Tag Archives: James Franco

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

Now on Canadian Netflix: December 2018

December 19, 2018 flawintheiris

Roma One could make an argument last year's Mudbound was the feature that signalled Netlfix's prestige drama interest, readying their horses for the annual Oscar race. Roma is really the tipping point, a film with the critical momentum to suggest it could actually take the Best Picture statuette. I'd be surprised, simply because it's much… Read More

The Holiday (2006) review — The verdict on the popular seasonal romcom

December 17, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed and Written by Nancy Meyers | 132 min | On Demand So, this is what happened: A friend and colleague at work and I got talking about Christmas movies. She raved about The Holiday. She says it's a delight, with just the right mix of sweetness and romcom magic, and for those with interest… Read More

The Room (2003) and The Disaster Artist reviews — A shared enthusiasm for movies

December 6, 2017 flawintheiris

The Room | Written and Directed by Tommy Wiseau | 99 min :: The Disaster Artist | Directed by James Franco | Written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, based on the book by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell | 103 min I was only initiated into the cult of The Room recently, but the experience was… Read More

Alien: Covenant review — Mostly very familiar territory. Mostly.

May 21, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Ridley Scott | Written by John Logan, Dante Harper, Jack Paglen, and Michael Green | 122 min | Disney + The Alien series, which bloodily thrust its way into existence in 1979 with Ridley Scott's original, is very much its own genre—described narrowly as somewhere between a haunted house in space and a slasher movie… Read More

True Story review — Jonah and James’ theatre games

April 16, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Rupert Goold, Written by Goold and David Kajganich from the book by Michael Finkel Back in 2002, a New York Times Magazine writer named Mike Finkel got caught in a professional lie—he invented a character for a magazine cover story. Reeling from that career-killing event, he got a call about a guy named Christian… Read More

This Is The End review

June 16, 2013 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, adapting the short film by Jason Stone, Jay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse | 107 min | Netflix and Crave Plus This movie is quite a ride; it's both intrinsically self-indulgent and broadly satiric, celebratory of the juvenile behaviour of men and critical of it. And while… Read More

Spring Breakers review

March 28, 2013 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Harmony KorineFrom celebrated American indie iconoclast Korine, responsible for bizarro gems like Gummo and Trash Humpers, Spring Breakers arrives as probably his most broadly accessible work. And people are still going to have big problems with it, because it refuses to be one thing.The picture works as both a celebration of the… Read More

Reactions to the 2011 Academy Awards

February 28, 2011 flawintheiris

Well, no surprises.I didn't think The Social Network would win Best Film, but I did think David Fincher would take Best Director. Don't get me wrong, The King's Speech is a worthy award recipient, but it taking so many categories beyond Best Actor didn't rock my world. Especially Best Original Screenplay. I had my fingers… Read More