Category Archives: Comedy

Bergman Island review — Summer sonata times two

October 13, 2021 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve | 112 min | Two screenings at Carbon Arc Cinema on Friday, October 15 As a FYI for new readers, I help program films at Carbon Arc Cinema in Halifax. The cinema offers tickets and screenings through their website and in person through fall and winter seasons (in non-pandemic…Read More

Best Sellers review — Talented cast lost in predictable dramedy

September 17, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Lina Roessler | Written by Anthony Grieco | 100 min | On Demand Here's how the IMDB describes this film: "A cranky, retired author reluctantly embarks on a final book tour to help out a young publisher." This isn't entirely accurate. First off, the author isn't retired, he's Harris Shaw (Michael Caine), an…Read More

Free Guy review — Fluffy good times with Ryan Reynolds

August 23, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Shawn Levy | Written by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn | 115 min | In Cinemas Free Guy is a mild and pleasant surprise. Like so many modern blockbusters, it's imbued with the DNA of a bunch of other, better movies, but it still manages to distinguish itself by being both a big-budget…Read More

Swan Song review — The joy, the melancholy, the camp

August 13, 2021 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Todd Stephens | 105 min | On Demand Udo Kier might be Terence Stamp’s Teutonic cousin. They both have an ice-blue evil eye that could melt steel. The big difference between them is that Kier is a certified ham, and in Swan Song he finds a role where he can go…Read More

Jungle Cruise review — Ersatz adventure gets lost down the river

July 27, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra | Written by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, Josh Goldstein, Michael Green, and John Norville | 128 min | Disney Plus Almost 20 years ago, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's first starring role in a feature was a picture called The Scorpion King, an entertaining spin-off of The Mummy Returns, itself a sequel…Read More

Boss Level review — Groundhog Day as a video-game actioner

July 16, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Joe Carnahan | Written by Carnahan, Chris Borey, and Eddie Borey | 94 min | Amazon Prime When we meet Roy Pulver (Frank Grillo), he's already died and been revived more than 140 times. He's been decapitated, crushed, and knocked into a bus. He's deep into this time loop scenario, so familiar from…Read More

Zola review — A Tweet-fuelled triumph

July 5, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Janicza Bravo | Written by Bravo, Jeremy O Harris, based on Tweets by A'Ziah "Zola" King and an article by David Kushner | 86 min | In Cinemas Lowkey I'm down with a movie that's inspired by something someone wrote on Twitter, but I can't say my expectations walking into Zola were particularly…Read More

F9: The Fast Saga review — Going nowhere fast, sans fury

July 3, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Justin Lin | Written by Lin, Daniel Casey, and Alfredo Botello | 143 min | In Cinemas There was every sign this would be a revvin' good time at the movies. The return of Justin Lin to the drivers' seat, the man who helmed many of the series' best entries: Fast Five, Fast…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

Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar review — More fun than a freakin’ clam with googley eyes

June 3, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Josh Greenbaum | Written by Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig | 107 min | Crave Plus Barb and Star is a bonkers comedy about two middle-aged suburbanites who take a trip to the beach community Vista Del Mar, Florida, and have the time of their lives. They then get drawn into a plot…Read More