Tag Archives: Dane DeHaan

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets review — Looks good, but isn’t

July 22, 2017 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Luc Besson, based on the comic by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézieres | 137 min Luc Besson's opulent, Métal Hurlant magazine-loving style made his big-budget science-fiction party The Fifth Element a cult favourite in the two decades since its release. As Valerian is his first genuine space opera since then, stuffed full of… Read More

Atlantic Film Festival 2015: Post Six — Biopic Tuesday

September 23, 2015 flawintheiris

Life Directed by Anton Corbijn | Written by Luke Davies | 111 min. Though I heard a scoff or two from a fellow #AFF2015-goer when I admitted I was attending the R-Patz drama, it wasn't the former Twilight actor that drew me to the film, it was the director: Corbijn got his start as a… 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

Reviews: Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Kill Your Darlings, Short Term 12, Top Of The Lake, The Look of Love, I Give It A Year, The Iceman

April 5, 2014 flawintheiris

I'm still writing semi-regular reviews of features and series for Halifax Alternative Weekly The Coast. Check out my thoughts on some recent gems (and semi-precious stones): Ain't Them Bodies Saints Kill Your Darlings Short Term 12 Top Of The Lake The Look of Love I Give It A Year The Iceman Read More

Metallica: Through The Never review

September 29, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Nimród AntalWritten by Antal, Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, and Lars UlrichNine years ago Metallica starred in Some Kind of Monster, which, in the history of rock music, gets my vote for the most revealing look inside a band dynamic. Whatever mystique they might have had, it was demolished by the metal godfathers' display of… Read More

The Place Beyond The Pines review

April 24, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Derek CianfranceWritten by Cianfrance, Ben Coccio and Darius MarderThree stories, interlocked. The first: A stunt-driving motorcyclist (Ryan Gosling) returns to Schenectady, New York—a city whose name in Mohawk means, roughly, the title of this picture— and finds a woman (Eva Mendes) and an infant. Cycle guy decides to stay, to try and be a… Read More

Chronicle review

February 19, 2012 flawintheiris

Directed by Josh TrankWritten by Trank and Max LandisThe idea of super powers: still inspiring filmmakers in 2012. It's amazing to me that there are still fresh ways to approach ye olde "with great power comes great responsibility" story, and credit to Trank and Landis for succeeding, for the most part, in that department.Andrew (Dane… Read More