Tag Archives: MacKenzie Davis

Happiest Season review — A gay and merry holiday treat

December 2, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Clea DuVall | Written by DuVall and Mary Holland | 102 min | Netflix It's Christmas at the Caldwell home, solidly upper-middle class, white, and midwestern. Daughter Harper (Mackenzie Davis) is bringing her partner Abby (Kristen Stewart) to the holiday celebration. The problem is that Harper hasn't come out to her parents —… Read More

Terminator: Dark Fate review — Robotic resurrection is a mechanical waste

November 1, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Tim Miller | Written by James Cameron, Charles H. Eglee, Josh Friedman, David S. Goyer, Justin Rhodes, and Billy Ray, based on characters by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd | 128 min | Netflix Here's the accepted wisdom on this long-running killer robot movie series: The first two films by James Cameron… Read More

Tully review — A blindingly honest motherhood dramedy

May 7, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Jason Reitman | Written by Diablo Cody | 96 min Jason Reitman is the celebrated filmmaker of Thank You For Smoking and Up In The Air, and with Oscar-winning screenwriter, Diablo Cody, the teen-pregnancy dramedy Juno and Young Adult. His past two projects were explorations of unpopular genres that landed DOA at the box office;… Read More

Blade Runner 2049 review — Epic sci-fi sequel is beautiful, cold, and essential

October 6, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Denis Villeneuve | Written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, with characters from the Philip K. Dick novel, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep | 163 min In its DNA, in its circuitry, any sequel looks back at the original. A good sequel moves forward more than it looks back, while that rare beast,… Read More

The F Word: Q and A with director Michael Dowse and screenwriter Elan Mastai

August 21, 2014 flawintheiris

The F Word (opening Friday, August 22, in Halifax), is a bit of a rare breed in the summer of 2014. It's an unmistakable romantic comedy and wears its genre tropes on its big, puffy sleeves. There's the main young, attractive couple who spark, the obstacle to keep them apart, the quirky, appealing supporting cast (a part… Read More