Tag Archives: Michael Ironside

Tin Can review — Homegrown sci-fi horror chills to the core

March 18, 2022 flawintheiris

Tin Can | Directed by Seth A Smith | Written by Smith and Darcy Spidle | 99 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | VOD A version of this review appeared during my coverage of the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival in September 2021. Tin Can is a compelling, claustrophobic sci-fi thriller from Smith, whose South Shore-set ghost… Read More

FIN Atlantic International Film Festival 2021 — Preview

September 16, 2021 flawintheiris

The FIN Atlantic International Film Festival is back, and this year it's a hybrid presentation: Features, documentaries, and shorts programs will be available for in-person screenings from September 16 through 23rd at Cineplex Park Lane while the Atlantic Canadian program is online at FIN Stream for the duration. Go to finfestival.ca for the full schedule… Read More

Terminator series review — The first two are essential, but the others…

October 28, 2019 flawintheiris

...are a mixed bag. Here's a look back at the five Terminator movies before T6, or Terminator: Dark Fate, expected in the coming week. The Terminator (1984) There's something wonderfully '80s about The Terminator (directed by James Cameron, written by Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd), a peculiar alloy of films from earlier times updated for the… Read More

In Cinemas: August 28, 2015 — We Are Your Friends, No Escape, Turbo Kid, Testament Of Youth

August 28, 2015 flawintheiris

Ah, the last week of August. Along with mid-February, this counts as one of Hollywood's real dumping grounds, a time of year they'll release movies they have next to no confidence in or they don't know how to market. I think their working theory is that people are in transit, students are going back to… Read More