Tag Archives: Joel Edgerton

Master Gardener review — Thriller gets lost in the weeds

May 18, 2023 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Paul Schrader | 111 min | ▲▲▲△△ | In Cinemas I often think about casting, and how a project can sink or swim depending on who gets put in the key roles. Sometimes if it's a poor fit it isn't really about the skill or charisma of the actor, sometimes… Read More

The Green Knight review — Beautiful to see, but stolid

July 31, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed and Written by David Lowery | 130 min | Amazon Prime Count on the American indie studio A24 to deliver a counter-programming punch to the summer movie slate, a psychedelic adaptation of the ancient poem Sir Gawain and The Green Knight from the filmmaker responsible for the unaccountably overrated A Ghost Story. Lowery also gave… Read More

Now On Canadian Netflix: January 2020

January 18, 2020 flawintheiris

The Two Popes On the face of it, this strikes me as strange material for Fernando Meirelles to approach. The Brazilian filmmaker responsible for City Of God and The Constant Gardener is a visionary of colour and kinetics, of movement. Why would he choose to tell the story of two senior citizens having a conversation, his… Read More

10 Great Tom Hardy roles

October 26, 2018 flawintheiris

I was listening to a podcast recently looking back at Christopher Nolan's Inception, and the hosts mused about Tom Hardy, what an impact his presence had on the film, and whether this was his breakout role in Hollywood. There's no doubt that even in an ensemble as well-assembled as this, his presence shone. One of the… Read More

Red Sparrow review — Jennifer Lawrence is much better than the film she’s in

March 2, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Francis Lawrence | Written by Justin Haythe, adapting the novel by Jason Matthews | 139 min There's something uncanny about the stride of Charlotte Rampling. In this film she's the Matron, the head instructor at Sparrow School, the secret camp where Russia trains its hardest, deadliest spies. Maybe it's her boots that make… Read More

Now on Canadian Netflix: January 2018

February 4, 2018 flawintheiris

Here is a cross-section of a number of mildly-to-firmly recommended films now available on Canadian Netflix. (You can click on the movie titles to read my original reviews where I’ve written them in the past.) Bright Director David Ayers and screenwriter Max Landis. What a pair. They've got to be the most divisive creative team… Read More

Loving review — Social justice in deeply felt love story

November 28, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols | 123 min | On Demand Loving is Jeff Nichols' second feature film of the year, following his excellent Spielberg-esque science fiction drama Midnight Special, and this one is just as good. It still features his elegant, spare direction, but tells a very different tale, one based in fact, about… Read More

Reviews: Jane Got A Gun, By The Sea, Rock The Kasbah, Man Up, 5 To 7

June 22, 2016 flawintheiris

Jane Got A Gun Directed by Gavin O'Connor | Written by Brian Duffield, Anthony Tambakis, and Joel Egerton 98 min | ▲▲▲△△ | On DVD, Blu-Ray, and VOD A moody if somewhat standard-issue western from O'Connor, the helmer of the excellent MMA drama Warrior and executive producer on one of the best shows on TV, The Americans. Jane Hammond (Natalie Portman)… Read More

Midnight Special review — Terrific fantasy film shines a light

April 12, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Jeff Nichols | 112 min | ▲▲▲▲△ Jeff Nichols is now manifesting as a director to watch. This, his most recent and largest budgeted feature, deserves to be seen by a lot of people. It's a real crowdpleaser, a throwback to a kind of science fiction drama that Steven Spielberg and his… Read More

Black Mass review — Ordinary Gangster

September 26, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Scott Cooper | Written by Mark Mallouk and Jez Butterworth, based on the book by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill | 122 min. Let's talk about Joel Edgerton for a second. He's proven himself a capable character actor in films like Warrior and The Great Gatsby, and this summer he directed a reasonably impressive… Read More