Tag Archives: Adam Driver

65 review — Adam Driver + Dinosaurs. What’s not to like?

March 23, 2023 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods | 93 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Crave You know what you're getting here in the opening moments when text across the screen suggests we're visiting a time before "the advent of mankind." Putting aside the tiresome gendered language, moments later we're introduced to a family on… Read More

House of Gucci review — Could’ve been a camp classic. It isn’t.

November 27, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Ridley Scott | Written by Becky Johnston and Roberto Bentivegna, from a book by Sara Gay Forden | 157 min | Amazon Prime Now in his 80s, Ridley Scott is still a supreme stylist with a seemingly unquenchable thirst to make movies. Given his track record of quality — Alien, Blade Runner and… Read More

The Last Duel review — Potent story gets stuck in Rashomon mud

October 21, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Ridley Scott | Written by Nicole Holofcener, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon based on books by Eric Jager | 152 min | Crave Plus It's late 14th Century Normandy, where aristocratic men wear armour and strut about doing what they like, puffing up with pride, while women suffer at their hands. That's the… Read More

Annette review — A delightfully bonkers, original, epic showbiz musical

August 27, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Leos Carax | Written by Ron and Russell Mael, music by Sparks | 141 min | Amazon Prime She's the beauty, the opera singer. Ann Defrasnoux. She goes on stage to sing, to die, to save her audience. She's fond of apples. He's the beast, the bastard, a caustic comedian, the Ape of… Read More

Marriage Story review — Divorce drama funny and moving

December 22, 2019 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Noah Baumbach | 137 min | Netflix No one wants to say it because Woody Allen's name is poison these days, but watching the movies of romantically linked-in-real-life storytellers Baumbach and Greta Gerwig often feels like a direct offshoot of the Woodster's work, updated for the 21st Century. It's not the… Read More

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker review — It’s better than we had a right to expect

December 20, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by JJ Abrams | Written by Abrams and Chris Terrio, with Derek Connolly and Colin Trevorrow | 141 min Overnight doesn't feel like enough time to have the final film in this 42-year-saga settle in. It's just too big, with too much going on. But that's to the blockbuster's credit. Star Wars: The Rise… Read More

The Report/Official Secrets reviews — Procedural thrillers work similar themes

December 14, 2019 flawintheiris

The Dead Don’t Die review — Zombie picture raises dead, laughs

June 20, 2019 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Jim Jarmusch | 104 min | Netflix, On Demand Even the forever cool and laid-back Jim Jarmusch—whose previous work includes Down By Law, Night On Earth, Dead Man, Only Lovers Left Alive, and Paterson—gets angry. You can feel him seething, and maybe even just a bit of his bitterness in the… Read More

BlacKkKlansman review — Spike Lee returns with a vengeance

August 12, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Spike Lee | Written by Lee, Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, and Kevin Willmott, from the book by Ron Stallworth | 135 min | Netflix Thirty years out from Lee's underappreciated second joint, School Daze, it's a blast to be able to see a feature film of his that brings his recognizably visceral vision… Read More

Star Wars: The Last Jedi review — The Force could be stronger with this one

December 15, 2017 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Rian Johnson | 152 min By now we're all amongst the initiates, if not the disciples, of Star Wars. And while these movies were the base mythology of my childhood, I can't overlook how these fan-fiction sequels absent George Lucas bend over backward to echo the early trilogy—with frequent and direct… Read More