Tag Archives: Jason Bateman

Reviews from the Vault Vol. 7 — Big-Budget Fantasy

August 25, 2019 flawintheiris

From 2005 to 2009 I was a programmer on CKDU 88.1 FM in Halifax, every Sunday morning hosting The Love & Hate Movie Show. I talked about what I was seeing and revisited some of my favourite films of old, pretty much what I do now here on FITI. I still have a lot of… Read More

Game Night review — A surprisingly hilarious mainstream comedy

June 17, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein | Written by Mark Perez | 100 mins | on Netflix There's a scene in this picture where a suburban couple, Max (Jason Bateman) and Annie (Rachel McAdams), work to remove a bullet from Max's arm. They're entirely incompetent, and worse, they can barely keep from tossing… Read More

Zootopia review — Lots of fun (but for the self-esteem bullsh*t)

April 10, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Jared Bush | Written by Howard, Moore, and Bush, with others | 108 min | ▲▲▲△△ Disney does good work in animation, especially since Pixar's John Lasseter went over there to run things. He serves as Executive Producer here on a film with three directors and too many… Read More

The Gift review — Throwback with a sting

August 6, 2015 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Joel Edgerton One might say the domestic thriller has gone out of fashion since its 1990s heyday, but that's not entirely true. There was the Idris Elba/Taraji P. Henson picture No Good Deed, and the Jennifer Lopez drama The Boy Next Door. Halle Berry has made a couple, too. They're often morality… Read More

Horrible Bosses review

July 6, 2011 flawintheiris

Directed by Seth Gordon Written by Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein If you've seen the trailer, you know the deal. Three buddies, Nick (Jason Bateman) Dale (Charlie Day) and Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) complain to each other over beers that they each have the world's worst boss. Nick's boss Harken (Kevin Spacey,… Read More