Tag Archives: Colm Feore

My Salinger Year review — New York writer makes it after all

March 7, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Philippe Falardeau | Written by Falardeau, based on the novel by Joanna Smith Rakoff | 101 min | Crave Plus There's the Coming Of Age movie, the Ambitious Youth Comes To The Big City movie, and the Fish Out Of Water movie, and My Salinger Year is a cross section of all three.… Read More

Now on Canadian Netflix: October 2018

October 2, 2018 flawintheiris

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society A fine, romantic period drama, stewed in the bones of 84 Charing Cross Road and any number of WWII-era tales of British privation. This most clumsily-titled film earned a cinematic release in the UK, but not here. It's too bad because it's a good-looking picture, with lovely seaside… Read More

The Jack Ryan Franchise: An Accidental Secret Agent

December 1, 2014 flawintheiris

Jack Ryan has lived many lives. A character who originated in a series of popular Tom Clancy novels, he's kept coming back to the movies in a series from Paramount Studios — played by four actors in five pictures released over 24 years, with Ryan repositioned through shifting political eras with varying degrees of success.… Read More

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 review

May 3, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by Marc Webb Written by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner and James Vanderbilt, adapting the Marvel comic created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko My friend Dave, who loves superhero movies, and I disagreed on this one, and I had to admit that maybe my enjoyment of it was at least partly the… Read More

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit review

February 6, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by Kenneth BranaghWritten by Adam Cozad and David Koepp, based on characters created by Tom ClancyIt's a very rotten spy thriller that I'll pan. I just love the genre. I enjoy the twisty plots, the suspense and the international locations. But I can't say too much about Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit impressed me.This is… Read More