50/50 Reviewed

October 19, 2011 flawintheiris

Directed by Jonathan LevineWritten by Will ReiserThis picture was a bit of a surprise.In it, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Adam, a 27-year-old guy who works in news radio. He's slim and healthy, runs in the morning through scenic Seattle—definitely Vancouver standing in through some shots—though suffers from a chronic backache. Turns out he has a malignant…Read More

Amelie redux

October 19, 2011 flawintheiris

This writer's perspective is unnecessarily curmudgeonly, in my humble opinion, but it's stilla great look back at Amelie, 10 years since its release. Click here.Read More

Picnicface and Mark McKinney story at the Globe and Mail

October 17, 2011 flawintheiris

A story I wrote about the Halifax comedy troupe Picnicface and their TV show's executive producer, veteran Kids in the Hall comedian Mark McKinney, is now available to be seen at The Globe and Mail website. Click here.Read More

First Adventures of Tintin Review

October 17, 2011 flawintheiris

Here is a review of one of my most anticipated end-of-2011 features, from the Guardian, and it isn't flattering. Another indictment of motion capture, sadly.Read More

12 movies in 12 weeks

October 10, 2011 flawintheiris

Three months of 2011 left, and I choose my most anticipated dozen Hollywood movies. My list: The Descendants, The Iron Lady, We Bought A Zoo, Hugo, Young Adult, My Week With Marilyn, A Dangerous Method, The Rum Diary, Tinker Tailor Solider Spy, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Adventures of Tintin, The Muppets. Click…Read More

“Hollywood: Stop spoiling our movies” (from the Miami Herald)

October 5, 2011 flawintheiris

Here's a great piece about the pervasive stupidity of movie marketing.Click here for the story.Read More

Wild Target review

October 3, 2011 flawintheiris

The new Jonathan Lynn movie, starring Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Martin Freeman and Rupert Grint, now on DVD. Check out my review here at The Coast.Read More

Thompson on Hollywood: “Reverse Shot 30”

October 2, 2011 flawintheiris

This is some fascinating film writing: Assessing 30 great directors by their "worst" movies. I haven't read all the essays, but I did read the piece on Wes Anderson's Steve Zissou and The Life Aquatic, a picture I consider to be his best. Even as I wildly disagreed with the author's assessment, I enjoyed reading…Read More

Contagion review

October 2, 2011 flawintheiris

Directed by Steven Soderbergh | Written by Scott Z. Burns | 106 min | Netflix I've read that Soderbergh's intent with this virus thriller was to make a film akin to producer/director Irwin Allen's disaster movies of the 1970s, which included The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno and The Swarm. The template of those pictures…Read More

Moneyball review

September 30, 2011 flawintheiris

Directed by Bennett Miller | Written by Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, from a Stan Chervin story, adapted from a book by Michael Lewis | on Netflix The first thing Moneyball taught me is that those armchair loudmouths who call into sports shows are a bunch of know-nothing douchebags. Yeah, that's right. Sports radio is full…Read More