Tag Archives: Liam Hemsworth

Land of Bad review — It’s sure not Land of Good

February 19, 2024 flawintheiris

Directed by William Eubank | Written by Eubank and David Frigerio | 113 min | ▲▲△△△ Movies like this — men-on-a-mission flicks — were the primary action genre of my youth. They frequently featured stars like Roger Moore and Richard Burton, and in the '80s they got a lot more right-wing and Vietnam-obsessed. They haven't… Read More

Reviews: Anthropoid, Solace, Tumbledown, A War, The Dressmaker

January 5, 2017 flawintheiris

Anthropoid Directed by Sean Ellis | Written by Ellis and Anthony Frewin | 120 min | On Netflix 1942, Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. Two Czech expatriot soldiers Jan (Jamie Dornan) and Josef (Cillian Murphy) parachute into the countryside outside Prague. Their mission: To manage dialogue in painful Czech-accented English and be terribly good-looking in period costume, connect… Read More

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 review — A disappointing conclusion

November 29, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Francis Lawrence | Written by Peter Craig, Danny Strong, and Suzanne Collins, from Collins' novel | 137 min How exactly does such a compelling series of blockbuster films, with the biggest star in the world front and centre, go so quickly from thrilling to sad and drab? I'm still trying to figure it… Read More

The Hunger Games review

March 25, 2012 flawintheiris

Directed by Gary Ross Written by Ross, Billy Ray and Suzanne Collins, from Collins' novel Do I need to explain the plot of this movie? As I write I'm seeing the box office totals come in, and it's larger than even the generous predictions made three days ago: $155 million is a lot of samolians.… Read More