Tag Archives: Rhett Reese

Ghosted review — Abysmal action-comedy schlock

April 24, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Dexter Fletcher | Written by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Chris McKenna, and Erik Sommers | 116 min | ▲△△△△ | Apple TV+ I was pretty sure this was gonna be a difficult watch when someone says, "I think she might be the one!" It’s a line by Chris Evans' character early on in… Read More

Spiderhead review — Too obvious execution betrays interesting concept

April 1, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Joseph Kosinski | Written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, based on the short story by George Saunders | 106 min | ▲▲△△△ | Netflix What we have here is a little sci-fi drama spiked with tech anxiety, very much in the style of Black Mirror, an inspiration we’re seeing a lot of… Read More

Zombieland: Double Tap review — Shambling, but not brain dead

October 24, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Reuben Fleischer | Written by Dave Callaham, Rhett Reese, and Paul Wernick | 99 min | Netflix Zombieland from 2009 was, for my money, an exquisite example of what some people call popcorn for the brain: entertaining while in the cinema, but a movie where the emotional, nutritional value is near zero. Columbus… Read More

Deadpool 2 review — Zip it, Thanos!

May 24, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by David Leitch | Written by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Ryan Reynolds | 119 min You know, I've never thought irony was that funny. It makes movies like Deadpool or its sequel hard for me to love—the prime mover of laughs just isn't my bag. But I recognize what Ryan Reynolds and his… Read More

Life (2017) review — Deeply derivative yet credibly creepy space horror

April 1, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Daniel Espinosa | Written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick | 104 min A trusted cinepanion who watched Life before me suggested it's best to think of it as a Roger Corman movie with a massive budget. It certainly could be—it aspires to Alien, to Gravity, while punching at a level somewhere beneath Event Horizon.… Read More

Deadpool review — The Mouth Makes It Work

February 16, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Tim Miller, written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, based on a character created by Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld | 108 min | ▲▲▲△△ Deadpool was a genuine novelty when he first showed up in comics. Wise-ass and self-aware with a big fourth-wall-breaking mouth, he's a comic book character who knows he's a… Read More