Category Archives: Comedy

The Bob’s Burgers Movie review — The Depressed Simpsons have an adventure

June 17, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Loren Bouchard and Bernard Derriman | Written by Bouchard and Nora Smith | 102 min | ▲▲△△△ Right off I must admit I've never watched the Bob's Burgers TV series, so I recognize I may have a disadvantage compared to folks who know and love these characters. This is more or less my…Read More

Downton Abbey: A New Era review — Tied in a bow for fans of the show

May 22, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Simon Cutis | Written by Julian Fellowes | 125 min | ▲▲▲▲△| In Cinemas Another visit to the late 1920s estate of the aristocratic Crawley family— made so popular in six seasons on ITV and PBS, and more recently rerun on Netflix — seemed unlikely. I know the first feature from 2019, Downton…Read More

Metal Lords review — Bang your head!

May 17, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Peter Sollett | Written by DB Weiss | 97 min | ▲▲▲△△| Netflix Well, for a movie that's all about teenagers wanting to be more "metal," Metal Lords is not very metal. This is a straight-ahead teen dramedy about a couple of kids who want to be hardcore rockers and, thus, be the…Read More

Hit The Road review — Existential road comedy pulls out all the stops

May 11, 2022 flawintheiris

Original title: Jaddeh Khaki | Written and Directed by Panah Panahi | 93 min | ▲▲▲▲△| Carbon Arc Cinema Panah Panahi is the son of legendary Iranian director Jafar Panahi, and evidenced by the younger Panahi's debut the filmmaking reel doesn't fall far from the projector — though there's something wonderfully askew in the mix with…Read More

Peace by Chocolate review — A bittersweet treat

May 8, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Jonathan Keijser | Written by Keijser and Abdul Malik | 92 min | ▲▲▲△△ A version of this review first appeared in coverage of the 2021 FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival. I confess it crossed my mind that this might be a documentary. It is, in fact, a feature film by Haligonian first-time…Read More

Everything Everywhere All At Once review — Bonkers sci-fi comedy has plenty of heart

April 17, 2022 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by The Daniels, Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert | 139 min | ▲▲▲▲△ If the Daniels aren't a familiar filmmaking name to you, they have a rep as creative, unusual filmmakers. They're maybe best known for a bizarre dark comedy, Swiss Army Man, the farting corpse movie with Paul Dano and Daniel…Read More

The Lost City review — Jungle snooze

April 10, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Aaron Nee and Adam Nee | Written by the Nees, Oren Uziel, and Dana Fox | 112 min | ▲△△△△ I was excited by the prospect of a romantic adventure movie having enjoyed pictures like Romancing The Stone and the The Mummy with Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser. Last year's awful Jungle Cruise did…Read More

Red Rocket review — Indie dark comedy tells a grim, all-American story

March 7, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Sean Baker | Written by Baker and Chris Bergoch | 130 min | | ▲▲▲▲△ | VOD It's 2016 and Mikey Saber (Simon Rex) pulls into his small Texas hometown not exactly a conquering hero. He's been working in the adult film industry in California for years and things haven't worked out. This…Read More

Dog review — A little bark, a little bite

February 17, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Reid Carolin and Channing Tatum | Written by Carolin and Brett Rodriguez | 90 min | ▲▲▲△△ A first feature from actor Tatum and his producer pal Carolin, who also wrote Magic Mike and its sequel, is neither just a sentimental Wounded Warrior And His Dog tale, nor a broad road movie comedy,…Read More

Jackass Forever review — Age has no dominion on these antics

February 13, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Jeff Tremaine | Written by Jason "Wee Man" Acuña, Eric André, and Derrick Beckles | 96 min | ▲▲▲△△ My personal history with the Jackass franchise goes back about 20 years when a friend recommended the series, saying it was the funniest thing he'd ever seen. It took some convincing: the trailers of…Read More