Tag Archives: Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Kate review — Neon cool killer thriller delivers familiar, fun kicks

December 19, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan | Written by Umair Aleem | 106 min | Netflix Kate is a slick, propulsive and immersive solo assassin thriller featuring the always watchable Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Nicolas-Troyan came out of visual effects, which pretty much guarantees his film has a terrific production design. The cream on top are a selection… Read More

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World — 10th Anniversary review

August 13, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Edgar Wright | Written by Wright and Michael Bacall, from the Bryan Lee O'Malley graphic novels | 112 mins | Netflix As part of a month-long retrospective look at 10 years of this blog, I'm rewatching a few films from a decade back. This indie superhero comic/videogame-inspired movie was released 10 years ago… 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

Gemini Man review — CGI clone war loses on two fronts

October 13, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Ang Lee | Written by David Benioff, Billy Ray, and Darren Lemke | 117 min | Netflix For a chunk of its running time, I was confident Ang Lee's action thriller was gonna be the quintessential three star picture—if I was still giving reviews with star ratings—a perfectly fine action picture from a… Read More

Swiss Army Man review — Love, Death, and Farting

July 7, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Daniels (Daniel Scheinert and Dan Kwan) | 97 min | ▲▲▲△△ One genuinely positive thing I'll say about what we've seen at the multiplex in 2016—there've been some peculiar outliers. I'm thinking about The Neon Demon and The Lobster when I say that, and Swiss Army Man can join those films in being deliriously… Read More

10 Cloverfield Lane review — Forget the original

March 15, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Dan Trachtenberg | Written by Josh Campbell, Matthew Stuecken, and Damien Chazelle | 103 min | ▲▲▲△△ Back in 2008, Cloverfield scored box office gold with a canny marketing campaign and credible special effects, telling the story of a Godzilla-like attack on New York City through the eyes and camera of young, wealthy Manhattanites. It… Read More

Reviews: Coherence, Duke Of Burgundy, Kill The Messenger, Slow West, Z For Zachariah

October 11, 2015 flawintheiris

Recent releases available on DVD and VOD that didn't screen in local cinemas: Coherence Directed by James Ward Byrkit | Written by Byrkit and Alex Manugian | 89 min Eight dissatisfied urbanites gather for a party on a night when a comet burns through the sky. All their mobile phones go dead, and then the… Read More

The Spectacular Now review

October 1, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by James Ponsoldt Written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, adapting the Tim Tharp novel | Amazon Prime, Netflix The Spectacular Now manages a very difficult trick: it quietly shifts its tone without selling out or undercutting the way it starts or how it ends. It's a teen coming-of-age movie that begins lightly… Read More