Split review — Form returns for suspense thriller filmmaker

February 11, 2017 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by M. Night Shyamalan | 117 min | Netflix, Amazon Prime, Crave Shyamalan is one of the few directors who has a brand, and one who's seen that brand dragged through the mud. For awhile now, the name M. Night Shyamalan has been shorthand for shlocky genre pictures, his go-to favourite storytelling crutch—a…Read More

In Cinemas: February 10, 2017 — Tanna, Below Her Mouth, Dancer, Fifty Shades Darker, John Wick: Chapter 2, The Lego Batman Movie, Jolly LLb 2

February 10, 2017 flawintheiris

As I write this, I've discovered that Jackie is ending its run at Park Lane. It lasted a single week, while Manchester By The Sea still cruises on at The Oxford after 10 weeks. What is this world we're living in? You'll find two screenings at Carbon Arc on Friday night of the feature Tanna, at 7pm…Read More

Reviews: London Town, Alice Through The Looking Glass, Calvary, London Has Fallen

February 4, 2017 flawintheiris

London Town Directed by Derrick Borte | Written by Matt Brown, based on the screenplay Untitled Joe Strummer Project by Sonya Gildea and Kirsten Sheridan | 92 min | iTunes and VOD Shay Baker (Daniel Huttlestone) is a 14-year-old living in '70s Wanstead, an East London suburb. Dad Nick (Dougray Scott) moves pianos for a…Read More

In Cinemas: February 3, 2017 — Carbon Arc is back with Little Men, The Comedian, Jackie, Rings, The Space Between Us, Flashback Film Festival, Journey To The West: The Demons Strike Back

February 3, 2017 flawintheiris

Just a heads up... with Valentine's Day a little less than two weeks away, we've got a Valentine's Day aka Date Night collection of movie reviews right here on Flaw In The Iris. Maybe it'll give you some ideas of movies to watch with your sweetie (and movies to miss). Go here, or click on…Read More

Jackie review — A psychological portrait of power denuded

February 2, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Pablo Larrain | Written by Noah Oppenheim | 100 min | Crave Plus In 2016 we saw two other terrific films from this Chilean director, The Club and Neruda. This one is the third keeping the streak of quality alive, arriving here in Halifax a little late with a very much-deserved Academy Award nomination…Read More

LENS ME YOUR EARS: The Occult, Alien Invasions, and Roger Ebert’s Great Movies

January 30, 2017 flawintheiris

Movie maestro Stephen Cooke and I got together in November and December at the CKDU studios in Halifax to record a few new episodes of our podcast Lens Me Your Ears. They air on every second Tuesday at 5:30pm, or you can listen to them here on iTunes and on Stitcher. On the episode on…Read More

In Cinemas: January 27, 2017 — A Dog’s Purpose, Gold, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, Trespass Against Us…

January 27, 2017 flawintheiris

The Academy Award nominations were announced this week. Of the nine movies to get a Best Picture nod, I'd say seven are worthy, which isn't a bad ratio given this is a group that thought Argo was worthy of Best Picture. Great to see Arrival and Hell or High Water get recognition, and I'm thrilled that Ruth…Read More

Gold review — Fool on a hill

January 26, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed of Stephen Gaghan | Written by Patrick Massett and John Zinman | 121 min | Amazon Prime After last week's The Founder, and a long, dubious cinematic tradition of rags-to-riches tales where a fast-talking white dude exploits people and gets massively rich (before, sometimes, falling back in the gutter) you might wonder why we…Read More

In Cinemas: January 20, 2017 — 20th Century Women, The Founder, Hell Or High Water, Split, xXx: The Return of Xander Cage.

January 20, 2017 flawintheiris

Something weird is going on at Cineplex this week. Good, but weird. La La Land is opening at Park Lane for the first time since it arrived in cinemas (at Bayers Lake) on Christmas Day. I'm assuming this is because of an expected glut of Oscar nominations (they are announced on Tuesday, January 24), but…Read More

The Founder review — How burgers built America

January 19, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by John Lee Hancock | Written by Robert Siegel | 115 min Movies about people achieving the American Dream are as old as Hollywood itself. Here's a fresh one telling another rags-to-riches tale. You probably know the name Ray Kroc as the guy from McDonald's restaurants. The Founder tells Kroc's whole story, and also the story…Read More