Tag Archives: Pedro Pascal

Fantastic Four: First Steps review — Retro-futurism FTW

July 28, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by Matt Shakman | Written by Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan, and Ian Springer, based on comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby | 115 min | ▲▲1/2 This is a fresh approach for a Marvel movie. Anything fresh is welcome after 37 features and a whole passel of TV series in this… Read More

Eddington review — Flawed but fascinating Covid western

July 20, 2025 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Ari Aster | 148 min | ▲▲▲▲ The hum around this picture out of Cannes was polarized — some admired its ambition, some hated it outright. Filmmaker Ari Aster has been challenging the affection of audiences since the success of his one-two horror punch of Hereditary and Midsommar. Then came Beau… Read More

Materialists review — Celine Song’s fascinating follow-up to Past Lives

June 14, 2025 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Celine Song | 116 min | ▲▲▲▲ The playwright-turned-filmmaker Celine Song — who made her mark with her Oscar-nominated first feature Past Lives in 2023 — has returned with a terrific, if more mainstream, movie: Materialists featuring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal. The trailer would have you believe this… Read More

The Uninvited review — Hollywood and Time

May 20, 2025 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Nadia Conners | 97 min | ▲▲ | VOD This is a talky, Tinsel Town satire of the sort where a group of entitled people gather, indulge in substances and discuss issues of age and paths not taken. It’s cut from the cloth of California Split or The Anniversary Party. Rose (Elizabeth… Read More

Freaky Tales review — Wildly fun ’80s grindhouse tribute

April 9, 2025 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck | 106 min | ▲▲▲▲ Did you know there was a new Pedro Pascal movie in cinemas? Until a day or so ago, I didn't, and I do this semi-professionally. This picture is from a pair of veteran filmmakers who had a huge hit with their… Read More

Gladiator II review — We are entertained, but this movie doesn’t echo in eternity

November 22, 2024 flawintheiris

Directed by Ridley Scott | Written by David Scarpa and Peter Craig | 148 min | ▲▲▲△△ I was never a part of Gladiator's rabid cult. I recognized it as an unexpectedly popular throwback entertainment, swords and sandals at a time when neither were cool, but to anoint it with five Oscars in 2000, including… Read More

The Wild Robot review — Gorgeous, thoughtful, and moving animated adventure

November 3, 2024 flawintheiris

Directed by Chris Sanders | Written by Sanders and Peter Brown | 102 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | Amazon Prime I'm a latecomer to this animated feature — it's been in cinemas for over a month — but I'm glad to have caught it on the big screen where its painterly visuals really look good. It… Read More

Drive-Away Dolls review — Horny and gay party times

February 23, 2024 flawintheiris

Directed by Ethan Coen | Written by Coen and Tricia Cooke | 84 min | ▲▲▲△△ There's a scene late in the running in Drive-Away Dolls where one prominent, recognizable star throws the head of another prominent, recognizable star, which is in a box full of ice, down the street at the feet of a… Read More

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent review — Cage uncaged!

July 1, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Tom Gormican | Written by Gormican and Kevin Etten | 107 min | ▲▲▲△△| Netflix I feel like the story of how this movie got made might even be better than the movie itself — and the movie's not bad. For the Nicolas Cage fan, I'd say it might even be essential. For… Read More

Wonder Woman 1984 review — Amazonian return a mixed bag

December 28, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Patty Jenkins | Written by Jenkins, Geoff Johns, and Dave Callaham | 153 min | Crave Plus and On Demand The long delayed superhero sequel finally arrives with a jolt of frisson. It's been so long since we've seen a full-on blockbuster of this sort, even if most of us — in Halifax… Read More