Tag Archives: Conan O’Brien

Toy Story 5 review — Still a joy to visit with the toys

June 22, 2026 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by McKenna Harris and Andrew Stanton | 102 min | ▲▲▲▲ | In Cinemas Given the first three films in this series are all about as good as an animated family franchise can get, numbers four and five arrived freighted with fear by the faithful — have they gone to the well… Read More

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You review — A portrait of maternal stress

January 9, 2026 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Mary Bronstein | 113 min | 113 min | ▲▲ | on VOD, Hoopla The awards season is in full swing, and this movie — which I missed in theatres, it's now available to rent — has been given a lot of approbation due to a rawer than raw performance from… Read More

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story review — Sharp, goofy takedown of musical biopics

November 9, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Eric Appel | Written by Appel and ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic | 108 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Roku A version of this review appeared on FITI in September from the Toronto International Film Festival. People may not recall that the legendary comedy musician, ‘Weird Al,’ was a film star, briefly, in 1989’s comedy bomb, UHF.… Read More

The Great Gatsby review

May 16, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Baz LuhrmannWritten by Luhrmann and Craig Pearce, adapting the F. Scott Fitzgerald novelThe one thing I liked about Moulin Rouge, Luhrmann's last hit feature more than 10 years ago, was how he created this grand period spectacle laced with contemporary music. It was fun identifying the songs being performed by Nicole Kidman and… Read More