Tag Archives: Patrick Dempsey

Ferrari review — Pedal to the metal

December 27, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Michael Mann | Written by Troy Kennedy Martin and Brock Yates | 124 min | ▲▲▲▲△ The return of Michael Mann to feature filmmaking is an event. The last venture of one of the greatest American directors of genre was the first episode of the series he produced, Tokyo Vice, which was terrific,… Read More

Thanksgiving review — Stuffed with gore and laughs

November 26, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Eli Roth | Written by Roth and Jeff Rendell | 106 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Crave You may recall Grindhouse, the double-feature cinematic release from Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez back in 2007 — the individual features were Death Proof and Planet Terror. Neither were those individual filmmakers' best work, but paired up… Read More

Scream series 1-4 review

January 17, 2022 flawintheiris

I saw the original Scream when it first showed in cinemas 25 years ago and I thought it was... fine. At the time I recognized what master horrormeister Wes Craven and his collaborators were doing — a clever and ironic take on all the horror tropes and cliches Craven indulged in and exploited in earlier films… Read More

Bridget Jones’s Baby review — Stale third outing from the famed singleton

October 18, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Sharon Maguire | Written by Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer, and Emma Thompson, based on the book by Fielding | 123 min | Crave, Hoopla Hugh Grant never gets much credit. The British actor's role as Daniel Cleaver, the quintessential dashing British cad, was an essential spice adding flavour to the first two Bridget Jones… Read More