Tag Archives: Charlize Theron

Fast X review — 10 x dumb, mostly fun

May 19, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Louis Leterrier | Written by Dan Mazeau and Justin Lin | 141 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Amazon Prime So, what is my Fast & Furious ranking — I hear nobody ask. I'll get to that, but if you'd like a fuller picture — I did a franchise review on this well-oiled machine about… Read More

Furiosa goes to camera (starring Anya Taylor-Joy)

June 23, 2022 flawintheiris

I don't usually write about the start of production of forthcoming films... hell, I barely bother mentioning new trailers for movies because social media does that so well why go to the trouble? But given Mad Max: Fury Road was one of the greatest movies of the past 10 years, I wanted to flag, with… Read More

F9: The Fast Saga review — Going nowhere fast, sans fury

July 3, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Justin Lin | Written by Lin, Daniel Casey, and Alfredo Botello | 143 min | Netflix There was every sign this would be a revvin' good time at the movies. The return of Justin Lin to the drivers' seat, the man who helmed many of the series' best entries: Fast Five, Fast &… Read More

The Old Guard review — Big-budget action fantasy? Check.

July 14, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood | Written by Greg Rucka, based on the graphic novels by Rucka and Leandro Fernandez | 125 min | Netflix This is a blockbuster that arrives streaming in a season without superhero movies, and in that it might satisfy audiences looking for an escapist fix, but it also has things in… Read More

Bombshell review — Fox News expose does right by righteous anger

December 18, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Jay Roach | Written by Charles Randolph | 108 minutes | Crave Plus There's a couple things this movie gets really right, that make it worth adding to your holiday cinema binge. One is rage. It does a good job channelling the righteous rage of women who were preyed upon by a powerful… Read More

Reviews from the Vault Vol. 7 — Big-Budget Fantasy

August 25, 2019 flawintheiris

From 2005 to 2009 I was a programmer on CKDU 88.1 FM in Halifax, every Sunday morning hosting The Love & Hate Movie Show. I talked about what I was seeing and revisited some of my favourite films of old, pretty much what I do now here on FITI. I still have a lot of… Read More

Long Shot review — Romance trumps laughs in political romcom

May 10, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Jonathan Levine | Written by Dan Sterling and Liz Hannah | 125 min | On Demand Recently, on a talkshow, Charlize Theron described Seth Rogen as some kind of stoned genius. I believe Einstein was her point of comparison. I don't know how clever the Canadian comedic actor, writer, and producer is, but… Read More

10 Great Tom Hardy roles

October 26, 2018 flawintheiris

I was listening to a podcast recently looking back at Christopher Nolan's Inception, and the hosts mused about Tom Hardy, what an impact his presence had on the film, and whether this was his breakout role in Hollywood. There's no doubt that even in an ensemble as well-assembled as this, his presence shone. One of the… Read More

Tully review — A blindingly honest motherhood dramedy

May 7, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Jason Reitman | Written by Diablo Cody | 96 min Jason Reitman is the celebrated filmmaker of Thank You For Smoking and Up In The Air, and with Oscar-winning screenwriter, Diablo Cody, the teen-pregnancy dramedy Juno and Young Adult. His past two projects were explorations of unpopular genres that landed DOA at the box office;… Read More

Atomic Blonde review — Satisfying in the punch, less so the spycraft

July 30, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by David Leitch | Written by Kurt Johnstad, based on the graphic novel The Coldest City by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart | 115 min A plausible spy thriller is tough to pull off—the plot and characters have to snap together lock tight and surprise in stages. Action movies are a little simpler provided… Read More