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Avatar: Fire and Ash review — Jim Cameron’s indigenous fantasy redux

December 22, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by James Cameron | Written by Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman, and Shane Salerno | 197 min | ▲▲1/2 James Cameron is the most successful Canadian filmmaker in history by the simple measure of box office returns. It's hard to deny he knows what audiences want, going back to the Terminator franchise,… Read More

From The Vault: Restoration (1995) review

November 16, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by Michael Hoffman | Written by Rupert Walters, based on a novel by Rose Tremain | 117 min | ▲1/2 | DVD, on VOD in the United States Sheer, hardheaded curiosity forced me to track down this feature — a lost Miramax picture from the mid-'90s, star-studded and Academy-awarded (for Art Direction and Costume… Read More

Enola Holmes 2 review — Fun times in teen detective sequel

November 12, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Harry Bradbeer | Written by Bradbeer and Jack Thorne, based on the series of books by Nancy Springer | 129 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Netflix It's a welcome return of Millie Bobby Brown as Enola Holmes, Sherlock Holmes' non-canonical younger sister, who made quite a splash with her first appearance in a Netlfix… Read More

Wonder Woman review — Amazon Warrior For The Win

June 5, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Patty Jenkins | Written by Allan Heinberg, Jason Fuchs, and Zack Snyder | 142 min That sound you heard this past weekend was the massive, communal exhale by millions of filmgoers who made Wonder Woman the huge hit it deserves to be. The movie is the long-awaited female-led summer superhero picture that matches… Read More

Reviews: Equals, Anomalisa, Race

July 22, 2016 flawintheiris

Equals Directed by Drake Doremus | Written by Doremus and Nathan Parker | 101 min | ▲▲▲△△ | On iTunes Every so often a feature comes to online platforms that disappoints: Not because of the narrative quality of the film, but because it has such a gorgeous production design you can't help but wish you could watch it… Read More

Legend review — Hardy impresses in a so-so gangster movie

December 3, 2015 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Brian Helgeland | Based on a book by John Pearson | 131 min Back in 1990, Peter Medak directed a feature called The Krays, starring Spandau Ballet's Gary and Martin Kemp as the real life East End London gangster brothers. A gritty, anti-glamour docudrama about the their 1960s underworld reign, the… Read More

The Theory of Everything review — A handsome, moving biopic

November 29, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by James Marsh, written by Anthony McCarten, adapting the book by Jane Hawking Odd confluence trivia of the season: The science advisor for Interstellar, Kip Thorne, is a character in The Theory of Everything, played by Enzo Cilenti. He's the guy who gets the Penthouse magazine subscription with Stephen. To bad 70s mens magazines… Read More

The Zero Theorem review

August 10, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by Terry Gilliam, written by Pat Rushin I've always admired Terry Gilliam, even when I haven't loved his movies. His legend as a giant slayer—largely due to his masterpiece Brazil having found an audience in his preferred version despite the studio meddling—still carries serious weight today, 30 years later. And the Monty Python alum's favourite themes—the… Read More