Tag Archives: Asa Butterfield

Greed review — Satire on big money got no soul

March 5, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Michael Winterbottom | Written by Winterbottom and Sean Gray | 104 min | Crave Plus "I don't need drugs, I am drugs!" says the young Ricky "Greedy" McCreadie (Jamie Blackley, looking like Rufus Wainwright's angrier brother) who eventually becomes a billionaire, knight, fashion tycoon, and all around asshole — played by Steve Coogan.… Read More

Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children review — Looks good, but wishing for more weirdness

October 3, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Tim Burton | Written by Jane Goldman adapting a novel by Ransom Riggs | 127 min While still being Hollywood's most distinctive stylist and purveyor of all things spooky and ooky, Tim Burton struggles with his handle on narrative. Or, at least, he has in recent years. Once again, he's nailed the look… Read More

Ender’s Game review

November 6, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Gavin HoodWritten by Hood, adapting the novel by Orson Scott CardEnder Wiggin is a teenager with a gift for tactics. And on a future earth threatened by alien insectoids, that kind of skill is exactly what the global military is looking for. Apparently, children are required for protecting the earth in the future,… Read More