Tag Archives: Margot Robbie

“Wuthering Heights” review — My one dream, my only master

February 16, 2026 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Emerald Fennell, adapting the novel by Emily Brontë | 136 min | ▲▲▲ I'm blessed by having never read the Brontë novel, so have none of the preciousness (or maybe even legitimate concern) around a film adapting its themes and intent. The only association I have with Wuthering Heights is with… Read More

Blonde and Babylon reviews — Two Tinseltown epics, but only one has the goods

December 29, 2022 flawintheiris

Amsterdam review — An interesting mess, but a mess nonetheless

October 17, 2022 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by David O Russell | 134 min | ▲▲▲△△ This is the return of the deeply problematic, reportedly toxic filmmaker David O Russell to the Prestige Alley — that time between October and the end of the year when most of Hollywood's Oscar-bait features arrive in cinemas and jostle for garlands and… Read More

The Suicide Squad review — A tiresome, noisy waste of time

August 9, 2021 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by James Gunn | 132 min | Netflix Though you might've scrubbed it from your memory, there was a previous Suicide Squad movie — the grim, messy, Toronto-shot effort from director David Ayer based on a DC comic about incarcerated super-villains sent on dangerous missions of national importance with the promise that… Read More

Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn review — Great action can’t save it

February 6, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Cathy Yan | Written by Christina Hodson | 109 min | Crave Plus For those who might not remember, DC comics and Batman antagonist Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie, who can't not be a delight) was introduced on the big screen in a movie called Suicide Squad, which was an unaccountable global hit despite… Read More

Bombshell review — Fox News expose does right by righteous anger

December 18, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Jay Roach | Written by Charles Randolph | 108 minutes | Crave Plus There's a couple things this movie gets really right, that make it worth adding to your holiday cinema binge. One is rage. It does a good job channelling the righteous rage of women who were preyed upon by a powerful… Read More

Second Viewing: Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood review

August 26, 2019 flawintheiris

I love it when people have a lot of opinions on a movie, especially when that movie is original material that genuinely catches the interest of the moviegoing public. The new Quentin Tarantino picture has topped $100 million domestically with much more coming from the international box office—it's a solid global hit in a summer… Read More

Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood review — Tarantino delivers a sprawling nostalgia-fest

July 28, 2019 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino | 161 min | Netflix We all know Quentin Tarantino loves movies, and that he makes movies about movies. With his ninth feature, he's also telling us he loves television, and the cheesier American pop culture of the 1960s. In this long, languid production, probably best described as a… Read More

Mary Queen of Scots review — Stuffy costume drama suffers from cliche

December 24, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Josie Rourke | Written by Beau Willimon, based on the book by John Guy | 124 min | Netflix I have to confess, if I hadn't seen The Favourite a little more than 48 hours ago, Mary Queen of Scots might not have seemed so dull and conventional in its storytelling. Though the… Read More

I, Tonya review — Totally nails that triple-axel

January 15, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Craig Gillespie | Written by Steven Rogers | 120 min I was never one of those folks who believed Raging Bull was one of the greatest films ever. But if you read film criticism in the 90's, that picture was often thrown out as one of the best ever, up there with Citizen Kane… Read More