Tag Archives: Zack Snyder

Army Of The Dead review — Popcorn escapism, sure, but forgettable

May 25, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Zack Snyder | Written by Snyder, Shay Hatten, and Joby Harold | 148 min | Netflix Zack Snyder is having a big year. He finally got his unexpurgated version of Justice League into the eyeballs of his cult-like fanboys, and has now delivered a massive zombie picture on Netflix. If Rotten Tomatoes is… Read More

Zack Snyder’s Justice League review — Better than the theatrical cut, but twice as long

March 24, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Zack Snyder | Written by Snyder, Chris Terrio, and Will Beall | 242 min | Crave Plus/HBO Max When I was a kid, all I wished was that people would take comics as seriously as I did. Zach Snyder's career is a testament to the truism: "Be careful what you wish for." His… Read More

Justice League review — Not a disaster, but DC does no justice to its heroes

November 23, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Zack Snyder | Written by Snyder, Chris Terrio, and Joss Whedon | 120 min Growing up, I was more of a Marvel guy than a DC guy, with the exception of Batman,Teen Titans, and Keith Giffen's work (with Paul Levitz) on The Legion of Superheroes and (with JM DeMatteis) his comedic take on Justice League… Read More

Wonder Woman review — Amazon Warrior For The Win

June 5, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Patty Jenkins | Written by Allan Heinberg, Jason Fuchs, and Zack Snyder | 142 min That sound you heard this past weekend was the massive, communal exhale by millions of filmgoers who made Wonder Woman the huge hit it deserves to be. The movie is the long-awaited female-led summer superhero picture that matches… Read More

Suicide Squad review — A Four-Colour Mess

August 4, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and directed by David Ayer | 123 min | ▲▲△△△ On paper, DC Comics and Warner Brothers are doing the right thing, employing directors with passion and style like Zack Snyder (Watchmen) and David Ayer (Fury) to helm their big-budget superhero movies. So how come they're going wrong? While Snyder delivers the visual sucker punch, he… Read More

Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice review

March 25, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Zack Snyder | Written by Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer | 152 min. | ▲▲△△△ What a mess. That remark was one of my cinepanion's first upon leaving the cinema after this battle of comic book titans, and I can't deny her point of view. Zack Snyder's new, sprawling feature tries to do… Read More

The Blockbuster, The Hype, and The Internet Trainspotting

March 22, 2016 flawintheiris

As I write this, the review embargo for Batman Vs Superman: Dawn Of Justice has just been lifted. By Tuesday morning the advance reviews for the blockbuster will be out, just ahead of Wednesday's preview and Thursday night's screenings. I won't read them, but I will look at the headlines, to get a sense of the reactions.… Read More

300: Rise of an Empire review

March 22, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by Noam Murro Written by Zack Snyder and Kurt Johnstad, adapting the Frank Miller graphic novel Xerxes To prepare for the sequel to Snyder's 2006 hit movie about the 300 Spartans at the battle of Thermopylae, I went back and watched the original 300 one more time. My feelings about it were deeply ambivalent,… Read More

Man of Steel review

June 17, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Zack Snyder Written by David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan from the comic Superman created by Jerry Seigel and Joe Shuster Superman, as Gary Engle wrote, "raises the American immigrant experience to the level of religious myth." That's exactly what Zack Snyder's new feature film is going for. With myth and religion, you… Read More

Summer 2013 Movie Preview

May 2, 2013 flawintheiris

The first thing I want to tell you is this is by no means a comprehensive list of all the movies coming out between the beginning of May and the end of August.What you'll find here are movies I have some measure of feeling about, based on what I've read and heard. There will be… Read More