Tag Archives: Justin Theroux

The Devil Wears Prada 2 review — Moyenne couture

May 4, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by David Frankel | Written by Aline Brosh McKenna, based on characters created by Lauren Weisberger | 119 min | ▲▲1/2 | In Cinemas This legasequel, coming 20 years after the first — with the original creative team and four key performers all aboard — signals the kick-off of the blockbuster movie season. (Funny… Read More

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice review — Ghostly return misses the laughs

September 22, 2024 flawintheiris

Directed by Tim Burton | Written by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Seth Grahame-Smith | 105 min | ▲▲△△△| Netflix Due to the film festival season I'm late catching this very late sequel, but it turns out that's OK. No one need rush to see this. The return to Tim Burton's breakout hit 35 years… Read More

Reviews: Vox Lux, On The Basis Of Sex, Bumblebee, Destination Wedding, The Mummy, Under The Silver Lake

May 1, 2019 flawintheiris

Vox Lux Brady Corbet's film is a strange animal, a drama about a pop star that's also a treatise on fame and the responsibility of art to inspire both violence and healing. Not all of its ideas work, but it deserves kudos for what it tries to do more than what it succeeds at. The… Read More

Now on Canadian Netflix: Spring 2018

May 10, 2018 flawintheiris

Mute (2018) A sci-fi thriller half a mess and half an interesting exercise in style. That it comes from Duncan Jones, the filmmaker responsible for Moon, Source Code, and, yes, Warcraft, hopes were high this would be a strong genre entry, but Mute never hits above its pulpy elements. We're in future Berlin, which looks… Read More

The Girl On The Train review — Ridiculous melodrama has one track mind

October 8, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Tate Taylor | Written by Erin Cressida Wilson adapting the book by Paula Hawkins | 112 min The best thing one can say about The Girl On The Train is that it commits. A wildly over the top melodrama with characters that barely resemble human beings, it's a story about women who weep… Read More