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Don’t Look Up review — Killer comet satire crushes

December 29, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Adam McKay | Written by McKay and David Sirota | 138 min | Netflix The biggest movie on Netflix this season has also turned out to be the most controversial. The screeds against it are plenty — a passel of well-regarded reviewers have called the disaster movie, cleverly, "disastrous," and its director a… Read More

The Trial of the Chicago 7 review — Sorkin plays to his strengths

October 8, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Aaron Sorkin | 129 min | Netflix When your name is used to describe a certain speaking and writing style, you know you've made some kind of contribution to culture. Aaron Sorkin has done that with "Sorkinese," that distinctive, witty, politicized and rapid dialogue, perfected years ago on his TV series,… Read More

Ready Player One review — Greatest Hits of the ’80s

March 29, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Steven Spielberg | Written by Ernest Cline and Zak Penn, based on Cline's novel | 140 min I never finished the book and thought the trailers looked awful. That poster with the guy and the super-long-leg was terrible. Ready Player One arrives with not a lot of good buzz and, accordingly, no one… Read More

Dunkirk review — Massive war picture delivers suspense, awe

July 21, 2017 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Christopher Nolan | 106 min Film writers like me have tended to toss around terms like 'bombastic' when discussing Christopher Nolan's films, but he's the blockbuster filmmaker whose grand-scale work is never less than thoughtful. He tells stories with the confident hand of a master craftsman, exploring intimate themes of identity,… Read More

The BFG review — A Magical Antidote

July 7, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Steven Spielberg | Written by Melissa Mathison, adapting a book by Roald Dahl | 117 min | ▲▲▲▲△ It amazes me that Roald Dahl books remain as popular as they do, and the film adaptations even more so. They're so dark and twisted. The BFG, which stands for Big Friendly Giant, has all these complicated… Read More

Bridge of Spies review — Antiquated Crossings

October 16, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Steven Spielberg | Written by Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, and Joel Coen | 141 min Don't believe the marketing. Yes, Bridge Of Spies is set in the late 1950s and early '60s, based on a true story, and yes, it's set in the intelligence community of the United States, the Soviet Union, and… Read More

The Gunman review — a straight-ahead black-ops actioner

March 21, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Pierre Morel, Written by Don MacPherson, Pete Travis, from a the novel The Prone Gunman by Jean-Patrick Manchette Spy thrillers arrive on a spectrum. At one end the flashy James Bond, and at the other the more cerebral Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy—the Brits do them better than anyone. The Gunman is much closer to the 007 end of… Read More