Tag Archives: Joanna Lumley

New on Canadian Netflix: April 2017

April 24, 2017 flawintheiris

Here's a cross-section of a number of mildly-to- solidly recommended films recently made available on Canadian Netflix. (You can click on the movie titles to read my original reviews where I've written them in the past.) For me, Netflix is a go-to usually to watch films I’ve already seen or to give the odd TV… Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie review — It’s Sweet, Sweetie Darling

August 3, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Mandie Fletcher | Written by Jennifer Saunders | 91 min | ▲▲▲▲△ It's been a summer of managed expectations. Most of the blockbusters haven't delivered on their promise, instead serving up some variation on grim, vacuous, or just-OK entertainment. This has a lot to do with why I so enjoyed the big screen debut… Read More

The Wolf of Wall Street review

January 12, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by Martin Scorcese Written by Terrence Winter, from the Jordan Belfort book A wildly funny film, The Wolf Of Wall Street probably won't be considered one of Scorcese's great works for a couple of reasons. 1) It revels in excess at a time when that is particularly unfashionable, five years since those Wall Street… Read More