Tag Archives: Rachel Weisz

The Light Between Oceans review — Quality Melodrama Dashed on the Rocks

September 6, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Derek Cianfrance | Written by Cianfrance, adapting the novel by ML Stedman | 133 min | On Demand | ▲▲▲△△ The arrival of a good melodrama is like the blooming of a corpse flower. It's rare enough to be a surprise, but it's still not something that's all together welcome—many don't appreciate them. (You know, because… Read More

Youth review — The Artist as an Old Man

January 14, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino | 124 min | ▲▲▲△△ Sorrentino's last film, the sumptuous Italian drama The Great Beauty, was something to see (it had everything from orgies to a giraffe) but a little hard to care about. It featured Toni Servillo as a 65-year-old writer unable to come to terms with the… Read More

The Worricker Trilogy — Terrific spycraft for a rainy day

December 14, 2014 flawintheiris

A series of features made for British television, these are now available on Blu-Ray and online. Pravda playwright and The Reader screenwriter David Hare is a legend in British theatre circles. He's written and directed a bit of a John le Carré-style British spy classic in Page Eight. Made for the BBC, it was released here in 2011 and now… Read More

The Bourne Legacy review

August 15, 2012 flawintheiris

Directed by Tony Gilroy Written by Tony and Dan Gilroy, from a story by Tony, inspired by the Robert Ludlum novels. Tough act this one is following. The first three Bourne movies are that rare popular franchise without a weak link. Each of the films has something to recommend it, the second and third strongly… Read More

Page Eight and London River reviews

March 12, 2012 flawintheiris

Two very different but very London-centric political thrillers now on DVD: Page Eight | Written and Directed by David Hare (BBC) Pravda playwright and The Reader screenwriter David Hare returns to directing for the first time in years with this John le Carré-style British spy drama. Johnny Worricker (Bill Nighy) plays a straight-arrow MI5 man,… Read More