Tag Archives: Jeff Daniels

The Catcher Was A Spy review — Paul Rudd gets on base

May 31, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Ben Lewin | Written by Robert Rodat, based on the book by Nicholas Dawidoff | 98 min | Netflix Fans of Paul Rudd, and I know there are many, shouldn't miss this oddity in his catalogue: the time where he played a real life Red Sox catcher Morris "Moe" Berg (not the Pursuit… Read More

Steve Jobs review — Tale of an Asshole

October 27, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Danny Boyle | Written by Aaron Sorkin, based on a book by Walter Isaacson| 122 min There's been some noise in the blogosphere about whether another Steve Jobs movie is even necessary. How much more do we need to hear about this guy? I've now seen the film, and the answer might be a… Read More

The Martian review — Deep Space Hokum

October 2, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Ridley Scott | Written by Drew Goddard from a book by Andy Weir | 141 min Sometimes professionalism is its own reward, and sometimes it isn't. Ridley Scott is a craftsperson of the highest order, and here he delivers a very well-made film crammed with entertainment, if you can manage to ignore the… Read More

Looper review

September 24, 2012 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Rian JohnsonRemember the question that came up in Dead Zone? The one where Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) asks his doctor friend (Herbert Lom) if he had the power to go back in time and kill Adolf Hitler, would he? And his friend says yes, absolutely, or something to that effect. There's… Read More