Tag Archives: In Cinemas

John Wick: Chapter 4 review — The Skyfall of the John Wick franchise

March 27, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Chad Stahelski | Written by Shay Hatten and Michael Finch, based on characters by Derek Kolstad | 169 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | In Cinemas When John Wick first found his bloody path to the big screen about a decade ago, it was a mid-budget indie action picture with a 50-year-old Keanu Reeves in… Read More

Full River Red review — A bloody, convoluted historical thriller (and comedy)

March 25, 2023 flawintheiris

Original title: Manjianghong | Directed by Yimou Zhang | Written by Zhang and Yu Chen | 159 min | ▲▲▲△△ | In Cinemas Chinese filmmaker Yimou Zhang is a master of epic period thrillers like The Great Wall, Hero, and House of Flying Daggers, and here is again with a single-location comedy-mystery based on historical fact,… Read More

65 review — Adam Driver + Dinosaurs. What’s not to like?

March 23, 2023 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods | 93 min | ▲▲▲△△ | In Cinemas You know what you're getting here in the opening moments when text across the screen suggests we're visiting a time before "the advent of mankind." Putting aside the tiresome gendered language, moments later we're introduced to a family… Read More

Brother review — A powerful story unlike what we usually see in Canadian cinema

March 20, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Clement Virgo | Written by Virgo from the novel by David Chariandy | 119 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | In Cinemas Clement Virgo is the director of solid dramatic features like the Halifax-set boxing picture Poor Boy's Game, Lie With Me, and Rude, and quality television like The Wire and Book Of Negroes —… Read More

Creed III review — Eye of the Tiger, baby!

March 7, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Michael B. Jordan | Written by Keenan Coogler, Zach Baylin, and Ryan Coogler | 116 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | In Cinemas It's been almost 50 years, with Six Rocky movies and now three Creed movies. This is a pugilistic franchise with a remarkable cinematic lifespan. The way it pivoted to this spin-off was… Read More

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania review — Psychedelic fun with tiny superhero family

February 20, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Peyton Reed | Written by Jeff Loveness | 125 min | ▲▲▲△△ | In Cinemas In the past couple of years the vastly successful experiment that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe has lost its way. After the high points of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, the new movies haven't had the narrative coherence,… Read More

Avatar: The Way of Water review — Spectacular and stupid

December 22, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by James Cameron | Written by Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman, and Shane Salerno | 192 min | ▲▲△△△ | In Cinemas Rewatching the original Avatar last week I was reminded of Jim Cameron's incredible ambition, impressive technical wizardry, and cluelessness when it comes to reading the room, culturally speaking. The dude… Read More