Tag Archives: James Wan

M3GAN review — Batteries charged for killer doll movie

January 16, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Gerard Johnstone | Written by Akela Cooper and James Wan | 102 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Amazon Prime Writer-Producer-Director James Wan has some experience with murderous doll movies, but this isn't any Annabelle picture, this is something quite different. M3GAN, and, yeah, that's a title the producers are bound to regret when they… Read More

Malignant review — Veteran horrormeister Wan returns to comfort zone

September 20, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by James Wan | Written by Wan, Ingrid Bisu, and Akela Cooper | 111 min | Netflix James Wan, Hollywood writer-director-producer who launched beloved horror franchises Saw, The Conjuring, and Insidious, and one superhero franchise, Aquaman, returns with what's bound to be another popular series. Malignant is fine. I didn't love it. But it… Read More

Aquaman review — Fishy adventure, splashy fun

December 28, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by James Wan | Written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Will Beall, with Geoff Johns | 143 min | Netflix Every once in awhile, following a bunch of self-serious, mediocre films, one comes along that knows it isn't Shakespeare, and doesn't care. It's a good-bad movie, and it embraces its inner cheese and its… Read More

Furious 7 review — More is more, more or less

April 4, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by James Wan, written by Chris Morgan, from characters by Gary Scott Thompson | Netflix Hot Car: Lykan Hypersport, the $3.4 million supercar. If the successive entries in this increasingly popular franchise have shown us anything it's that more is more. More cars, more stunts, more characters, more arm butter, more slo-mo, more macho attitude,… Read More

The Conjuring review

July 23, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by James Wan | Written by Chad Hayes and Carey Hayes | 112 min | On Demand Well, wasn't that terrifying. Excellent...? Well, not quite. But effective? Yes, right on the money. It's based on the purportedly true story of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) and… Read More