Tag Archives: Melissa Leo

Reviews from The Vault: Vol. 6 — Quirky Gems

August 7, 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

The Equalizer 2 review— Thriller meanders through muddy plot

August 5, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Antoine Fuqua | Written by Richard Wenk | 120 min | Netflix Three key things to take away from the sequel to the 2014 actioner, The Equalizer. One: It's the least actually cinematic thriller in recent memory. This franchise is based on a TV series—if you're under 35 likely you won't recall the Edward… Read More

#AIFF2017 Day 7: Geek Girls, Novitiate

September 21, 2017 flawintheiris

Geek Girls Here's a message to documentary filmmakers: Your project may not be entirely feasible if you make yourself the centre of it and not once, but twice, you show footage of yourself calling possible interviewees, while your voice-over says something like, "Many experts and celebrities I'd hoped to speak to bailed out at the… Read More

Reviews: London Town, Alice Through The Looking Glass, Calvary, London Has Fallen

February 4, 2017 flawintheiris

London Town Directed by Derrick Borte | Written by Matt Brown, based on the screenplay Untitled Joe Strummer Project by Sonya Gildea and Kirsten Sheridan | 92 min | iTunes and VOD Shay Baker (Daniel Huttlestone) is a 14-year-old living in '70s Wanstead, an East London suburb. Dad Nick (Dougray Scott) moves pianos for a… Read More

Atlantic Film Festival 2013: Day 6: Prisoners and Watermark

September 18, 2013 flawintheiris

Well, last night I made a showtime call to see Prisoners, rather than Blue Is the Warmest Colour (La Vie D'Adele) or A Field In England. Even though I know it's opening later this week, I went with my filmgoing heart in the moment. And it wasn't long before I had filmgoing remorse.Quebec director Denis… Read More

Oblivion review

April 20, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Joseph Kosinski, Written by Kosinski, Karl Gajdusek, Michael Arndt, from a comic by Kosinski and Arvid Nelson Today I really miss Roger Ebert. I would have loved to have read what he thought of Oblivion. I know he enjoyed the work of Alex Proyas (Dark City, Knowing) for the expansive vision in his science… Read More

Olympus Has Fallen review

March 26, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Antoine FuquaWritten by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin BenediktIt's been awhile since I've seen such an egregiously lunkheaded movie as Olympus Has Fallen. Happy to let its talented cast deliver recycled, leaden dialogue and go through the motions of a recycled, leaden plot, its real failing goes beyond that, because a movie can be… Read More