Category Archives: Commentary

Why I’m still going to the movies

January 23, 2022 flawintheiris

On Thursday my schedule allowed a matinee of the new Scream movie out at Bayers Lake. I went to the 12:35pm show. I had a look at the seat map on the Cineplex site before I left home. An hour before the screening time I could see the whole auditorium was free. By the time…Read More

311 films in 2021

January 1, 2022 flawintheiris

Happy New Year! I wish I could share my Top 10 of 2021, but it isn't quite ready yet. Soon! (Here's my alternative list, ICYMI.) For New Year's Day I'm doing something new on FITI. Inspired by an Instagram post from Edgar Wright, where he listed all the films he watched in 2021, I thought…Read More

LENS ME YOUR EARS takes on #Noirvember (and other episodes!)

December 1, 2021 flawintheiris

In what's becoming an epic project — 135 episodes and counting — Stephen Cooke and I have finally done a Noirvember episode of LENS ME YOUR EARS. That's our film podcast, where we watch something new — usually — in cinemas or on a streaming service and compare and contrast it with older films. In…Read More

Who should play Bond? Or should we be asking another question?

October 11, 2021 flawintheiris

This has been the weekend of James Bond 007, with No Time To Die opening wide in North America and our screens full of ads, trailers, interviews with the stars, and reviews — including mine. I also took a look back at Daniel Craig's run in the role. The internet cottage industry built on the…Read More

LENS ME YOUR EARS September Update

September 10, 2021 flawintheiris

If you're new to this blog, you may not be aware I also cohost a podcast about movies. I do it with award-winning Halifax arts journalist and all-around living cinema encyclopedia, Stephen Cooke. It's called Lens Me Your Ears, and here's what we've been up to lately: LMYE Episode #129: Marion Bright - The Career…Read More

Cineplex Cinemas reopen in Nova Scotia… one more time!

June 23, 2021 flawintheiris

...and hopefully this time they'll stay open. We've seen the closing and the opening once or twice in the recent past, but my fingers are crossed the vaccines will mean cinemas and their big-screen delights will remain available to us right through the summer and beyond. Opening this week are a cornucopia of summer-styled sequels…Read More

LENS ME YOUR EARS Podcast: June Update

June 1, 2021 flawintheiris

LENS ME YOUR EARS, the film podcast I co-host with Stephen Cooke continues unabated, despite the fact we had to go back to recording remotely these past few weeks of the third wave lockdown here in Nova Scotia. The podcast, for those who don't know, is all about the movies: We see something new in…Read More

Canadian Screen Awards 2021 — A Preview

May 20, 2021 flawintheiris

On Thursday night, May 20th, we get the celebration of film and TV segment the 9th annual Screen Awards. Others gongs were given out earlier in the week. This is the Canadian version of the Oscars and the Emmys, but Covid times mean the show's profile is even lower than it might be on your…Read More

The 2021 Academy Awards: The Weirdest Ever?

April 23, 2021 flawintheiris

If you're a movie nut — and you probably are if you're visiting this somewhat obsessive film review site — then you'll know this has been a most unusual awards season. This year's Oscars, airing on Sunday night, April 25th, have been extended two months from their usual late-February date, and with cinemas in most…Read More

20 Best Movies on Disney Plus: Star (from the 20th Century)

March 29, 2021 flawintheiris

Last month Disney Plus launched the Star channel (in Canada and elsewhere beyond the US) as a place to carry more mature fare, which is rumoured to double the content for Disney Plus subscribers. I'm not sure about that — it's pretty thin on the ground so far — but the best part of this…Read More