Tag Archives: Andy Garcia

Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar review — More fun than a freakin’ clam with googley eyes

June 3, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Josh Greenbaum | Written by Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig | 107 min | Crave Plus Barb and Star is a bonkers comedy about two middle-aged suburbanites who take a trip to the beach community Vista Del Mar, Florida, and have the time of their lives. They then get drawn into a plot… Read More

Now Streaming on Netflix, Crave, and Prime: June 2019

June 14, 2019 flawintheiris

Knock Down The House | Netflix The inspirational documentary offering evidence that there are still leaders in the United States whose motivations are respectable, responsible, and righteous. The film follows the primary campaigns of four progressive Democrats, all women, all very different from different states, and all of whom are looking to make a difference… Read More

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again review — ABBA musequel delivers fragrant cheese and fun

July 23, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Ol Parker | Written by Parker, Richard Curtis, and Catherine Johnson, based on the musical by Johnson | 114 min | Netflix I know I saw the first Mamma Mia! from 10 years ago, but I don't remember much beyond Meryl Streep having a blast. I recall the on-location cinematography clashing badly with… Read More

Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen reviews — Soderbergh’s heist trilogy shines like a diamond

June 7, 2018 flawintheiris

Ocean's Eleven (2001) Directed by Steven Soderbergh | Written by Ted Griffin, from the 1960 screenplay by George Clayton Johnson, Jack Golden Russell, Harry Brown, and Charles Lederer | 116 min | iTunes It seemed like a weird idea at the time: Let's take the not-so-great Rat Pack picture from the untrendy early '60s, and remake… Read More

Book Club review — 50 Shades of Awful

June 3, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Bill Holderman | Written by Holderman and Erin Simms | 104 min Candice Bergen's been nominated for an Oscar and won two Golden Globes, a plateful of Primetime Emmys, and made a powerful impact on American culture with her Murphy Brown TV series—soon to return. Jane Fonda has two Oscars and seven nominations,… Read More

Passengers (2016) review — Space jaunt scuppered by script’s fatal flaw

December 22, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Morten Tyldum | Written by Jon Spaihts | 116 min The trailers for this film, despite being a bit muddled, have revealed quite a bit about it. If you've seen them then you know Jim (Chris Pratt) and Aurora (Jennifer Lawrence) are passengers on an enormous space ship headed for a distant solar… Read More

Reviews: Coherence, Duke Of Burgundy, Kill The Messenger, Slow West, Z For Zachariah

October 11, 2015 flawintheiris

Recent releases available on DVD and VOD that didn't screen in local cinemas: Coherence Directed by James Ward Byrkit | Written by Byrkit and Alex Manugian | 89 min Eight dissatisfied urbanites gather for a party on a night when a comet burns through the sky. All their mobile phones go dead, and then the… Read More