Category Archives: Comedy

Her Private Hell review — Filmmaker disappears up his own ass

July 28, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn | Written by Refn and Esti Giordani | 110 min | ▲ If you've ever had the experience of putting a glass of milk to your lips when its gone off, only to realize what's happened when the sour swill is in your mouth, then you'll know the experience of…Read More

The Invite review — Moving, hilarious 21st Century sex dramedy

July 11, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by Olivia Wilde | Written by Will McCormack and Rashida Jones, based on the film Sentimental by Cesc Gay | 107 min | ▲▲▲▲ | In Cinemas The Invite is based on a Spanish film, which was based on a play, and I ask you this: how many Hollywood remakes of European comedies, let alone…Read More

Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass review — A both wholesome and raunchy comedy

July 10, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by David Wain | Written by Wain and Ken Marino | 93 min | ▲▲▲ | Amazon Prime Maybe it has something to do with last summer's revival of The Naked Gun, but the silly is really making a comeback. Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass is a wildly broad comedy, loosely based…Read More

The Sheep Detectives review — Not baaad at all

June 28, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by Kyle Balda | Written by Craig Mazin, based on a novel by Leonie Swann | 109 min | ▲▲▲1/2 | Prime The thing about this film that boggles the mind is this fact: one of the talents behind this talking animal movie, Craig Mazin, is also the creator of the bleak but powerfully…Read More

Stop! That! Train! review — As silly as Airplane, but more fabulous

June 10, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by Adam Shankman | Written by Christina Friel and Connor Wright | 92 min | ▲▲▲ All aboard for a joyful, if fitfully funny, ride on the Glamazonian Express, a luxury bullet train across America. This outrageous, broad, and incredibly gay comedy crammed full of RuPaul Charles' Drag Race veterans is made for fans…Read More

Power Ballad review — It’s a banger

June 8, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by John Carney | Written by Carney and Peter McDonald | 98 min | ▲▲▲1/2 I haven't seen everything John Carney has directed, but I really do appreciate the unique track the Irish filmmaker has composed — little humanist ditties, you could call them, with music in their wholesome hearts. The highlights being the…Read More

I Love Boosters review — Passion for fashion, critical of capitalism

May 25, 2026 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Boots Riley | 105 min | ▲▲▲▲ Prepping to see the new feature from rapper-turned-filmmaker Riley sent me back to my comments on his debut, Sorry To Bother You. My sentiments for his first effort could easily be carried over to this one, but almost everything about his second time at…Read More

Ladies First review — Gender-swap comedy starts strong, stumbles

May 25, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by Thea Sharrock | Written by Natalie Krinsky, Cinco Paul, and Katie Silberman, based on I Am Not an Easy Man by Eléonore Pourriat | 90 min | ▲▲▲ | Netflix This is an interesting case of a broad, British workplace comedy dropping on Netflix with some of the year's worst reviews so far.…Read More

The Devil Wears Prada 2 review — Moyenne couture

May 4, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by David Frankel | Written by Aline Brosh McKenna, based on characters created by Lauren Weisberger | 119 min | ▲▲1/2 This legasequel, coming 20 years after the first — with the original creative team and four key performers all aboard — signals the kick-off of the blockbuster movie season. (Funny how for more…Read More

Roommates review — Chandler Levack’s Netflix comedy works, too

April 19, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by Chandler Levack | Written by Jimmy Fowlie and Ceara O'Sullivan | 107 min | ▲▲▲ | Netflix English Canadian cinema is having a bit of a moment, and you can tell by how much it's being celebrated by Americans. Let's not kid ourselves, we get really excited when we get noticed by our…Read More