Tag Archives: Alison Pill

All My Puny Sorrows review — All-Canadian misery porn

April 30, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Michael McGowan | Written by McGowan from the novel by Miriam Toews | 103 min | ▲▲△△△ | Crave "Your mother and I buried 14 brothers and sisters," says Mimi Kuzyk's Aunt Tina. Cue a wretched groan from this viewer. I can acknowledge the courage and effort it takes to bring to the… Read More

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World — 10th Anniversary review

August 13, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Edgar Wright | Written by Wright and Michael Bacall, from the Bryan Lee O'Malley graphic novels | 112 mins | Netflix As part of a month-long retrospective look at 10 years of this blog, I'm rewatching a few films from a decade back. This indie superhero comic/videogame-inspired movie was released 10 years ago… Read More

Goon: Last Of The Enforcers review

March 16, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Jay Baruchel | Written by Baruchel and Jesse Chabot, based on the book Goon by Adam Frattasio and Douglas Smith | 101 min The first Goon was a violent and foul-mouthed hockey comedy with a surprisingly sweet hook and a solid central performance by Seann William Scott. Maybe my biggest grudge against it was… Read More

Miss Sloane review — Chastain burns in taut political thriller

December 11, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by John Madden | Written by Jonathan Perera | 132 min Of all the alchemy Hollywood spins, a satisfying thriller feels to me like the most impressive, given all the elements that need to work for success. It especially needs to manage, sustain, and build suspense over its running time. Miss Sloane delivers—and not because it… Read More

To Rome With Love review

August 1, 2012 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Woody Allen It used to be that I'd think, well, Woody Allen gets unfairly bad reviews because everyone is always comparing him to his own work. And how can you hold him to his best, his Annie Halls, Manhattans and Purple Rose of Cairos? I do it too, but I almost… Read More