In Cinemas. February 13, 2015 — 50 Shades of Grey, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Rosewater

February 12, 2015 flawintheiris

50 Shades of Grey Two young, rising stars. A controversial story of sex and control, where the corporate guy introduces the naive woman to a wide variety of sexual games, pushing beyond her comfort zones all over his super-stylish apartment. The movie was Nine 1/2 Weeks, starring Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger. The year was 1986. I'm not saying…Read More

Predestination review — A twisted tale of time travel

February 11, 2015 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, adapting the short story All You Zombies by Robert A. Heinlein. Time travel movies keep on coming. Last year we had X-Men: Days of Future Past, which was quite a bit of fun, and now in cinemas are two movies that take audiences across time—Project Almanac and The…Read More

CTV Morning Live. February 6, 2015 — A Most Violent Year, Jupiter Ascending, Mr Turner, and more

February 6, 2015 flawintheiris

The good folks at the Halifax CTV breakfast broadcast invited me to be on the show again today. Cyril Lunny and I discussed A Most Violent Year: : Jupiter Ascending, and Mr Turner, and I previewed next weekend's Valentine's releases. The big question is, will people flock to see an explicit sex drama in the…Read More

In Cinemas. February 6, 2015 — Mr Turner, Jupiter Ascending, The Seventh Son, Zero Motivation, The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water

February 6, 2015 flawintheiris

Mr Turner A look at the late life of the legendary British landscape painter JMW Turner, played here by Timothy Spall. The director is Mike Leigh, known for his humanist, kitchen-sink movies such as Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake, and Another Year. His last period drama about great British artists of the Victorian era was Topsy Turvy,…Read More

Jupiter Ascending review — Grand space opera missing high notes

February 5, 2015 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Lilly and Lana Wachowski The Matrix was released 16 years ago, can you believe that? The filmmaking siblings who delivered that seismic scifi-action depth charge have had their struggles in the years since then, first with the two Matrix sequels, then with Speed Racer. I very much enjoyed their last movie,…Read More

Second Screenings — and more on Birdman

February 1, 2015 flawintheiris

A couple days ago there was an interesting piece in the Guardian about whether critics should see movies more than once, and whether that was fair to viewers who, for the most part, are likely to only see a movie one time. You can go here to read it. I think of myself primarily as…Read More