Tag Archives: Jacob Batalon

Novocaine review — No pain, big gain

March 13, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen | Written by Lars Jacobson | 110 min | ▲▲▲1/2 San Diego assistant bank manager Nathan Caine (Jack Quaid) lives with an invisible disability — a disorder of his nervous system that means he's unable to feel pain. Since he was a kid he's been adding cushions to… Read More

Spider-Man: No Way Home review — Amazing and spectacular, both

December 20, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Jon Watts | Written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers | 148 min | Netflix Let's have a chat about the definition of "fan service." It's a term that gets thrown around a lot lately, especially in relation to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It's the idea is that these movies' producers are pandering… Read More

Spider-Man: Far From Home review — Playfully entertaining teen superheroing, if a little long

July 3, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Jon Watts | Written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers | 129 min | Netflix ...or Peter Parker's European Vacation. And who could blame the guy (winningly played by Tom Holland again) for wanting some downtime? For a 16-year-old, he's had more than his fair share of grief—with the passing of a father… Read More

Spider-Man: Homecoming review — Fresh focus on teen superheroing

July 8, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Jon Watts | Written by Watts, Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Christopher Ford, Chris McKenna, and Erik Sommers | 133 min Yes, another reboot of the Spider-Man franchise—Andrew Garfield, we barely knew ye—this time with six writers, not including the original comic creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. None of that bodes well.… Read More