Tag Archives: Max Landis

Now on Canadian Netflix: January 2018

February 4, 2018 flawintheiris

Here is a cross-section of a number of mildly-to-firmly recommended films now available on Canadian Netflix. (You can click on the movie titles to read my original reviews where I’ve written them in the past.) Bright Director David Ayers and screenwriter Max Landis. What a pair. They've got to be the most divisive creative team… Read More

American Ultra review — A spy-action-stoner mash-up

August 22, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Nima Nourizadeh, written by Max Landis Sometimes when you bring together two disparate influences in an odd little brew you get something fresh. For the most part, that's what's happened here. It's clumsy in places, but it entertains as the world's first stoner comedy/action thriller. American Ultra is being marketed on its action comedy… Read More

Chronicle review

February 19, 2012 flawintheiris

Directed by Josh TrankWritten by Trank and Max LandisThe idea of super powers: still inspiring filmmakers in 2012. It's amazing to me that there are still fresh ways to approach ye olde "with great power comes great responsibility" story, and credit to Trank and Landis for succeeding, for the most part, in that department.Andrew (Dane… Read More