Tag Archives: David Dastmalchian

The Last Voyage of the Demeter review — Dracula sets sail on blood and water

August 14, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by André Øvredal | Written by Bragi F. Schut and Zak Olkewicz, based on a chapter of Bram Stoker's Dracula | 118 min | ▲▲▲△△ | VOD It's hard to argue against the notion we've seen this kind of thing before — this film's a solemn, genuine throwback to gothic creeps of Hammer Horror… Read More

The Suicide Squad review — A tiresome, noisy waste of time

August 9, 2021 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by James Gunn | 132 min | Netflix Though you might've scrubbed it from your memory, there was a previous Suicide Squad movie — the grim, messy, Toronto-shot effort from director David Ayer based on a DC comic about incarcerated super-villains sent on dangerous missions of national importance with the promise that… Read More

Ant-Man and The Wasp review — The incredible shrinking satisfaction of this Marvel franchise

July 8, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Peyton Reed | Written by Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Paul Rudd, Andrew Barrer, and Gabriel Ferrari | 118 min Trust Marvel Studios to mix it up again, following the afro-futurist adventure of Black Panther and the cosmic drama of Avengers: Infinity War, with a return to what feels like a side-project, a movie with… Read More

Ant-Man review — Incredible shrinking man brings so-so superheroics

July 19, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Peyton Reed, Written by Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Paul Rudd, and Adam McKay, from the Marvel Comics character by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Jack Kirby I'm a fan of what Marvel does. A series of interconnected movies about superheroes, stories told with intelligence and humour, they're wildly and deservedly popular and, for… Read More