Tag Archives: Alan Moore

Blue Beetle review — Welcome the synthwave superhero

August 19, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Angel Manuel Soto | Written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer | 127 min | ▲▲▲△△ Have you ever heard of Blue Beetle? Unless you're a DC Comics fan I'd be surprised. Given the obscure characters the MCU has made into superstars, I can see why Warner's gamble makes sense. This one may have an uphill… Read More

Joker review — Super-villain movie not a lot of laughs

October 3, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Todd Phillips | Written by Phillips and Scott Silver | 121 min | Netflix It's unusual for a blockbuster to arrive on screens with such conflicting buzz. Joker debuted in Venice, winning serious approbation and the prize for best film, a major coup for a DC comics movie. Then the backlash began, with… Read More

Reviews from the Vault Vol. 7 — Big-Budget Fantasy

August 25, 2019 flawintheiris

From 2005 to 2009 I was a programmer on CKDU 88.1 FM in Halifax, every Sunday morning hosting The Love & Hate Movie Show. I talked about what I was seeing and revisited some of my favourite films of old, pretty much what I do now here on FITI. I still have a lot of… Read More

Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice review

March 25, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Zack Snyder | Written by Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer | 152 min. | ▲▲△△△ What a mess. That remark was one of my cinepanion's first upon leaving the cinema after this battle of comic book titans, and I can't deny her point of view. Zack Snyder's new, sprawling feature tries to do… Read More

Daniel Bergamini on John Carter

January 21, 2012 flawintheiris

I'm fairly ambivalent about Disney's fantasy epic John Carter, though I've followed with interest the struggle they've had marketing the thing, and have been surprised by the unusually fervent negative buzz. The film has strong and experienced creative forces behind it, and my hope is it does a better job translating this vintage fantasy into… Read More