Tag Archives: Ken Watanabe

Godzilla: King Of The Monsters review — It rains on us all

June 3, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Michael Dougherty | Written by Dougherty, Zach Shields, and Max Borenstein | 131 min | Netflix It rains a lot in this new Godzilla movie. It's a sequel to the last (American) blockbuster starring the gigantic, radioactive lizard—not the excellent Toho Godzilla picture from a couple years ago—and connected to a cinematic universe… Read More

Bel Canto review — Operatic hostage drama misses the high notes

October 31, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Paul Weitz | Written by Weitz and Anthony Weintraub from the novel by Ann Patchett | 102 min Here's an unlikely filmmaker and an unlikely project. Paul Weitz, the man who gave us American Pie, About A Boy, and recently, Grandma, brings to the screen an international pudding of a drama. At times… Read More

Isle Of Dogs review — Barking mad, beautiful, and yes, problematic

April 15, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Wes Anderson | Written by Anderson from a story by Anderson, Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, and Kunichi Nomura | 101 min The new Wes Anderson is as brilliant and idiosyncratic as anything I've seen in his peculiar cinematic output. It also has moments where I was left befuddled, bemused, and maybe, once or… Read More

Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy review

July 11, 2015 flawintheiris

Watching Interstellar for a third time, I felt very much like I had a sense of what Christopher Nolan was going for. But it took three views to really feel like I got it. I love that, when movies have enough depth and complexity that it takes more than one viewing to fully grasp what's… Read More