Tag Archives: John C. Reilly

Stars At Noon review — Margaret Qualley makes it worth seeing

December 13, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Claire Denis | Written by Denis and Andrew Litvack, from a novel by Denis Johnson | 135 min | ▲▲▲△△ | On Digital and VOD Claire Denis is having a good month. Her film Beau Travail is Top 10 on Sight And Sound's Greatest Films of All Time, and her second English-language feature… Read More

20 Best Movies on Amazon Prime (From the 20th Century)

May 24, 2021 flawintheiris

I started with Netflix, notorious for having a shallow catalogue of older movies, then went on to Disney's new service, Star. Now I'm having a look at Prime, which actually boasts a bigger variety of films 21 years or older. Here's some of the best available now: Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) This is Werner… Read More

Stan and Ollie review — Performances shine in sentimental biopic

February 4, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Jon S. Baird | Written by Jeff Pope | 98 min | Prime Video If you're a Gen Xer or older you should remember Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, the comedian duo who peaked in the late '30s, but their short films—heavy on the slapstick, with Laurel the meek, dimwitted stooge, and Hardy… Read More

The Sisters Brothers review – Unusual western takes unexpected turns

October 19, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Jacques Audiard | Written by Audiard and Tom Bidegain, from the novel by Patrick DeWitt | 121 min This is that most American of genres, the western, essayed by a confirmed French art-house filmmaker, responsible for festival fare like Dheepan and Rust and Bone. The result is a compelling, if somewhat long-winded exploration… Read More

The Little Hours review — Terrific sex comedy with nuns

July 26, 2017 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Jeff Baena | 90 min It's 14th Century Italy, and the nuns are restless. Massetto (Dave Franco) is about to find out how restless. He's a handsome servant in the house of Lord Bruno (Nick Offerman), sleeping with Bruno's unsatisfied wife, Francesca (Lauren Weedman). When Bruno twigs on the infidelity, Massetto has… Read More

Kong: Skull Island review — Good Time Gorilla Warfare

March 9, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts | Written by Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein, Derek Connolly, and John Gatins | 120 min Kong: Skull Island is as much a movie about movies as it is a movie about a big ape. It's a deeply self-reflexive summer blockbuster weirdly released in March. But, that's fine: It embraces what it… Read More

The Lobster review — Absurdist dystopia brings the yuks (for awhile)

April 27, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos | Written by Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou | 118 min | ▲▲▲△△ Imagine a world where single people must check in to a resort hotel and submit to a host of rules—no masturbation, but sexual touching with maids is required. If these singles don't fall in love with another person within… Read More

Guardians of the Galaxy review

August 1, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by James Gunn, Written by Gunn and Nicole Perlman Looking at the predicted huge box office tallies for this first weekend in August, The Guardians of the Galaxy doesn't seem like the big gamble for Marvel Studios it must have been on paper. Consider that every movie they've done so far, with the possible… Read More