Tag Archives: Ryan Gosling

The Fall Guy review — Gosling and Blunt bring the star power

May 9, 2024 flawintheiris

Directed by David Leitch | Written by Drew Pearce, based on the TV show by Glen A. Larson | 126 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Amazon Prime Now, this is a summer blockbuster. It's dumb as a bag of hammers but dancing as fast as it can to entertain its audience. The Fall Guy is a… Read More

Barbie review — As fun (and subversive) as a corporate toy commercial gets

July 21, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Greta Gerwig | Written by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach | 114 min | ▲▲▲▲△ Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know about this movie. This week, if you searched for Barbie on Google your screen turned pink. The hype has been intense, made more so by the delightful juxtaposition of this… Read More

The Gray Man review — Big budget actioner a passable timewaster

July 24, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo | Written by Joe Russo, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, based on the book by Mark Greaney | ▲▲▲△△ | On Netflix You know how the Uncanny Valley is usually used to describe a weird feeling one gets when computer animation is especially realistic but not quite real… Read More

A Rosamund Pike Primer: Redux

August 7, 2020 flawintheiris

Since I first wrote about Rosamund Pike, she has strongly avoided the Hollywood A-list, despite it being entirely available to her. Full marks, then, for her left-of centre choices since Gone Girl, in films like A United Kingdom, Hostiles, and especially A Private War. I look forward to her role as Marie Curie in Radioactive,… Read More

First Man review — The Upright Stuff

October 20, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Damien Chazelle | Written by Josh Singer, from a book by James R. Hansen | 141 min | Netflix What First Man does well it does masterfully: the nuts and bolts and rivets and metal groans of analogue space flight. First Man brings an impressive level of realism to this recreation, with the sound design… Read More

Song to Song review — Malick’s dream ride continues to SXSW

December 12, 2017 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Terrence Malick | 129 min | on iTunes Since The Tree of Life, Terry Malick's been eschewing anything approaching a traditional narrative in his films, instead making sweeping romantic tales of love and alienation—To The Wonder and Knight Of Cups—driven by visuals and intimate voiceover rather than dialogue and plot. This approach upsets many in the… Read More

Blade Runner 2049 review — Epic sci-fi sequel is beautiful, cold, and essential

October 6, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Denis Villeneuve | Written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, with characters from the Philip K. Dick novel, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep | 163 min In its DNA, in its circuitry, any sequel looks back at the original. A good sequel moves forward more than it looks back, while that rare beast,… Read More

New On Canadian Netflix: March 2017

March 20, 2017 flawintheiris

In an effort to keep up to date with films now available on platforms aside from the big screen, I had a look at the past few weeks of new releases on Canadian Netflix and I’ve got a few films for you to consider when you're looking to chill. (You can click on the movie… Read More

La La Land review — Fizzy musical eschews plot for romantic glamour

December 28, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Damien Chazelle | 128 min | Crave La La Land and Moonlight are in a two-horse race for award season glory at the time of this writing. The latter has already come and gone in theatres, but the former, after much delay and glowing reviews from elsewhere, finally arrived at a single… Read More

The Nice Guys review — Good Times with a Polyester Pair

May 19, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Shane Black | Written by Black and Anthony Bagarozzi | 116 min | ▲▲▲▲△ Shane Black is the master of buddy action comedy, having written Lethal Weapon, The Last Boy Scout, and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, not to mention his superhero success Iron Man 3. The Nice Guys lands right in his sweet spot—boys unleash R-rated… Read More