Tag Archives: Maya Rudolph

The Mitchells vs the Machines review — Animated robopocalypse FTW

May 3, 2021 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Michael Rianda and Jeff Rowe | 113 min | Netflix The Mitchells are — self-proclaimed — not like other families. They say that even though they totally are. The Dad, Rick (voiced by Danny McBride) enjoys Number 3 Robertson non-slip screwdrivers and is out of touch with his kids. The Mom,… Read More

Now Streaming on Netflix, Crave, and Prime: June 2019

June 14, 2019 flawintheiris

Knock Down The House | Netflix The inspirational documentary offering evidence that there are still leaders in the United States whose motivations are respectable, responsible, and righteous. The film follows the primary campaigns of four progressive Democrats, all women, all very different from different states, and all of whom are looking to make a difference… Read More

Maggie’s Plan review — Awkward in New York

July 3, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Rebecca Miller | Written by Miller and Karen Rinaldi | 98 min | Amazon Prime |▲▲▲△△ Maggie (Greta Gerwig) is a New York academic who's decided to take fate into her own hands, as she explains to her friends Tony (the current MVP in modern American comedies, Bill Hader) and Felicia (Maya Rudolph).… Read More

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping review — Don’t stop beliebing

June 13, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone | Written by Andy Samberg, Schaffer, and Taccone | 87 min | ▲▲▲△△ It's a tough job, satirizing the pop music scene in 2016. It's so shallow, disposable, and ridiculous that the funniest moments in Popstar still seem entirely plausible. Typical, even. But Schaffer, Taccone, and Samberg, otherwise known as The Lonely Island, take… Read More

Sisters review — Fey and Poehler’s party pad

December 26, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Jason Moore | Written by Paula Pell | 118 min | ▲▲▲△△ So much of what makes Hollywood comedies memorable is a balancing of tone between the gags and the narrative. It's about believing that the characters live and breathe outside the frame of the film, that they go on after it's over. It's… Read More

The Way, Way Back review

July 31, 2013 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Nat Faxon and Jim RashBeing 14 is no fun for most of us. There's this diabolical combination of feeling like you know everything about the world, it's all crystal clear in your pubescent brain, and feeling totally adrift and uncertain, especially around the opposite sex. Meanwhile, what you understand of adult… Read More

Friends with Kids review

March 26, 2012 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Jennifer WestfeldtFirst off, let's offer Ms Westfeldt a word of congratulations. Though I understand she was thrust into the director's chair by circumstance, she managed to direct, write and show up in almost every scene of this film. When was the last time we saw a woman pull a hat-trick like… Read More

Bridesmaids review

May 16, 2011 flawintheiris

Directed by Paul Feig Written by Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumalo So, it isn't a female version of The Hangover, as some of the marketing wags would have you believe. But it is very much a Judd Apatow movie. As producer, his hands are all over this. (Especially a bodily function-humour scene about halfway in.)… Read More