Tag Archives: Dominic West

Downton Abbey: A New Era review — Tied in a bow for fans of the show

May 22, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Simon Curtis | Written by Julian Fellowes | 125 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | Crave Another visit to the late 1920s estate of the aristocratic Crawley family— made so popular in six seasons on ITV and PBS, and more recently rerun on Netflix — seemed unlikely. I know the first feature from 2019, Downton… Read More

#FIN2018 reviews — Mandy night at the movies, Colette, What They Had

September 18, 2018 flawintheiris

Though I'd seen it before on a screener, I poked my head into the first Extreme Screening of the festival on Monday, Mandy. I really just wanted to see some of those visuals on the big screen, and get a sense of the audience reactions, but I found couldn't leave. I got there just at… Read More

Tomb Raider review — Remarkably entertaining video-game adaptation

March 25, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Roar Uthaug | Written by Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Alastair Siddons, and Evan Daugherty | 118 min I can barely recall the Angelina Jolie Tomb Raider movies. What I do remember is Jolie's Lara Croft was a largely personality-free automaton who looked great kicking ass. Was it a pre-007 Daniel Craig's ass she kicked? Maybe.… Read More

Reviews: Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition, Genius, Elvis & Nixon, The Overnight, Laggies

September 29, 2016 flawintheiris

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition Directed by Zack Snyder | Written by Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer | 182 min | on iTunes We've all seen a Director's Cut. Unless the director's name is Michael Mann or James Cameron, it's rarely better than what we saw in the theatre: I can count… Read More

Finding Dory review — It’s Better Down Where It’s Wetter

June 23, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLean | Written by Stanton and Victoria Strouse | 103 min | ▲▲▲△△ Despite last year's powerfully creative Inside Out, I think we can safely say that Pixar's golden period has come to an end. The (other) more recent pictures still have that professional polish and solid entertainment value, but… Read More

Money Monster review — The Medium Short

May 14, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Jodie Foster | Written by Jamie Linden, Alan DiFiore, and Jim Kouf | 98 min | ▲▲▲△△ Money Monster seems to aspire to a kind of edgy, media-in-the-crosshairs comedy/drama mix. It wants to be like The Big Short, Broadcast News, or even Network. It isn't at all, but that doesn't mean it doesn't deliver some fun for your… Read More

John Carter reviewed

March 10, 2012 flawintheiris

Directed by Andrew Stanton Written by Stanton, Mark Andrews and Michael Chabon, based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs book, A Princess of Mars In a TED Talk, director Andrew Stanton said that the biggest thing a story needs to do is "make you care." I really wanted to care about John Carter. At times I… Read More