The Gorge review — Two hours of your life falls into split in the earth

February 16, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by Scott Derrickson | Written by Zach Dean | 127 min | ▲1/2 | Apple TV+ Back when I used to work in film production in Toronto in the 1990s — and this was before X-Men and Good Will Hunting made the city a legitimate hub for quality features — a producer I used…Read More

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy review — Fourth entry brings laughs and tears

February 15, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by Michael Morris | Written by Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer and Abi Morgan | 124 min | ▲▲▲1/2 | Amazon Prime in Canada, Peacock in the US It's hard to believe a new Bridget Jones movie isn't reaching cinemas here in Canada. It's been a popular franchise that started way back in 2001, an…Read More

One of Them Days review — Hang out for a good time

February 10, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by Lawrence Lamont | Written by Syreeta Singleton | 97 min | ▲▲▲ | Crave The movie shares a day in the lives of Dreaux (Keke Palmer) and Alyssa (SZA), pals and roomies living in a tough neighbourhood in Los Angeles. Alyssa is a painter and in-between jobs, but is being served by Keshawn…Read More

I’m Still Here, Universal Language reviews

February 9, 2025 flawintheiris

It's been a kind of coup in the 2025 Hollywood awards season — a Brazilian film almost no one had seen was nominated for two Golden Globes, with Fernanda Torres winning Best Actress in a Drama, and then getting nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Actress for Torres, Best International Feature, and Best Picture. I'm…Read More

The Order review — Terrifically tense neo-Nazi thriller

February 8, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by Justin Kurzel | Written by Zach Baylin, based on the book by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt | 116 min | | ▲▲▲1/2 | Prime This is a based-on-real-events crime drama from Australian hyphenate Kurzel, maybe best known in North America for his version of Macbeth with Michael Fassbender, or the video game…Read More

Companion review — Remedial Ex Machina

February 5, 2025 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Drew Hancock | 97 min | ▲▲▲ | VOD That headline might be a little snarky. This is a fun little diversion, a sci-fi picture dipping its Philip K Dick into a horror guacamole. This though it doesn't have much in the way of deep thoughts about the ideas it brings…Read More

The Knox Office: The 2025 Oscar nods, The Brutalist, September 5, and more!

February 2, 2025 flawintheiris

I was on CBC Information Morning with my film column, The Knox Office, to talk with host Portia Clark about the recent nominations for the Academy Awards. We talked about a few recognitions I thought were deserved, and some of the controversy around the nominations leader, Emilia Perez. and also offer reviews of The Brutalist…Read More

September 5 review — Powerful media thriller goes back to Munich ’72

January 28, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by Tim Fehlbaum | Written by Fehlbaum, Moritz Binder, and Alex David | 95min | ▲▲▲▲ 1/2 Oh, the regret when your faithful film reviewer stumbles upon a feature having just been released, though it's officially from the previous year, making it too late to include on your list of the Top 10 Films…Read More

Nova Scotia Retro Film Festo at Carbon Arc Cinema

January 27, 2025 flawintheiris

Regular readers of FITI — or listeners to my column, The Knox Office, on CBC Information Morning in Halifax — will be well aware that I'm the artistic director and senior programmer at Carbon Arc Cinema. We bring the best of indie, international, Canadian, and documentary film to screen for our loyal audience in Halifax,…Read More

Star Trek: Section 31 review — Send it to the Delta Quadrant

January 26, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi | Written by Craig Sweeny, Bo Yeon Kim, and Erika Lippoldt | 95 min | ▲1/2 | Paramount+ I'm a longtime Trekkie, having grown up with the original series and been a regular watcher of The Next Generation and subsequent series through Enterprise. Though I've enjoyed many of the crew's cinematic…Read More