Tag Archives: Constance Wu

The Friend review — Charming, melancholy New York dog movie

April 10, 2025 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Scott McGhee and David Siegel, adapting a book by Sigrid Nunez | 119 min | ▲▲▲ 1/2 One of my favourite movies is Anthony Minghella's Truly Madly Deeply, from 1991. It's about Nina (Juliet Stevenson), a translator and a musician whose partner, Jamie (Alan Rickman), dies unexpectedly, leaving her angry and… Read More

Hustlers review — Real-life tale of strippers shafting their sleazebag clients

September 23, 2019 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Lorene Scafaria | 110 min | Netflix In the past 12 months, we've seen three movies that feature a group of working class, multiethnic women teaming up to do crime—Widows, The Kitchen, and now Hustlers. That marks a genre change, and I, for one, am thrilled to see it. Based on… Read More

Crazy Rich Asians review — Traditional romcom with diverse approach

August 22, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by John M. Chu | Written by Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim, from the novel by Kevin Kwan | 120 min | Crave First, lets all celebrate the arrival of a full-on, undeniably old-fashioned romantic comedy. Crazy Rich Asians triples down (is that even a thing?) on all the well-established cliches of the genre,… Read More