Category Archives: Romcom

The Persian Version review — Comedy and drama jostle awkwardly

October 25, 2023 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Maryam Keshavarz | 107 min | ▲▲▲△△ Leila (Layla Mohammadi) is a New Yorker, raised in an American-Iranian family, the only girl in a house with eight brothers. She's an out lesbian, but in the wake of the end of her relationship with another woman sleeps with a male actor in…Read More

She Came To Me review — This is a weird one, approach with caution

October 5, 2023 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Rebecca Miller | 102 min | ▲▲△△△ Rebecca Miller has had a compelling, if shaggy career as a filmmaker. Prominently for those of us in this part of the world, in 2005 she wrote and directed The Ballad Of Jack and Rose, shot in PEI and starring her husband, Daniel Day-Lewis.…Read More

Shortcomings review — Laughs, loathing mix for an unusually good time

August 4, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Randall Park | Written by Adrian Tomine, adapting his own graphic novel | 92 min | ▲▲▲▲△ Here's a knowing, self-aware comedy that plays with the conventions of the genre while also serving as a sharp look at creativity, identity, and representation, specifically amongst urban Asian-Americans. Actor-turned-Amazon-pitchman Randall Park (Always Be My Maybe)…Read More

What’s Love Got To Do With It? review — Culture clash works better than the romance

May 20, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Shekhar Kapur | Written by Jemima Khan | 108 min | ▲▲▲△△ Best known as the director of Bandit Queen, the movie that made Cate Blanchett a star, Elizabeth, and it's sequel, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, a romantic comedy might seem an unlikely project for the Indian filmmaker, but it's actually got a lot…Read More

Ghosted review — Abysmal action-comedy schlock

April 24, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Dexter Fletcher | Written by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Chris McKenna, and Erik Sommers | 116 min | ▲△△△△ | Apple TV+ I was pretty sure this was gonna be a difficult watch when someone says, "I think she might be the one!" It’s a line by Chris Evans' character early on in…Read More

Rye Lane review — The freshest romcom in ages

April 13, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Raine Allen-Miller | Written by Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia | 82 min | ▲▲▲▲▲ | Disney + Dom (David Jonsson) has just been dumped by his girlfriend who cheated on him with his best friend. When we meet him he's crying his heart out in an art gallery's unisex bathroom. Yas (Vivian…Read More

The Knox Office: Valentine’s Day Edition

February 12, 2023 flawintheiris

On Friday on CBC Information Morning in Nova Scotia I reopened The Knox Office, my film column, and spoke with guest host Pauline Dakin about movies people may want to watch leading up to Valentine's Day. I wanted to offer at least five possibilities for different scenarios — but ended up talking about even more.…Read More

New Christmas Movies chat on the CBC

December 21, 2022 flawintheiris

If you're a regular FITI reader you may have noticed I've been watching more than my fair share of Christmas movies this season, especially the new batch showing up in cinemas and on streaming services. https://halifaxbloggers.ca/holiday-movies/ I was on CBC Information Morning this week discussing a few of these Christmas movies with host Portia…Read More

Ticket to Paradise review — Big stars don’t save blah Bali break

October 24, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Ol Parker | Written by Parker and Daniel Pipski | 104 min | ▲▲△△△ | Crave You can't deny the dazzling star power of Mr George Clooney and Ms Julia Roberts, Oscar-winners both but more likely to be remembered as movie stars than character actors — or in Clooney's case, as a director.…Read More

Bros review — Gay romcom better at the com than the rom

October 8, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Nicholas Stoller | Written by Stoller and Billy Eichner | 115 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | On Demand This past week Film Twitter has been all up in arms about why Bros bombed at the box office and whether its writer and star, Billy Eichner — of the running up to people on the…Read More