Tag Archives: Ben Affleck

The Accountant 2 review — Tax free fun and games

May 2, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by Gavin O'Connor | Written by Bill Dubuque | 132 min | ▲▲▲1/2 The arrival of a sequel to the 2016 Ben Affleck actioner prompted me to go back and watch the nine-year-old original again. I think I might've been a little too hard on The Accountant in my review. It was more entertaining… Read More

The Instigators review — Boston buds have a pretty good time

August 12, 2024 flawintheiris

Directed by Doug Liman | Written by Chuck MacLean and Casey Affleck | 101 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Apple TV + There's a simple pleasure in a genre picture put together by people with such professionalism in the making that even a certain, say, predictability in the beats or routine in its structure doesn't detract… Read More

The Flash review — The Anti-Snyder Cut

June 15, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Andy Muschietti | Written by Christina Hodson and Joby Harold | 144 min | ▲▲▲▲△ The Flash is a superhero movie with an almost insurmountable hill to climb. It's set solidly in the multiverse subgenre of fantasy pictures, following two beloved animated Spider-Man movies, one live-action, a middling-at-best Dr Strange movie, and the… Read More

The Tender Bar review — A writer grows up in the “good ol’ days”

May 22, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by George Clooney | Written by William Monahan and J.R. Moehringer | 106 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | Amazon Prime A shaggy dog story like this doesn't get made too often. I have to assume its existence has a lot to do with the heft George Clooney can swing in the industry as a filmmaker.… Read More

Air review — A three-pointer from mid-court at the buzzer

April 6, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Ben Affleck | Written by Alex Convery | 112 min | ▲▲▲▲▲ Let me say from the jump — I've been to see the Raptors a couple of times, but I'm not big into basketball. I'm not a shoe guy — it seems one of the more ridiculous things to collect, especially if… Read More

Clerks III review — Kevin Smith goes home in sentimental, rote comedy

October 2, 2022 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Kevin Smith | 115 min | ▲▲△△△ | Crave Let me get this out there for the record: I like Kevin Smith. He's a Gen-X filmmaker who built his career on bubble gum, credit, swears, sharp and hilarious dialogue, and pop culture. I appreciate his storytelling on stage and in podcasts… Read More

Deep Water review — High trash, extreme fun

March 23, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Adrian Lyne | Written by Zach Helm and Sam Levinson, based on a story by Patricia Highsmith | 115 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | Amazon Prime A couple of things I want to say off the top about this movie. Grace Jenkins, who plays Trixie, the six-or-seven-year-old daughter of Ana de Armas and Ben… 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

Zack Snyder’s Justice League review — Better than the theatrical cut, but twice as long

March 24, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Zack Snyder | Written by Snyder, Chris Terrio, and Will Beall | 242 min | Crave Plus/HBO Max When I was a kid, all I wished was that people would take comics as seriously as I did. Zach Snyder's career is a testament to the truism: "Be careful what you wish for." His… Read More

The Way Back (2020) review — Affleck drama better on hoops

April 27, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Gavin O'Connor | Written by Brad Ingelsby | 108 min | Netflix Nothing like a dude day drinking beer in the shower to suggest a problem. Here we've got Ben Affleck as the dude — his Jack Cunningham is a construction worker, separated from his wife (Janina Gavankar) and heartbroken, alone but for… Read More