Category Archives: Commentary

LENS ME YOUR EARS Ep. 013 — Clint Eastwood

September 13, 2015 flawintheiris

Stephen Cooke and I take a look back at the immense career of the 85-year-old American actor and director. We each pick five of our favourite films from his work, and it turns out they're all pretty idiosyncratic. We even make the argument that he has more weird left-of-centre work than mainstream hits. Here's the…Read More

Summer 2015 at the Movies

September 1, 2015 flawintheiris

It's September folks. We made it through the jungle that is the summer movie season, full of overhyped blockbusters that both soared and toppled onto their audience-tested faces. Back in June I watched a stack of trailers and made a few bold predictions on what would be worth seeing. I think it's time to go…Read More

LENS ME YOUR EARS Ep. 10 — BUGS!!!

July 25, 2015 flawintheiris

Stephen Cooke and I dug into a few creepy-crawly insect movies, inspired by seeing Ant-Man. Other titles up for discussion in the newest podcast include Them!, Tarantula, The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Kingdom of Spiders, The Swarm, The Fly, Arachnophobia, Matinee, Angels & Insects, Starship Troopers, and Enemy! Go here for podcast #10Read More

LENS ME YOUR EARS Ep. 09 — Submarine movies

July 6, 2015 flawintheiris

Stephen Cooke and I DIVE DIVE DIVE into the somewhat maligned but extremely hardy genre of submarine movies on this instalment of Lens Me Your Ears, our movie podcast. We springboard into the depths with Jude Law in Black Sea before discussing movies as diverse (or not so...) as 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Run Silent…Read More

LENS ME YOUR EARS ep.08 — Music Biopics!

June 21, 2015 flawintheiris

Another episode of the podcast Lens Me Your Ears is now live on iTunes. Go here to listen and subscribe. This week's edition springboards off Love & Mercy, the Brian Wilson biopic I enjoyed very much. My co-host, Stephen Cooke, had to twist my arm a little to get me on board this topic, however,…Read More

5 (+1) Reasons The Time Is Right For #HellboyIII

June 12, 2015 flawintheiris

If you've trawled the nerdier corners of the Internet in the past week or so you can't have missed Ron Perlman's Twitter campaign to fan the flames for a third Hellboy movie. The first two, Hellboy, and Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, are adaptations of Mike Mignola's celebrated graphic novels, written and directed by Guillermo del Toro. They…Read More

LENS ME YOUR EARS Ep.07 — Vampire Movies!

June 6, 2015 flawintheiris

A freshly killed podcast is up on iTunes, ready for you to sink your teeth (or ears) into! Stephen Cooke and I discuss quality vampire movies, including recent releases, such as Only Lovers Left Alive and What We Do In The Shadows, and go back to semi-classics of the genre, including The Hunger, Lifeforce, Scream Blacula…Read More

LENS ME YOUR EARS — Ep. 06: Mad Max and Post-Apocalyptic movies

May 23, 2015 flawintheiris

After a brief delay, Stephen Cooke and I are back on the podcast trail. For our sixth time at the mic we give some attention to Mad Max: Fury Road, which we both loved way out of proportion, and take a gander at the Mad Max franchise, along with a couple of suggestions for other post-apocalypse cinema, including…Read More

CTV at Village Sound

May 17, 2015 flawintheiris

If you've been waiting for Stephen Cooke and my newest Lens Me Your Ears podcast, we decided we'd wait for Mad Max: Fury Road. You can expect our Maxtastic podcast in the next week or so. Until then, check this out: CTV did a piece on podcasting and the Lens Me Your Ears producers, the…Read More

Orson Welles at 100

May 6, 2015 flawintheiris

Not that we need any kind of an excuse, but this week would be a terrific time to go back and watch some of Orson Welles' films. Today is his centenary. I confess I haven't seen enough of his work, but if you're wondering where to start, I recommend going with Citizen Kane (1941), which still tops…Read More