Tag Archives: Phil Lord

Project Hail Mary review — Super-cute space hokum

March 20, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | Written by Drew Goddard, based on the novel by Andy Weir | 156 min | ▲▲▲ | In Cinemas The advance buzz for this one has been almost universally positive. That's what you'd expect when you combine the talents of Lord and Miller, famed for their animated… Read More

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse review — Exalted but exhausting

June 4, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson | Written by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Dave Callaham | 140 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Netflix When I saw the first entry in this animated Spider-Man franchise, I was certainly in the minority for not gushing wildly over it. It's good, but the various… Read More

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part review — A constructive sequel

February 8, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Mike Mitchell | Written by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Matthew Fogel | 106 min | Crave Plus and Netflix My feelings about Lego movies are mixed at best. I saw the first one in 3D back in 2014, which I found way too caffeinated to enjoy. The influx of positive reviews made… Read More

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse review — Trippy visuals work with swinging story

December 27, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman | Written by Rothman and Phil Lord | 117 min | Netflix An animated return to Spider-Man from Sony, who signed away the rights to live-action Spider-tales back to Marvel, but can still use the character in animation. Call him the Loophole Wallcrawler. Everything about Sony's… Read More

The Lego Batman Movie review — An annoying feature-length commercial

March 6, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Chris McKay | Written by Seth Grahame-Smith, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Jared Stern, and John Whittington | 104 min I saw The Lego Movie for the first time back in 2014 at a 3D screening, and I didn't much enjoy it. I recognized its cleverness, but couldn't see past the hyper-caffeinated pace and editing, compounded… Read More

Frozen and The Lego Movie reviews

February 13, 2014 flawintheiris

Frozen Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee Written by Jennifer Lee, Story by Buck, Lee, and Shane Morris, adapting Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen Tom Whalen's super-cool poster The Lego Movie Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Written by Lord and Miller, Story by Lord, Miller, Kevin Hageman and Dan Hageman I… Read More