Tag Archives: Demi Moore

I Love Boosters review — Passion for fashion, critical of capitalism

May 25, 2026 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Boots Riley | 105 min | ▲▲▲▲ Prepping to see the new feature from rapper-turned-filmmaker Riley sent me back to my comments on his debut, Sorry To Bother You. My sentiments for his first effort could easily be carried over to this one, but almost everything about his second time at… Read More

Brats review — Don’t you forget about me

June 30, 2024 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Andrew McCarthy | 92 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | Disney+ For you, kind reader, who may not be aware, I'm solidly in what Douglas Coupland named Generation X. I was a teenager in the 1980s when Hollywood served up a number of movies starring a group of fetching young actors everyone called… Read More

Rough Night review — Talent isn’t enough in rote comedy

June 21, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Lucia Aniello | Written by Aniello and Paul W. Downs | 101 min Granted, I don't see a lot of mainstream comedies these days. I find they don't commit—either to the comedic possibilities of their high concept, or to risking any realism crawling into their film, where some genuine comedy could be mined… Read More

Margin Call review

December 18, 2011 flawintheiris

Written and directed by JC ChandorMargin Call arrived in cinemas near me with not much fanfare, which is a shame as it's all kinds of good.It's the summer of 2008 at some Lehmann Brothers-esque New York investment bank, full of morally bankrupt fat cats. Well, maybe it's not as simple as that, but it's hard… Read More