Category Archives: Comedy

New on Canadian Netflix: April 2017

April 24, 2017 flawintheiris

Here's a cross-section of a number of mildly-to- solidly recommended films recently made available on Canadian Netflix. (You can click on the movie titles to read my original reviews where I've written them in the past.) For me, Netflix is a go-to usually to watch films I’ve already seen or to give the odd TV…Read More

T2: Trainspotting review — Choose Life, Choose Middle Age

April 4, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Danny Boyle | Written by John Hodge, adapting the novel Porno by Irvine Welsh | 117 min The late-coming sequel is a dicey proposition, but if you're gonna do it, it's nice to see the old gang get together—many of the original creative team in front and behind the camera from the 1996 film…Read More

Goon: Last Of The Enforcers review

March 16, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Jay Baruchel | Written by Baruchel and Jesse Chabot, based on the book Goon by Adam Frattasio and Douglas Smith | 101 min The first Goon was a violent and foul-mouthed hockey comedy with a surprisingly sweet hook and a solid central performance by Seann William Scott. Maybe my biggest grudge against it was…Read More

Reviews: London Town, Alice Through The Looking Glass, Calvary, London Has Fallen

February 4, 2017 flawintheiris

London Town Directed by Derrick Borte | Written by Matt Brown, based on the screenplay Untitled Joe Strummer Project by Sonya Gildea and Kirsten Sheridan | 92 min | iTunes and VOD Shay Baker (Daniel Huttlestone) is a 14-year-old living in '70s Wanstead, an East London suburb. Dad Nick (Dougray Scott) moves pianos for a…Read More

20th Century Women review — California, I’m coming home

January 18, 2017 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Mike Mills | 119 min Remember when I assembled that list of the Top 10 films of 2016, with my concern that I might have to addend it once I'd caught up with some of the latecomer releases? That's exactly what's happened with 20th Century Women, which would've easily been in the…Read More

La La Land review — Fizzy musical eschews plot for romantic glamour

December 28, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Damien Chazelle | 128 min | Crave La La Land and Moonlight are in a two-horse race for award season glory at the time of this writing. The latter has already come and gone in theatres, but the former, after much delay and glowing reviews from elsewhere, finally arrived at a single…Read More

The Edge of Seventeen review — Teen movie of the year

November 23, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig | 104 min | Netflix Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld) is a junior in high school and she's struggling. Her father died four years ago, leaving her neurotic mother (Kyra Sedgwick) raising two teenagers alone. Nadine's brother, Darian (Blake Jenner), was always the golden boy, the popular one free of…Read More

Reviews: Imperium, Hunt For The Wilderpeople, The Birth Of A Nation (2016)

November 7, 2016 flawintheiris

Imperium Directed by Daniel Ragussis | Written by Ragussis and Michael German | 109 min | On iTunes and Blu-Ray Nate Foster (Daniel Radcliffe) is an FBI agent—young, bright, and bushy-tailed—who goes from nerdy analyst to hardcore undercover agent working under tough-as-nails supervisor Angela (Toni Collette). His job is to infiltrate a radical cell of…Read More

Reviews: Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition, Genius, Elvis & Nixon, The Overnight, Laggies

September 29, 2016 flawintheiris

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition Directed by Zack Snyder | Written by Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer | 182 min | on iTunes We've all seen a Director's Cut. Unless the director's name is Michael Mann or James Cameron, it's rarely better than what we saw in the theatre: I can count…Read More

#AFF2016 — Land Of Mine, My Life So Far, A Man Called Ove, Denial reviews

September 21, 2016 flawintheiris

Land Of Mine (Under Sandet) Written and Directed by Martin Zandvliet | 100 min It was announced the other day that Land of Mine will be the Danish submission for consideration as the Best Foreign Language film at next year's Academy Awards. (So was A Man Called Ove last week declared for Sweden, making today a Scandinavian…Read More