Tag Archives: Haley Bennett

Cyrano review — Peter Dinklage and the tunes make this musical sing

March 1, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Joe Wright | Written by Erica Schmidt, based on the play by Edmond Rostand | 123 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | Amazon Prime My first introduction to Cyrano de Bergerac was in English by Steve Martin in the delightful Roxanne, and then in French just a few years later by Gérard Depardieu. Based on… Read More

Oscars 2021 Reviews — The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Pieces Of A Woman, Hillbilly Elegy

April 26, 2021 flawintheiris

Leading up to the 2021 ceremony, I caught up on a few of the nominated features I'd yet to see. I've still got more, but here's what I was able to get to this weekend. The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Directed by Lee Daniels | Written by Suzan-Lori Parks, based on the book… Read More

Swallow review — Open wide!

December 30, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Carlo Mirabella-Davis | 94 min | On Demand Swallow is a single-minded psychological thriller that reaches for the unbearable queasiness of body horror, but in such a discreet way as to undercut the suggestion of genre. That's fully to its credit. It stands as a character study and a bloody, bold… Read More

Now On Canadian Netflix: January 2020

January 18, 2020 flawintheiris

The Two Popes On the face of it, this strikes me as strange material for Fernando Meirelles to approach. The Brazilian filmmaker responsible for City Of God and The Constant Gardener is a visionary of colour and kinetics, of movement. Why would he choose to tell the story of two senior citizens having a conversation, his… Read More

The Girl On The Train review — Ridiculous melodrama has one track mind

October 8, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Tate Taylor | Written by Erin Cressida Wilson adapting the book by Paula Hawkins | 112 min The best thing one can say about The Girl On The Train is that it commits. A wildly over the top melodrama with characters that barely resemble human beings, it's a story about women who weep… Read More

The Magnificent Seven (2016) review — Old and young guns shoot straight enough in western remake

October 2, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Antoine Fuqua | Written by Richard Wenk and Nic Pizzolato, based on the screenplays for The Magnificent Seven (1960) by William Roberts and The Seven Samurai (1954) by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni | 133 min A remake of a remake of a remake, this newest tale of hired guns helping out a village… Read More

Hardcore Henry review — First Person Pulverizing

April 13, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Ilya Naishuller | Written by Naishuller and Will Stewart | 96 min | ▲▲△△△ For years Hollywood's been adapting video games into movies and filmmakers like Michael Bay and Zack Snyder have been inspired by video game visuals in their filmmaking. It makes sense that someone would try to narrow that gap between media,… Read More