Tag Archives: Harrison Ford

Captain America: Brave New World review — Politics and a Red Hulk make a mess

February 17, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by Julius Onah | Written by Onah, Rob Edwards, Malcolm Spellman, Dalan Musson, and Peter Glanz | 118 min | ▲▲ I'm starting to think that the number of screenwriters on a Marvel movie is inversely proportional to its quality — the more there are the worse it's likely to be. But it's clear… Read More

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny review — One more crusade

July 1, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by James Mangold | Written by Mangold, Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth and David Koepp | 154 min | ▲▲▲△△ It's a little hard to believe this movie exists, isn't it? This comes 15 years after the last one, the much-derided Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull and 34 years since the end of the original trilogy,… Read More

Indiana Jones series review

June 29, 2023 flawintheiris

The final (?) Indiana Jones adventure is just about to open (on Friday, June 30th), so now seems a perfect time to rewatch the four previous entries in the franchise. My feeling about them from previous viewings is a case of diminishing returns, and I say that knowing a lot of people love the third… Read More

20 Best Movies on Canadian Netflix (from the 20th Century)

February 8, 2021 flawintheiris

I don't think this is a secret: Netflix doesn't carry a deep library of quality older cinema. Most folks looking to a streaming service for a classic movie are probably better off subscribing to Amazon Prime — a lot to enjoy there — or the Criterion Channel. (I'd also recommend a look at the library… Read More

Harrison Ford forgets where he made K:19 The Widowmaker

February 27, 2020 flawintheiris

It was almost 20 years ago, so I guess I can cut the guy some slack. And Nova Scotia is almost as far away from Los Angeles as Newfoundland. https://youtu.be/XNN1Hbg9oNU?t=1016 Read More

Blade Runner 2049 review — Epic sci-fi sequel is beautiful, cold, and essential

October 6, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Denis Villeneuve | Written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, with characters from the Philip K. Dick novel, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep | 163 min In its DNA, in its circuitry, any sequel looks back at the original. A good sequel moves forward more than it looks back, while that rare beast,… Read More

Preparing for Blade Runner 2049

October 4, 2017 flawintheiris

It's hard to overestimate the lasting impression of Blade Runner in my film life. I can't remember the first time I saw it. It was released 35 years ago, on June 25, 1982. I was not yet 12, but I must have seen it shortly after it was first released, probably drawn by the idea… Read More

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens review — A New Hope In This Series

December 18, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by JJ Abrams | Written by Lawrence Kasdan, JJ Abrams, and Michael Arndt, based on characters by George Lucas | 135 min | ▲▲▲△△ A friend of mine was struggling to manage his expectations of the return of the Star Wars franchise. "The movie doesn't need to be better than the original trilogy," he remarked,… Read More

Indiana Jones series review

August 26, 2015 flawintheiris

Welcome to items from The Vault. Between 2005 and 2009 I was a programmer on CKDU 88.1 FM every Sunday morning with something called The Love & Hate Movie Show. I talked about what I was seeing and revisited some of my favourite films of old, pretty much what I do now here on FITI.… Read More

The Age of Adaline review — Aggressively hokey cinema cheese

April 24, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Lee Toland Krieger, Written by J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz This movie is finally in cinemas—it feels like the trailer has been running for an eternity. I saw it with a very appreciative (and, if I may say, mature) audience on Thursday night. I was not as appreciative. That's not to say… Read More