Tag Archives: Craig Gillespie

Supergirl (2026) review — Improvement over Superman, which isn’t saying much

June 25, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by Craig Gillespie | Written by Ana Nogueira, based on comics by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster | 107 min | ▲▲1/2 | In Cinemas People might recall that there was a Supergirl movie back in 1984, a spin-off of the Christopher Reeve Superman movies. It starred Helen Slater and didn't do so well… Read More

Cruella review — The de Vil Wears Puppies, or Does She?

May 26, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Craig Gillespie | Screenplay by Dana Fox and Tony McNamara, Story by Aline Brosh McKenna, Kelly Marcel, and Steve Zissis, based on a novel by Dodie Smith | 134 min | Disney Plus Premium Disney's two-pronged strategy for new feature films — cannibalizing their classic catalogue — has been wildly successful. There's no… Read More

I, Tonya review — Totally nails that triple-axel

January 15, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Craig Gillespie | Written by Steven Rogers | 120 min I was never one of those folks who believed Raging Bull was one of the greatest films ever. But if you read film criticism in the 90's, that picture was often thrown out as one of the best ever, up there with Citizen Kane… Read More

The Finest Hours review — Terminally hokey nautical tale

January 29, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Craig Gillespie | Written by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson, based on a book by Casey Sherman and Michael J. Tougias | 117 min | ▲△△△△ We've seen a lot of movies set in the early 1950s lately—the earnest, lush romance Brooklyn, the austere indie Carol. Now we have a movie that doesn't… Read More

Million Dollar Arm review

May 29, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by Craig Gillespie, written by Thomas McCarthy I went to see this Disney picture for a few reasons. I liked the sound of the true-to-life angle, it's based on the story of two young guys from India who were brought to the US to take a shot at being baseball pitchers. I liked the creative… Read More