Tag Archives: Rupert Friend

Dreams review — Cruel drama with a fearless Jessica Chastain

May 5, 2026 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Michel Franco | 98 min | ▲▲▲▲ | On VOD and Hoopla The filmmaker who gave us the quietly powerful Memory now delivers a chilly, erotic tale of obsession: a Mexican migrant and dancer, Fernando (Isaac Hernández), is in love with a wealthy San Francisco woman, Jennifer (Jessica Chastain). She tries to… Read More

Jurassic World: Rebirth review — Decent franchise restarter improves on the three previous

July 3, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by Gareth Edwards | Written by David Koepp, from Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton | 134 min | ▲▲1/2 | Amazon Prime In some ways, Jurassic World: Rebirth can't lose. It just needs to be better than the last three films in the franchise, and that shouldn't be too hard. The Jurassic World franchise takes… Read More

Companion review — Remedial Ex Machina

February 5, 2025 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Drew Hancock | 97 min | ▲▲▲ | VOD That headline might be a little snarky. This is a fun little diversion, a sci-fi picture dipping its Philip K Dick into a horror guacamole. This though it doesn't have much in the way of deep thoughts about the ideas it brings… Read More

At Eternity’s Gate review — Arty biopic tells over-familiar story

December 7, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Julien Schnabel | Written by Schnabel, Jean Claude Carriere, and Louise Kugelberg | 110 min My first question: Why? Why yet another Van Gogh biopic? Was last year's beautiful-but-dull animated feature Loving Vincent not enough for audiences? You don't have to go back too far to find a whole lot more, such as Van… Read More

The Death of Stalin review — Soviet satire with a sharp sting

March 22, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Armando Iannucci | Written by Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin, and Peter Fellows, from the comic by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin | 107 min | Crave Plus I have been on my horse for awhile on a particular Hollywood conceit: When English language films take place in foreign lands all the actors… Read More