Tag Archives: Martin Landau

Atlantic Film Festival 2015: Post Five — I hit the wall

September 22, 2015 flawintheiris

I had big plans for making Day 5 at the AFF a three feature day, but I couldn't do it. I think I'm still recovering from yesterday's movie marathon, and the emotional depth charge that was Room. Despite the appeal of Ethan Hawke and his trumpet skills, the serious draw of an Icelandic goat drama,… Read More

Mission: Impossible series review

July 28, 2015 flawintheiris

My mother loved the 1960s TV series, created by Bruce Gellar. I remember that much about it, and that it starred, at one time or another, Leonard Nimoy, Sam Elliot, Greg Morris, Barbara Bain and Martin Landau—who I knew better as a kid from Space: 1999—and Peter Graves as Jim Phelps, the guy calling the… Read More

Entourage review — Return of the bromcom

June 6, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Doug Ellin, written by Ellin from a story by Ellin and Rob Weiss, from the TV series Watching Entourage, I spent a lot of time thinking about the expectations we have when we watch a show on HBO, and then a movie at the multiplex. On TV, I enjoyed the story of suburban… Read More

Five reboots I’d like to see

November 4, 2013 flawintheiris

This is really a case of If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em. I've gone on record saying I'm dubious of reboots, relaunches and reimaginings on film and TV. So rarely are those efforts to replicate and update original material anything near as much fun as what spawned it. But, hey, nobody is listening to… Read More