Tag Archives: Harry Melling

The Pale Blue Eye review — Heart of gothic procedural tells a tale

January 5, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Scott Cooper | Written by Cooper, based on the novel by Louis Bayard | 128 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | Netflix Scott Cooper is a director of gritty genre pictures. Some, like the western, Hostiles, deliver a potent brew of desperate characters in an unforgiving setting, while others, like the gangster drama Black Mass,… Read More

The Tragedy of Macbeth review — Bold and resolute, though not too bloody

January 13, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Joel Coen | Written by Coen, adapting the play by William Shakespeare | 105 min | ▲▲▲△△ Feels like a lot of people were left scratching their heads over this one. I mean, anything the Coens do is naturally of interest — the brothers are the best, most consistent American filmmakers of their… Read More

The Old Guard review — Big-budget action fantasy? Check.

July 14, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood | Written by Greg Rucka, based on the graphic novels by Rucka and Leandro Fernandez | 125 min | Netflix This is a blockbuster that arrives streaming in a season without superhero movies, and in that it might satisfy audiences looking for an escapist fix, but it also has things in… Read More