Tag Archives: Alison Brie

Together review — The horror of pairing up

August 1, 2025 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Michael Shanks | 102 min | ▲▲▲▲1/2 | VOD One of my biggest gripes about horror movies as a genre is how few genuinely fresh ideas are produced within it. Filmmakers are inordinately satisfied with regurgitating the same jump-scares, the same stomach-churning gore, the same themes. So when someone shows up… Read More

Freelance review — About as bad as it looks

October 27, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Pierre Morel | Written by Jacob Lentz | ▲△△△△ John Cena has the world by the tail. He's beloved by children and a feature performer in multiple big budget film franchises. With all his clout, why is this the material he signs onto? I could ask the same question of Alison Brie, who… Read More

Scream series 1-4 review

January 17, 2022 flawintheiris

I saw the original Scream when it first showed in cinemas 25 years ago and I thought it was... fine. At the time I recognized what master horrormeister Wes Craven and his collaborators were doing — a clever and ironic take on all the horror tropes and cliches Craven indulged in and exploited in earlier films… Read More

Promising Young Woman review — Righteous retribution, served hot

January 17, 2021 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Emerald Fennell | 113 min | Netflix Cassie (Carey Mulligan) works at a coffee shop and lives with her parents, Susan and Stanley (Jennifer Coolidge and Clancy Brown). She's just turning 30, though she's not really paying attention to those kinds of milestones. She used to be a medical student. Not… Read More

Happiest Season review — A gay and merry holiday treat

December 2, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Clea DuVall | Written by DuVall and Mary Holland | 102 min | CBC Gem, Crave It's Christmas at the Caldwell home, solidly upper-middle class, white, and midwestern. Daughter Harper (Mackenzie Davis) is bringing her partner Abby (Kristen Stewart) to the holiday celebration. The problem is that Harper hasn't come out to her… Read More

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part review — A constructive sequel

February 8, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Mike Mitchell | Written by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Matthew Fogel | 106 min | Crave Plus and Netflix My feelings about Lego movies are mixed at best. I saw the first one in 3D back in 2014, which I found way too caffeinated to enjoy. The influx of positive reviews made… Read More

The Post review — Great story, uninspired telling

January 13, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Steven Spielberg | Written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer | 116 min It's hard to know what the average American is thinking these days about the nation's administration and its boorish Commander-In-Chief, but despite polls suggesting he's unpopular, it's fair to say his rage at the pillars of the American First Amendment,… Read More

The Room (2003) and The Disaster Artist reviews — A shared enthusiasm for movies

December 6, 2017 flawintheiris

The Room | Written and Directed by Tommy Wiseau | 99 min :: The Disaster Artist | Directed by James Franco | Written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, based on the book by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell | 103 min I was only initiated into the cult of The Room recently, but the experience was… Read More

The Little Hours review — Terrific sex comedy with nuns

July 26, 2017 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Jeff Baena | 90 min It's 14th Century Italy, and the nuns are restless. Massetto (Dave Franco) is about to find out how restless. He's a handsome servant in the house of Lord Bruno (Nick Offerman), sleeping with Bruno's unsatisfied wife, Francesca (Lauren Weedman). When Bruno twigs on the infidelity, Massetto has… Read More

Reviews: Sleeping With Other People, Match, The Signal, Mojave

April 6, 2016 flawintheiris

Sleeping With Other People Written and Directed by Leslye Headland | 101 min. | ▲▲▲▲△ As a culture, we're missing a lot in this time of so few romantic comedies. These kinds of movies used to show up on a regular basis, and, when they were good as this, allowed for frank reflection of our urban… Read More