Tag Archives: In Cinemas

The End of Oak Street review — Ersatz Corman > Ersatz Amblin

August 17, 2026 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by David Robert Mitchell | 99 min | ▲▲1/2 | In Cinemas It's important to note that this picture from the filmmaker who gave us It Follows and the criminally underrated Under The Silver Lake is produced by one JJ Abrams. Abrams has always been an acolyte of the school of Steven… Read More

The Wrong Girls review — The next-gen stoner comedy

August 14, 2026 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Dylan Meyer | 100 min | ▲▲▲ | In Cinemas (Dartmouth Crossing only in the Halifax area) Welcome to August, when studios release the movies they couldn't quite figure out how to market to audiences who have spent the summer being pummelled into submission by blockbusters. This isn't necessarily a bad… Read More

One Night Only review — aka The Sexy Purge: a weird, sometimes wonderful, romcom

August 6, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by Will Gluck | Written by Travis Braun | 102 min | ▲▲▲ | In Cinemas It occurs to me that both Anora and The Materialists may have kicked off a really interesting series of romantic comedies — all released in cinemas — that are identifiably within the genre but work hard to subvert… Read More

Spider-Man: Brand New Day review — Peter Parker grows up

July 30, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton | Written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers | 145 min | ▲▲▲▲ | In Cinemas I have to own the fact that my expectations when I walked into Spider-Man: Brand New Day were solidly mid. Like the broader culture, I think I've been suffering from a little bit of superhero fatigue,… Read More

The Odyssey review — An epic journey home

July 17, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by Christopher Nolan | Written by Nolan, based on Homer's epic poem | 172 min | ▲▲▲▲ | In Cinemas Filmmaker Christopher Nolan has called this 3000-year-old story a foundational text, and it's certainly inspired his work in the past — or, at least, involves themes he's interested in: The hero's journey, homecomings, non-linear… Read More

Toy Story 5 review — Still a joy to visit with the toys

June 22, 2026 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by McKenna Harris and Andrew Stanton | 102 min | ▲▲▲▲ | In Cinemas Given the first three films in this series are all about as good as an animated family franchise can get, numbers four and five arrived freighted with fear by the faithful — have they gone to the well… Read More