Tag Archives: Gabriel Byrne

Ballerina review — Bloody mayhem en pointe

June 12, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by Len Wiseman | Written by Shay Hatten and Derek Kolstad | 124 min | ▲▲▲ Expectations were mid with this long-awaited spinoff of the John Wickiverse, which has already seen a TV series come and go. The full title here is the abysmal From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, but who has… Read More

Death of a Ladies’ Man review — In love we disappear

March 12, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Matt Bissonnette | Written by Bissonnette, with Bobby Theodore as story consultant | 100 min | On Demand McGill professor Samuel O'Shea (Gabriel Byrne, increasingly grizzled at almost 70) arrives home one afternoon to discover his wife, Linda (Carolina Bartczak), fucking another guy. Upset, he goes back to his first love, whiskey, and… Read More

Little Women (1933, 1949, 1994, and 2018) reviews — The films before Greta Gerwig

December 27, 2019 flawintheiris

I haven't read Louisa May Alcott's semi-autobiographical book, though I know a fair amount about the story: a tale of the four teenage March sisters in Massachusetts during the American Civil War, growing up and missing their father who's off fighting—the mature eldest, Meg, the tomboyish writer, Jo, the shy pianist, Beth, and the prim… Read More

10 Great Richard E. Grant roles

February 20, 2019 flawintheiris

The undisputed media star of this year's Academy Awards season—coming to a conclusion with the ceremony on Sunday, February 24—is the Swaziland-born veteran actor Richard E. Grant. Those of us deeply embedded in the cult of his first feature film, Withnail and I, are especially enjoying the various articles about Grant's enthusiasm, and his deft social… Read More

Hereditary review — As creepy as f**k, as advertised

June 10, 2018 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Ari Aster | 127 min | Netflix A family living in a lovely, wood-panelled home in Utah is grieving the death of the grandmother. At the funeral Annie (Toni Collette), talks about her mother’s secretive nature. She was estranged from her mother for years, we learn. Back at home, Annie is… Read More