Tag Archives: Josh Trank

Capone review — Tom Hardy’s monstrous effort can’t save the film

June 16, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Josh Trank | 103 min | On Demand and Amazon Prime What Pixar did right twice, Josh Trank screwed up majorly, once — telling the story of a family of superheroes. You don't get to direct a massive tentpole movie, then sabotage it via social media on the eve of its… 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

Fantastic Four review — A descent into superhero awfulness

August 10, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Josh Trank, Written by Trank, Simon Kinberg, and Jeremy Slater, based on the Marvel comic by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby The Fantastic Four I grew up with was written and illustrated by Canadian comic creator John Byrne. Before superhero comics got all mature and gritty with Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns, these… Read More

Chronicle review

February 19, 2012 flawintheiris

Directed by Josh TrankWritten by Trank and Max LandisThe idea of super powers: still inspiring filmmakers in 2012. It's amazing to me that there are still fresh ways to approach ye olde "with great power comes great responsibility" story, and credit to Trank and Landis for succeeding, for the most part, in that department.Andrew (Dane… Read More