Tag Archives: Ian McKellan

From The Vault: Restoration (1995) review

November 16, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by Michael Hoffman | Written by Rupert Walters, based on a novel by Rose Tremain | 117 min | ▲1/2 | DVD, on VOD in the United States Sheer, hardheaded curiosity forced me to track down this feature — a lost Miramax picture from the mid-'90s, star-studded and Academy-awarded (for Art Direction and Costume… Read More

Cats review — A feast for furries, cataclysmic for the rest of us

December 30, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Tom Hooper | Written by Hooper and Lee Hall, based on the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which is based on a poetry collection by TS Eliot | 110 min | Netflix I will give one thing to this perverse adaptation of the long-running stage show, it commits. It commits to its bonkers… Read More

X-Men Original Trilogy review

June 5, 2019 flawintheiris

This review was assembled just before the release of Dark Phoenix. I recall reading the studio was planning three films to tell the story of Jean Grey's transformation into the cosmic power of Phoenix, an operatic tale of good and evil—previously attempted in the third X-Men film, X-Men: The Last Stand—but I guess those plans were… Read More

Mr Holmes review — Character drama tops elementary detective story

August 4, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Bill Condon, Written by Jeffrey Hatcher from a novel by Mitch Cullin. Based on characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle. It's pretty amazing the lasting power of Sherlock Holmes in the culture, isn' t it? Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are carrying the torch on the BBC with the modern update, Sherlock, for the… Read More