Tag Archives: Michaela Watkins

Suze review — Comedy works thanks to key cast

March 3, 2024 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart | 93 min | ▲▲▲△△ This is a delightfully sweet and quite funny Canadian comedy about family and intergenerational strife, locked down by two terrific lead performances from Michaela Watkins and Charlie Gillespie. The family material may not be entirely original, but the intergenerational stuff is… Read More

You Hurt My Feelings review — The truth may hurt, but the movie’s hysterical

May 26, 2023 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Nicole Holofcener | 93 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | Amazon Prime Someone in a movie once said it's hard to get through the day without a juicy rationalization. The same can be said for a white lie. Where would we be if we had to be 100% honest with the people around… Read More

Sword of Trust review — Lynn Shelton’s final movie is a winner

May 25, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Lynn Shelton | Written by Shelton and Michael Patrick O'Brien | 88 min | Netflix Wow, this is a hard watch. Not because it isn't a totally charming, shaggy dog story, one of Lynn Shelton's favourite cinematic landing spots, it's because that's exactly what it is. Shelton passed away last week at age… Read More

The Way Back (2020) review — Affleck drama better on hoops

April 27, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Gavin O'Connor | Written by Brad Ingelsby | 108 min | Netflix Nothing like a dude day drinking beer in the shower to suggest a problem. Here we've got Ben Affleck as the dude — his Jack Cunningham is a construction worker, separated from his wife (Janina Gavankar) and heartbroken, alone but for… Read More

Carbon Arc’s 2017 Fall Season

November 26, 2017 flawintheiris

Another rousing collection of films screened at Carbon Arc Cinema from the end of September through November. Halifax's Independent Cinema series will now take a break. We will be back in early February with another collection of international and independent films. I wasn't able to see all the screenings this fall—I missed The Midwife, The Teacher,… Read More

In A World… review

September 8, 2013 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Lake BellA lovely indie from writer/director/actor Lake Bell, In A World... manages to make a few very coherent and political points about women in Hollywood while telling a feather-light story set in the moribund romantic comedy genre. When you think about it, achieving all that is kind of a wonder.Bell is… Read More