Tag Archives: Chris Evans

Ghosted review — Abysmal action-comedy schlock

April 24, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Dexter Fletcher | Written by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Chris McKenna, and Erik Sommers | 116 min | ▲△△△△ | Apple TV+ I was pretty sure this was gonna be a difficult watch when someone says, "I think she might be the one!" It’s a line by Chris Evans' character early on in… Read More

The Gray Man review — Big budget actioner a passable timewaster

July 24, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo | Written by Joe Russo, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, based on the book by Mark Greaney | ▲▲▲△△ | On Netflix You know how the Uncanny Valley is usually used to describe a weird feeling one gets when computer animation is especially realistic but not quite real… Read More

Lightyear review — Brand extension falls with style

June 22, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Angus MacLane | Written by MacLane, Jason Headley and Matthew Aldrich | 101 min | ▲▲▲△△ You may have heard about the confusing original marketing of this film: Is this the Buzz Lightyear that was also the toy (voiced by Tim Allen) in Pixar's first feature, 1995's Toy Story, and the three sequels… Read More

Now On Canadian Netflix: January 2020

January 18, 2020 flawintheiris

The Two Popes On the face of it, this strikes me as strange material for Fernando Meirelles to approach. The Brazilian filmmaker responsible for City Of God and The Constant Gardener is a visionary of colour and kinetics, of movement. Why would he choose to tell the story of two senior citizens having a conversation, his… Read More

Knives Out review — Playfully brilliant whodunit draws blood

November 27, 2019 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Rian Johnson | 130 min | Amazon Prime Bravo, Mr Johnson! The American auteur has shown he's a clever storyteller every time he's gone to bat: the teen noir Brick, the con-men hijinks of Brothers Bloom, the time travel twists in Looper, even the flawed-but-dynamic Star Wars: The Last Jedi. But… Read More

Avengers: Endgame review — Imperfect endings, but still epic

April 27, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo | Written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely based on comics by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Jim Starlin | 181 min | Disney + If you haven't seen Avengers: Endgame yet, don't worry, I won't spoil it for you in the main body of this review. I've… Read More

Avengers: Infinity War review — Massive scale and massive stakes

April 27, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo | Written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely | 149 min Since the mid-'80s, Marvel Comics have been finding their sales figures spiking with summer crossover series — pitting their popular heroes against each other and/or a terrible, frequently cosmic, threat—with titles like Secret Wars, Civil War, Secret… Read More

Captain America: Civil War review — More superheroes than you can shake a webhead at

May 6, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo | Written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely | 146 min | ▲▲▲▲△ It's hard to believe, but since Iron Man in 2008, we've had a dozen Marvel movies. Captain America: Civil War is the lucky 13th. It's not my favourite of the bunch, but it ranks high for a… Read More

Avengers: Age of Ultron review — The biggest, but not necessarily the best

May 1, 2015 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Joss Whedon, from the Marvel Comic created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby After 10 movies set in this particular Marvel Cinematic Universe, we know these costumed folks now. They're fun to spend time with, what with the jokes and fighting and punching. But the filmmakers also have the added pressure of… Read More

Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One review

March 31, 2015 flawintheiris

This summer Phase Two of Marvel's cinematic universe will conclude with Avengers: Age of Ultron and Antman. It's the second part of an increasingly sprawling series of connected films. The first began back in May 2008 with Iron Man, bringing to the world a host of Marvel superheroes as a kid I never would have dreamed I'd get to… Read More