Tag Archives: Cary Elwes

Dead Man’s Wire review — Double-barrelled justice?

January 14, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by Gus Van Sant | Written by Austin Kolodney, based on the 2018 documentary Dead Man’s Line | ▲▲▲1/2 We've got a brand new Gus Van Sant in theatres, which in itself is a reason to celebrate — the filmmaker who gave us Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, and Last Days… Read More

From The Vault: The Bride (1985)

March 23, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by Franc Roddam | Written by Lloyd Fonvielle, adapting Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | 118 min | ▲▲▲ | Shout Factory/Scream Factory Blu-Ray, VOD Sometime in the months ahead a picture called The Bride will arrive, another adaptation of Shelley's Frankenstein, or maybe a direct remake of James Whale's classic Bride of Frankenstein. With Maggie Gyllenhaal… Read More

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare review — Let’s kill some Nazis

August 1, 2024 flawintheiris

Directed by Guy Ritchie | Written by Ritchie, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, and Arash Amel, based on the book by Damien Lewis | 120 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Amazon Prime Guy Ritchie grew up watching the same movies I did, which is why I have a soft spot for him. There's not a chance in… Read More

Twisters/Twister (1996) reviews — One spins, the other sucks

July 19, 2024 flawintheiris

Twisters | Directed by Lee Isaac Chung | Written by Mark L. Smith and Joseph Kosinski | 117 min | ▲△△△△ | Amazon Prime I'm not sure why this new picture is being marketed as a sequel (check out my rewatch review of the original below). Twisters is a stone cold reboot with no characters… Read More

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One review — Cruise in control, for the most part

July 13, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie | Written by McQuarrie and Erik Jendresen, adapted from the TV series by Bruce Gellar | 163 min | ▲▲▲▲△ There's a reason the Mission: Impossible franchise is considered the peak of Hollywood's action mountain, a status it's held for more than 25 years. The first four movies were each stylistically… Read More

BlackBerry review — Glitchy software scuppers tech comedy

May 11, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Matt Johnson | Written by Johnson with Matthew Miller, from a book by Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff | 119 min | ▲▲△△△ BlackBerry has the distinct disadvantage of being the third movie this season serving as a biography of a product. The first two were the entertaining 1980s international caper Tetris, about… Read More

Best Sellers review — Talented cast lost in predictable dramedy

September 17, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Lina Roessler | Written by Anthony Grieco | 100 min | On Demand Here's how the IMDB describes this film: "A cranky, retired author reluctantly embarks on a final book tour to help out a young publisher." This isn't entirely accurate. First off, the author isn't retired, he's Harris Shaw (Michael Caine), an… Read More

Reviews: Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition, Genius, Elvis & Nixon, The Overnight, Laggies

September 29, 2016 flawintheiris

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition Directed by Zack Snyder | Written by Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer | 182 min | on iTunes We've all seen a Director's Cut. Unless the director's name is Michael Mann or James Cameron, it's rarely better than what we saw in the theatre: I can count… Read More