ridley Scott | Written by Drew Goddard from a book by Andy Weir | 141 min Sometimes professionalism is its own reward, and sometimes it isn't. Ridley Scott is a craftsperson of the highest order, and here he delivers a very well-made film crammed with entertainment, if you can manage to ignore the…Read More