Tag Archives: Ben Whishaw

The Lobster review — Absurdist dystopia brings the yuks (for awhile)

April 27, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos | Written by Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou | 118 min | ▲▲▲△△ Imagine a world where single people must check in to a resort hotel and submit to a host of rules—no masturbation, but sexual touching with maids is required. If these singles don't fall in love with another person within… Read More

The Danish Girl review — A quiet study of nature

December 28, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Tom Hooper | Written by Lucinda Coxon from a book by David Ebershoff | 119 min | ▲▲▲▲△ The Danish Girl is a biopic of Einar Wegener, who in the late 1920s became Lili Elbe, the first transgender person to undergo surgical reassignment. At its heart, the film is a love story between Einar/Lili… Read More

Suffragette review — Muddy drama mutes powerful story

November 19, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Sarah Gavron | Written by Abi Morgan | 106 min Suffragette is a powerful story weakly told. A look back at the women's rights movement in pre-Great War London has all the makings of compelling historical drama—a talented cast and well-chosen locations being two of its assets—but is scuppered by technical issues, a too-predictable… Read More

Spectre review — So Big, So Beautiful, But a Bit Blah

November 7, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Sam Mendes | Written by John Logan, Neil Purvis, Robert Wade, Jez Butterworth, from a story by Logan, Purvis and Wade, based on the Ian Fleming character | 148 min "Bond is back... and this time, it's personal!" This could have been the cheekily lame tagline for each of the four Daniel Craig… Read More

Paddington review — A sweet treat about a travelling bear

January 25, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Paul King, written by King and Hamish McColl, from the Michael Bond character I don't see a lot of movies aimed for a very young audience, unless you count the regular Pixar output, but I'd heard good things about this adaptation of the popular British children's books, which I knew a little of,… Read More

Skyfall review

November 13, 2012 flawintheiris

Directed by Sam Mendes Written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan based on characters by Ian Fleming James Bond returns for the 23rd time (in an EON Productions film), the third time for Daniel Craig. Since he took the mantle of the most famous secret agent in the world (something of an obstacle… Read More

Cloud Atlas review

November 4, 2012 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and Tom Tykwer, from the David Mitchell novel I should confess right off the top that I haven't read the book, so am coming to this film fairly blank slate. But I was impressed by the achievement here, which maybe I shouldn't be given the pedigree of… Read More

Top 10 Movies of 2009

August 31, 2012 flawintheiris

Today is the anniversary of FITI. Two years of my relentless spew. Thanks for checking it out.Continuing on the Words About Movies Before This Blog Started theme—The Top 10 of 2007 and 2008 were posted earlier this week—here's my picks for 2009. (Please excuse my CAPS, that's when 2012 me had to have his say.)… Read More