Tag Archives: Hugh Bonneville

20 Best Movies on Amazon Prime (From the 20th Century)

May 24, 2021 flawintheiris

I started with Netflix, notorious for having a shallow catalogue of older movies, then went on to Disney's new service, Star. Now I'm having a look at Prime, which actually boasts a bigger variety of films 21 years or older. Here's some of the best available now: Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) This is Werner… Read More

Glorious 39 review — Wartime mystery takes an odd turn

May 3, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Stephen Poliakoff | 129 min | Amazon Prime It was the sterling cast that drew me to this otherwise unknown 2009 British historical drama. How is it that a feature starring Bill Nighy, Juno Temple, Eddie Redmayne, David Tennant, Romola Garai, Charlie Cox, Jeremy Northam, Julie Christie (!) , Jenny Agutter,… Read More

Downton Abbey review — TV on the big screen, for better or worse

September 26, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Michael Engler | Written by Julian Fellowes | 122 min | Netflix Television series that make the jump to the big screen usually manifest in one of two ways: they wrap up plot threads that the series wasn't able to knit before the show ended—the Firefly movie Serenity is a good example of… Read More

Paddington 2 review — The sweet return of the marmalade-loving bear

January 20, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Paul King | Written by King and Simon Farnaby, from the Michael Bond character | 104 min The return of the warm and literally fuzzy, marmalade-loving bear, and a welcome return it is. The first film showed up in North American cinemas in January 2015, which seems incredible to me. I was half… Read More

Paddington review — A sweet treat about a travelling bear

January 25, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Paul King, written by King and Hamish McColl, from the Michael Bond character I don't see a lot of movies aimed for a very young audience, unless you count the regular Pixar output, but I'd heard good things about this adaptation of the popular British children's books, which I knew a little of,… Read More

The Monuments Men review

February 7, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by George Clooney Written by Clooney and Grant Heslov, adapting a book by Robert M. Edsel and Ben Witter I get that George Clooney has a love for some old-timey movies, the sort that move at a more leisurely pace and rely a great deal on the charm of the actors. He showed that… Read More