Tag Archives: Rose Byrne

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

Juliet, Naked review — Byrne and Hawke bring it

September 4, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Jesse Peretz | Written by Evgenia Peretz, Jim Taylor, and Tamara Jenkins, from a Nick Hornby novel | 105 min | On Demand My mother read Nick Hornby's High Fidelity and recommended the book to me, telling me that the lead character was just like me. Really, Mom? You think I would cheat on my… Read More

The Meddler review — Sarandon shines as shameless mom

May 5, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Lorene Scafaria | 100 min | ▲▲▲△△ Marnie Minervini (Susan Sarandon) is a newcomer to Los Angeles. She's originally from New Jersey, but her husband died about a year back and since her daughter, Lori (Rose Byrne), works in Hollywood as a writer, Marnie figured she would go out there, too. But… Read More

Spy review — Solid spoofery of espionage entertainment

June 7, 2015 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Paul Feig As I mentioned on Friday, I haven't seen a lot of Melissa McCarthy's films since Bridesmaids, though that one, also with director Feig, was a lot of fun. This one is, too. It functions as a spoof of long-held spy movie tropes while being a genuinely fun action movie. Do… Read More

Reviews: Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Kill Your Darlings, Short Term 12, Top Of The Lake, The Look of Love, I Give It A Year, The Iceman

April 5, 2014 flawintheiris

I'm still writing semi-regular reviews of features and series for Halifax Alternative Weekly The Coast. Check out my thoughts on some recent gems (and semi-precious stones): Ain't Them Bodies Saints Kill Your Darlings Short Term 12 Top Of The Lake The Look of Love I Give It A Year The Iceman Read More

The Place Beyond The Pines review

April 24, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Derek CianfranceWritten by Cianfrance, Ben Coccio and Darius MarderThree stories, interlocked. The first: A stunt-driving motorcyclist (Ryan Gosling) returns to Schenectady, New York—a city whose name in Mohawk means, roughly, the title of this picture— and finds a woman (Eva Mendes) and an infant. Cycle guy decides to stay, to try and be a… Read More

2012 Oscar reaction

February 28, 2012 flawintheiris

Well, what can you say about The Oscars? When they go with a new idea for hosting like Franco and Hathaway last year, they get shit on. When they go with the safe choice of Crystal, they get shit on. John Doyle in the Globe & Mail said this was the worst Oscars ever. I… Read More

Young Adult review

December 21, 2011 flawintheiris

Directed by Jason ReitmanWritten by Diablo CodyIn a high school reunion movie (it's a genre, you know) Mavis Gary would be the antagonist, the lady who was the mean girl as a teen and is still a bitch 20 years later—even though she's by many societal standards a success. The closest we've seen to her… Read More

X-Men: First Class review

June 5, 2011 flawintheiris

Directed by Matthew VaughnWritten by Ashley Miller, Zach Stentz, Jane Goldman and VaughnX-Men: First Class is a bit of a surprise. At this point in the X-Men franchise, we'd been put through the Brett Ratner third movie, X-Men: The Last Stand and the X-Men Origins: Wolverine spin-off, neither of which lived up to the promise… Read More

Bridesmaids review

May 16, 2011 flawintheiris

Directed by Paul Feig Written by Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumalo So, it isn't a female version of The Hangover, as some of the marketing wags would have you believe. But it is very much a Judd Apatow movie. As producer, his hands are all over this. (Especially a bodily function-humour scene about halfway in.)… Read More