Tag Archives: Jesse Plemons

Civil War review — A chilling vision of a country in chaos

April 14, 2024 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Alex Garland | 109 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | In Cinemas Civil War, or Alex Garland Directorial Effort Number Four — following Ex Machina, Annihilation, and Men — is akin to its predecessors in that it deftly undermines both its marketing and its audience expectations, defying any easy categorization. Garland consistently puts… Read More

Killers Of The Flower Moon review — Crime epic gazes into the abyss

October 22, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Martin Scorsese | Written by Scorcese and Eric Roth, based on a book by David Grann | 206 min | ▲▲▲▲△ It's finally here, the much buzzed-about epic (in scope and length) crime drama/western from Martin Scorsese. The film based on the true story of the Osage, a Native American community who in… Read More

Windfall review — Desert-set noir delivers lean, effective story

April 30, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Charlie McDowell | written by McDowell, Jason Segal and Justin Lader | 92 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Netflix Here’s a film from the director of The One I Love, an indie science fiction picture from a few years back that I really liked. Like the earlier picture this one's set in a luxurious… Read More

Academy Award Nominations #Reaction

February 9, 2022 flawintheiris

The nominations for the '22 Academy Awards dropped on Tuesday morning, and as with every Hollywood awards season there were expectations met and expectations dashed. There's also the few naysayers who took to social media to say these awards are antiquated and irrelevant. They groused. They whined. They said, "Who cares?" That question's been asked… Read More

The Power Of The Dog review — Stylish western delivers dark twist

December 14, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Jane Campion | Written by Campion, adapting a novel by Thomas Savage | 126 min | Netflix The Power Of The Dog is a story of brothers in the new west, in 1925, with grim, biblical overtones. George (Jesse Plemons) and Phil Burbank (Benedict Cumberbatch) have 25 years ranching in the Montana badlands… Read More

Judas And The Black Messiah review — Politically powerful, dramatically flawed

February 15, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Shaka King | Written by King, Will Berson, Kenneth Lucas and Keith Lucas | 126 min | Crave Plus The epic, practically Shakespearean crime dramas of Martin Scorcese, from Goodfellas to The Departed, cast a long shadow over Shaka King's thriller and docudrama. It's about the life of Fred Hampton, the young, charismatic… Read More

Vice review — Political satire leaves bitter aftertaste

January 3, 2019 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Adam McKay | 132 min Vice is being compared to the Adam McKay's The Big Short, the film that proved the longtime comedy writer, director, and producer, could deliver a political dramedy that illustrated, with a lot of wit, some fairly complex ideas around finance and systemic corruption. McKay shoots for… Read More

Now on Canadian Netflix: December 2018

December 19, 2018 flawintheiris

Roma One could make an argument last year's Mudbound was the feature that signalled Netlfix's prestige drama interest, readying their horses for the annual Oscar race. Roma is really the tipping point, a film with the critical momentum to suggest it could actually take the Best Picture statuette. I'd be surprised, simply because it's much… 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

The Post review — Great story, uninspired telling

January 13, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Steven Spielberg | Written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer | 116 min It's hard to know what the average American is thinking these days about the nation's administration and its boorish Commander-In-Chief, but despite polls suggesting he's unpopular, it's fair to say his rage at the pillars of the American First Amendment,… Read More