Tag Archives: Rebecca Ferguson

Dune: Part Two review — The rise of Muad’dib

February 26, 2024 flawintheiris

Directed by Denis Villeneuve | Written by Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, based on the novel by Frank Herbert | 168 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | In Cinemas After a painful delay for this much anticipated blockbuster sequel — just as the first one was delayed — it's here. In many respects it delivers on the promise… Read More

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One review — Cruise in control, for the most part

July 13, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie | Written by McQuarrie and Erik Jendresen, adapted from the TV series by Bruce Gellar | 163 min | ▲▲▲▲△ There's a reason the Mission: Impossible franchise is considered the peak of Hollywood's action mountain, a status it's held for more than 25 years. The first four movies were each stylistically… Read More

Dune review — A cinematic feast

October 22, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Denis Villeneuve | Written by Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts, and Eric Roth, based on the Frank Herbert book | 155 min | Netflix Oh, how we have waited for Dune. Of all the 2020 features postponed by the pandemic, this is the one I was most looking forward to seeing, and seeing on the… Read More

Reminiscence review — Romantic sci-fi an unlikely summer charmer

August 19, 2021 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Lisa Joy | 116 min | On Demand This shouldn't work. It's a hyper-stylized fantasy noir, deeply indebted to older — and let's be straight here — better films, but there's something about Reminiscence's commitment to its concept that raises it above being just another dystopic also-ran. It's easy to see… Read More

Doctor Sleep review — Sequel shines in the dead zone

November 15, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Mike Flanagan | Written by Flanagan from the novel by Stephen King | 152 min | On Demand I don't envy anyone who tackles a sequel to a classic movie, and writer-director-editor Flanagan, who adapted another Stephen King book in Gerald's Game, goes all in with this picture, connecting it at multiple points… Read More

The Kid Who Would Be King review — Arthurian legend for younger audiences

January 27, 2019 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Joe Cornish | 120 min | Crave Plus When I was a kid, live-action family movies had titles like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Cat From Outer Space, and Herbie Goes Bananas. None were hugely memorable. For, say, a group of six-year-olds hanging out on a Saturday afternoon, they totally fit the… Read More

Mission: Impossible – Fallout review — Spy actioner goes from strength to strength

July 30, 2018 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Christopher McQuarrie | 146 min The Mission: Impossible franchise has proven surprisingly hardy. This is the sixth entry, going back to Brian DePalma's 1996 movie, the first cinematic adaptation of the Bruce Gellar's TV series, turning 1960s spycraft into a pre-millennial Tom Cruise action picture. Until this one, each subsequent entry… Read More

The Snowman review — A watchable disaster

October 24, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Thomas Alfredson | Written by Peter Straughan, Hossein Amini, and Søren Sveistrup, based on a novel by Jo Nesbø | 119 min Are windows between bedrooms a thing in Norway? How about play rooms on commuter trains? And powerful industrialists who have subordinates find them sex slaves and present them in the back… Read More

Life (2017) review — Deeply derivative yet credibly creepy space horror

April 1, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Daniel Espinosa | Written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick | 104 min A trusted cinepanion who watched Life before me suggested it's best to think of it as a Roger Corman movie with a massive budget. It certainly could be—it aspires to Alien, to Gravity, while punching at a level somewhere beneath Event Horizon.… Read More

The Girl On The Train review — Ridiculous melodrama has one track mind

October 8, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Tate Taylor | Written by Erin Cressida Wilson adapting the book by Paula Hawkins | 112 min The best thing one can say about The Girl On The Train is that it commits. A wildly over the top melodrama with characters that barely resemble human beings, it's a story about women who weep… Read More