Category Archives: Comedy

I Care A Lot review — Crime comedy full of wonderfully loathsome people

March 2, 2021 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by J Blakeson | 118 min | Amazon Prime in Canada Marla Grayson is a terrible person. I mean, one of the worst ever in a feature film. I'd put her up there with the dude who eats people in Silence Of The Lambs, both bad lieutenants, any Sith Lord you'd care to…Read More

Lapsis review — Amusing sci-fi satire connects

March 1, 2021 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Noah Hutton | 108 min | Carbon Arc Cinema A deliciously grim tech comedy, Lapsis imagines a near future — which is today, let's face it — where grunt workers who labour for a massive computer conglomerate compete against each other, and automatons, by stringing cables through the woods between cube…Read More

Roald Dahl’s The Witches review — Hathaway best thing in creepy kids comedy

February 13, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Robert Zemeckis | Written by Zemeckis, Kenya Barris, and Guillermo del Toro, based on the book by Roald Dahl | 106 min | In Cinemas and On Demand Back in 1990 an adaptation of this Dahl book was made by the legendary Nicolas Roeg, starring Anjelica Huston. I haven't seen it, but I…Read More

20 Best Movies on Canadian Netflix (from the 20th Century)

February 8, 2021 flawintheiris

I don't think this is a secret: Netflix doesn't carry a deep library of quality older cinema. Most folks looking to a streaming service for a classic movie are probably better off subscribing to Amazon Prime — a lot to enjoy there — or the Criterion Channel. (I'd also recommend a look at the library…Read More

The Kid Detective review — Scruffy neo-noir comedy mostly works

February 2, 2021 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Evan Morgan | 100 min | On Demand Abe Applebaum was the pride of the town of Willowbrook (actually North Bay, Ontario) back when he was 12 (Jesse Noah Gruman). He was a boy genius, brilliant at solving mysteries. He'd lie awake at night, wondering if he was the smartest person…Read More

Locked Down review — Light comedy delivers vicarious freedoms

January 15, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Doug Limon | Written by Steven Knight | 118 min | Crave Plus/HBO Max Let's take a look at the filmography of the key creatives behind the camera of Locked Down, the first big feature to directly address the Covid-19 pandemic: Director Doug Limon is probably best known for having directed The Bourne…Read More

She Dies Tomorrow review — Surreal horror actually a lot of laughs

January 14, 2021 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Amy Seimetz | 86 min | On Demand "Amy thinks she's dying tomorrow...and it's contagious." That's the tagline on the IMDB page for this picture, and it nicely sums up the central conceit. Semetz's film is an absurdist and surreal horror, droll in its soundtrack cues and creative visuals. It's like…Read More

I Used To Go Here review — Diverting dramedy goes back to college

January 10, 2021 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Kris Rey | 80 min | On Demand Is 35 years old too young for a midlife crisis? To be fair, maybe what Kate Conklin (Gillian Jacobs) is going through is a different kind of crisis. The Chicago native just had her first novel published, called Seasons Passed, but it's not…Read More

Misbehaviour review — Beauty pageant dramedy celebrates fight for equality

January 3, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe | Written by Rebecca Frayn and Gaby Chiappe | 106 min | On Demand With one of the year's sharpest scripts, this largely unheralded British picture hits all its targets while delivering a cheer-worthy entertainment. It tells the story of the 1970 Miss World contest in London, and how activists from…Read More

Let Them All Talk review — Sign up for Soderbergh’s spontaneous sail

December 29, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Steven Soderbergh | Written by Deborah Eisenberg | 113 min | Crave Plus/HBO Max in the US There's a lot about this concept that appeals: A renowned American literary writer, Alice Hughes (Meryl Streep), has agreed to attend an awards ceremony in the UK, but she won't fly. Her agent agrees to pay…Read More