Tag Archives: Ron Perlman

The Instigators review — Boston buds have a pretty good time

August 12, 2024 flawintheiris

Directed by Doug Liman | Written by Chuck MacLean and Casey Affleck | 101 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Apple TV + There's a simple pleasure in a genre picture put together by people with such professionalism in the making that even a certain, say, predictability in the beats or routine in its structure doesn't detract… Read More

Nightmare Alley review — del Toro’s noir is grim, gorgeous, and glacial

December 21, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Guillermo del Toro | Written by del Toro and Kim Morgan, based on a novel by William Lindsay Gresham | 150 min | Crave In October 2017 I was in Toronto for two reasons: One to attend the 50th birthday party of a good friend, the other to see Guillermo del Toro's remarkable… Read More

Reviews from the Vault Vol. 7 — Big-Budget Fantasy

August 25, 2019 flawintheiris

From 2005 to 2009 I was a programmer on CKDU 88.1 FM in Halifax, every Sunday morning hosting The Love & Hate Movie Show. I talked about what I was seeing and revisited some of my favourite films of old, pretty much what I do now here on FITI. I still have a lot of… Read More

Pacific Rim: Uprising — Machine-tooled but trashy

March 27, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Steven S. DeKnight | Written by DeKnight, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder, and TS Nowlin based on characters by Travis Beacham | 111 min | Netflix Guillermo Del Toro's 2013 monsters-fighting-giant-robots movie was a delight, one that just managed to reach the magic worldwide box office take to trigger a sequel. Del Toro is… Read More

Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them review — Period Potterverse a Treat

November 17, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by David Yates | Written by JK Rowling | 133 min Warner adapting Rowling's guide to the Harry Potter universe's magical creatures seems, on the face of it, a calculated money-grab. The story is even set in the past, in the 1920s, another bad sign: As we all know, quality prequels to beloved fantasy… Read More

5 (+1) Reasons The Time Is Right For #HellboyIII

June 12, 2015 flawintheiris

If you've trawled the nerdier corners of the Internet in the past week or so you can't have missed Ron Perlman's Twitter campaign to fan the flames for a third Hellboy movie. The first two, Hellboy, and Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, are adaptations of Mike Mignola's celebrated graphic novels, written and directed by Guillermo del Toro. They… Read More

Pacific Rim review

July 15, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Guillermo del ToroWritten by del Toro and Travis BeachamI've enjoyed a lot of what Hollywood has served up for the summer of 2013 blockbuster season. Superhero pictures like Iron Man 3 and Man of Steel have delivered, for the most part, as did the sixth Fast & Furious. But what I'm always looking for… Read More

Drive review

September 27, 2011 flawintheiris

Directed by Nicolas Winding RefnWritten by Hossien Amini from a book by James SallisI was so ready for this movie for a bunch of reasons. 1) Ryan Gosling is the King of Hollywood right now. He can do whatever he wants, get any movie made by showing an interest, and he's shown that he either… Read More