Tag Archives: John David Washington

The Creator review — Sci-fi AI epic works thanks mostly to the visuals

October 2, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Gareth Edwards | Written by Edwards and Chris Weitz | 133 min | ▲▲▲▲△ About 20 minutes into The Creator it was clear to me how this non-Intellectual Property, non-franchise, stand-alone big budget science fiction movie got green-lit: James Cameron. This is a movie that's following Cameron's sci-fi movie playbook — it's deeply… Read More

Amsterdam review — An interesting mess, but a mess nonetheless

October 17, 2022 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by David O Russell | 134 min | ▲▲▲△△ This is the return of the deeply problematic, reportedly toxic filmmaker David O Russell to the Prestige Alley — that time between October and the end of the year when most of Hollywood's Oscar-bait features arrive in cinemas and jostle for garlands and… Read More

Beckett review — Greece-set thriller holds its own (until the end)

August 25, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino | Written by Filomarino and Kevin A. Rice | 110 min | Netflix Alfred Hitchock really loved thrillers where an ordinary man stumbles into a dark, extraordinary plot where everything's out of his control. The format got a lot of play in the 1970s, too. Beckett is a real throwback… Read More

Tenet review — Nolan’s time-travel spy thriller almost too complex

August 27, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Christopher Nolan | 150 min | Netflix Christopher Nolan's enormous, brilliant movies are never less than ambitious, and the best of them find a balance between the kinetic, the cerebral, and the passionate — I'm thinking of Memento, Inception, Interstellar, and Dunkirk, even his Dark Knight trilogy. His newest blockbuster nails… Read More

Monsters And Men review — Overlapping drama focuses on issues of race

June 15, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green | 96 min | Cineplex The first question I had while watching this impressive first feature from 2018, a film with solid performances, gorgeous cinematography, and a terrific cast, is this: Why hadn't I heard of it before a couple weeks ago? I don't remember it on the… Read More

BlacKkKlansman review — Spike Lee returns with a vengeance

August 12, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Spike Lee | Written by Lee, Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, and Kevin Willmott, from the book by Ron Stallworth | 135 min | Netflix Thirty years out from Lee's underappreciated second joint, School Daze, it's a blast to be able to see a feature film of his that brings his recognizably visceral vision… Read More