Tag Archives: Sam Raimi

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness review — A big old four-colour mess

May 6, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Sam Raimi | Written by Michael Waldron | 126 min | ▲▲△△△ It's time to recognize that there's something off in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Ever since the unparalleled double-whammy of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, the features from the House of Ideas have been at best uneven, at worst terrible. Black Widow… Read More

The Gift review — Throwback with a sting

August 6, 2015 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Joel Edgerton One might say the domestic thriller has gone out of fashion since its 1990s heyday, but that's not entirely true. There was the Idris Elba/Taraji P. Henson picture No Good Deed, and the Jennifer Lopez drama The Boy Next Door. Halle Berry has made a couple, too. They're often morality… Read More

The Amazing Spider-Man review

July 17, 2012 flawintheiris

Directed by Marc Webb Written by James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves from a story by Vanderbilt and comics by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. This film really should credit John Romita, too, because as my friend Dave Howlett remarked, Emma Stone is the spitting image of that legendary Marvel artist's Gwen Stacey, right… Read More

Why I’m not excited to see The Amazing Spider-Man

June 27, 2012 flawintheiris

Every time a superhero movie opens in cinemas, I'm curious about it. That's not to say I'm going to see every one that's out there, but having grown up with the comics, there's always a bit of a thrill to see how they've imagined the character on the big screen. So, The Amazing Spider-Man should be… Read More