Tag Archives: Keanu Reeves

John Wick: Chapter 4 review — The Skyfall of the John Wick franchise

March 27, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Chad Stahelski | Written by Shay Hatten and Michael Finch, based on characters by Derek Kolstad | 169 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | Amazon Prime and Crave When John Wick first found his bloody path to the big screen about a decade ago, it was a mid-budget indie action picture with a 50-year-old Keanu… Read More

The Matrix: Resurrections review — You may want to take the red pill

December 31, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Lana Wachowski | Written by David Mitchell and Aleksandar Hemon | 148 min | Netflix | ▲▲▲△△ When I heard about this return to The Matrix, I didn't know what to think. Encouragingly, one of the two Wachowski siblings who helmed the original trilogy is back to bring us this new iteration of… Read More

The Matrix Trilogy: Revisited

December 24, 2021 flawintheiris

With The Matrix: Resurrections now in cinemas, it seemed an appropriate time to go back to the original films. My 2021 reviews of those movies are below: The Matrix (1999) | Written and Directed by Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski | 136 min | Crave and VOD This is the movie that launched a million memes, internet… Read More

Bill and Ted Face The Music review — It’s a non, non, non, non, non heinous sequel

August 31, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Dean Parisot | Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon | 91 min | On Demand and Netflix Back in 2012 I found myself in Los Angeles for work. I visited the Universal Studios Theme Park, and amongst the Simpsons and Jaws rides was a Bill & Ted ride, which in 2012 seemed if not… Read More

Now on Canadian Netflix: Summer 2019

July 23, 2019 flawintheiris

To The Bone The first feature directed by Marti Noxon, whose name I’ve always associated with Buffy The Vampire Slayer. She also worked on Sharp Objects, the noirish HBO drama with Amy Adams who played a character with an addiction to self-harm. To The Bone is about Ellen (Lily Collins). She's 20 and anorexic, or… Read More

Toy Story 4 review — Pixar’s long-running franchise continues to shine

June 23, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Josh Cooley | Written by Cooley, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Valerie LaPointe, Rashida Jones, Will McCormack, Martin Hynes, and Stephany Folsom | 100 min | Disney + Since at least Toy Story 2—which remains The Empire Strikes Back of Pixar's Toy Story franchise, the very best of a now-classic series of movies—these pictures… Read More

Now Streaming on Netflix, Crave, and Prime: June 2019

June 14, 2019 flawintheiris

Knock Down The House | Netflix The inspirational documentary offering evidence that there are still leaders in the United States whose motivations are respectable, responsible, and righteous. The film follows the primary campaigns of four progressive Democrats, all women, all very different from different states, and all of whom are looking to make a difference… Read More

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum review — John Wick kills more people

May 26, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Chad Stahelski | Written by Derek Kolstad, Shay Hatten, Chris Collins, and Marc Abrams | 131 min | Crave John Wick is a hard man to kill. We've learned that from the two previous chapters in this ongoing uber-violent action tale. But John Wick isn't someone who takes much pleasure in killing others.… Read More

Reviews: Vox Lux, On The Basis Of Sex, Bumblebee, Destination Wedding, The Mummy, Under The Silver Lake

May 1, 2019 flawintheiris

Vox Lux Brady Corbet's film is a strange animal, a drama about a pop star that's also a treatise on fame and the responsibility of art to inspire both violence and healing. Not all of its ideas work, but it deserves kudos for what it tries to do more than what it succeeds at. The… Read More

Top 10 of 1999

March 19, 2019 flawintheiris

20 years ago, Hollywood had a great 12 months. Maybe it was pre-millennial tension, or just a confluence of great talent and risk-taking producers and studios, but it was a moment that wasn't to be repeated in the years following. I enjoy putting together lists of the best films from years gone by, and the… Read More