Tag Archives: Lea Thompson

Brats review — Don’t you forget about me

June 30, 2024 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Andrew McCarthy | 92 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | Disney+ For you, kind reader, who may not be aware, I'm solidly in what Douglas Coupland named Generation X. I was a teenager in the 1980s when Hollywood served up a number of movies starring a group of fetching young actors everyone called… Read More

Little Women (1933, 1949, 1994, and 2018) reviews — The films before Greta Gerwig

December 27, 2019 flawintheiris

I haven't read Louisa May Alcott's semi-autobiographical book, though I know a fair amount about the story: a tale of the four teenage March sisters in Massachusetts during the American Civil War, growing up and missing their father who's off fighting—the mature eldest, Meg, the tomboyish writer, Jo, the shy pianist, Beth, and the prim… Read More

New On Canadian Netflix: March 2017

March 20, 2017 flawintheiris

In an effort to keep up to date with films now available on platforms aside from the big screen, I had a look at the past few weeks of new releases on Canadian Netflix and I’ve got a few films for you to consider when you're looking to chill. (You can click on the movie… Read More

Back To The Future trilogy review

October 19, 2015 flawintheiris

This week is a strange one in Hollywood lore: Wednesday, October 21, 2015, is the date in the future that Doc Brown takes Marty and Jennifer to in Back To The Future Part II. Director Robert Zemeckis chose the date randomly, a little more than 30 years from when the film was released on the… Read More