Tag Archives: Daniel Kaluuya

Judas And The Black Messiah review — Politically powerful, dramatically flawed

February 15, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Shaka King | Written by King, Will Berson, Kenneth Lucas and Keith Lucas | 126 min | Crave Plus The epic, practically Shakespearean crime dramas of Martin Scorcese, from Goodfellas to The Departed, cast a long shadow over Shaka King's thriller and docudrama. It's about the life of Fred Hampton, the young, charismatic… Read More

Queen and Slim review — Outlaw tale undeniably potent

November 26, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Melina Matsoukas | Written by Lena Waithe and James Frey | 132 min | Netflix A first feature by a longtime music video director—her credits include collaborations with Rihanna and Beyoncé— with noted TV writer/actor Lena Waithe and A Million Little Pieces author James Frey, tells the story of two African Americans on… Read More

Widows review — McQueen’s art house crime drama thrills and spills

November 16, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Steve McQueen | Written by McQueen and Gillian Flynn, from a book by Lynda La Plante | 129 min | Netflix We're in good hands from the start. In the opening scenes the film jumps between the bedroom intimacies of couple Veronica and Harry Rawlings (Viola Davis and Liam Neeson) and Harry's life… Read More

Johnny English trilogy review — Inept spy squeaks by on physical gags

November 11, 2018 flawintheiris

Johnny English Strikes Again | Directed by David Kerr | Written by William Davies | 89 min I'll admit it, I wasn't all that excited to see these films. The reviews have never been great—on Rotten Tomatoes, the second film has the best score at a whopping 38%. I have plenty of respect for Rowan… Read More

Black Panther review — Afrofuturist Marvel epic delivers

February 18, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Ryan Coogler | Written by Coogler and Joe Robert Cole | 134 minutes The Stan Lee/Jack Kirby-created Marvel comic character gets his own movie following his introduction in Captain America: Civil War. T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman), the Black Panther, is the king of the fictional African nation of Wakanda. The country presents as impoverished… Read More

Get Out review — Fear of a White Planet

March 2, 2017 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Jordan Peele | 103 min | On Demand A cunning amalgam of horror and satire, comedian Peele has delivered an especially satisfying debut feature film. It manages to poke at a lot of the cliches of white liberal America—that some may call unacknowledged truths, especially the barely repressed racism of the… Read More

Sicario review — At Hell’s Border

October 1, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Denis Villeneuve | Written by Taylor Sheridan | 121 min Kate (Emily Blunt, convincingly tough and vulnerable) is a straight arrow FBI agent on the anti-kidnap squad working in Arizona with partner Reggie (Daniel Kaluuya, another talented Brit import), mopping up at the margins of the Mexican drug cartel business, which usually means… Read More