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Nope review — Jordan Peele delivers another thoughtful, impressive movie

July 25, 2022 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Jordan Peele | 130 min | ▲▲▲▲▲ This is the blockbuster we've been waiting for in the summer of 2022. It's an impressively original story unrelated to a franchise or a sequel or prequel, the new horror from Jordan Peele — the filmmaker behind Get Out and Us — who is… Read More

Now on Canadian Netflix: Spring 2018

May 10, 2018 flawintheiris

Mute (2018) A sci-fi thriller half a mess and half an interesting exercise in style. That it comes from Duncan Jones, the filmmaker responsible for Moon, Source Code, and, yes, Warcraft, hopes were high this would be a strong genre entry, but Mute never hits above its pulpy elements. We're in future Berlin, which looks… Read More

Ghost In The Shell (2017) review — The visuals are out of this world, the story less so

March 31, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Rupert Sanders | Written by Jimmy Moss and William Wheeler from the manga by Masamune Shirow | 107 min | Netflix A late-arriving Hollywoodized adaptation of the popular manga, anime movies, and TV series is in some ways an improvement over the original material. The 1995 film was a gorgeous vision of the… Read More

Knight Of Cups review — Hypnosis Agog

April 11, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Terrence Malick | 118 min | ▲▲▲▲△ I really tend to resist this kind of observation when writing about the movies, but with the new films from legendary director Terrence Malick, I have to say it: I think in a certain mood, they're hypnotic, beautiful, and moving. In other moods, your mileage may… Read More