Tag Archives: Sam Worthington

Fuze review — Explosive, London-based thriller with a fatal flaw

April 23, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by David Mackenzie | Written by Ben Hopkins | 98 min | ▲▲▲ for genre fans, ▲▲ for everyone else An earlier version of this review appeared on FITI during the coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival 2025 Scots filmmaker David MacKenzie has carved out one of the most impressive thriller and action… Read More

Avatar: Fire and Ash review — Jim Cameron’s indigenous fantasy redux

December 22, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by James Cameron | Written by Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman, and Shane Salerno | 197 min | ▲▲1/2 James Cameron is the most successful Canadian filmmaker in history by the simple measure of box office returns. It's hard to deny he knows what audiences want, going back to the Terminator franchise,… Read More

Relay review — A cracking New York thriller

August 23, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by David MacKenzie | Written by Justin Piasecki | 112 min | ▲▲▲▲ A version of this review appeared during the coverage of #TIFF24 in September of last year. This picture is an achingly chilly, exceptionally well-crafted anti-tech tech thriller, one that may not quite be in Michael Clayton or The Parallax View's league,… Read More

Simulant review — Replicant cinema

April 8, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by April Mullen | Written by Ryan Christopher Churchill | 95 min | ▲▲△△△ | Crave For awhile now I've been impressed by the influence of the Charlie Brooker science fiction show, Black Mirror. Since its debut as a deeply cynical but scarily prophetic tech-anxiety sci-fi series, I've detected the reach of its potent… Read More

Avatar: The Way of Water review — Spectacular and stupid

December 22, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by James Cameron | Written by Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman, and Shane Salerno | 192 min | ▲▲△△△ Rewatching the original Avatar last week I was reminded of Jim Cameron's incredible ambition, impressive technical wizardry, and cluelessness when it comes to reading the room, culturally speaking. The dude understands allegory and… Read More

Avatar (2009) review — Some good, a lot bad in box office giant

December 15, 2022 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by James Cameron | 162 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Disney + Having not seen Avatar since the week it opened in cinemas in 2009, I figured it was important to revisit the world-conquering cultural phenomenon before I bought a ticket for the much delayed sequel opening today. In my memory the largely… Read More

Terminator series review — The first two are essential, but the others…

October 28, 2019 flawintheiris

...are a mixed bag. Here's a look back at the five Terminator movies before T6, or Terminator: Dark Fate, expected in the coming week. The Terminator (1984) There's something wonderfully '80s about The Terminator (directed by James Cameron, written by Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd), a peculiar alloy of films from earlier times updated for the… Read More

Hacksaw Ridge review — Blood, Guts, and Conscientious Objection

November 3, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Mel Gibson | Written by Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan | 131 min Mel Gibson's fifth feature as director is a roaring return after a 10 year break, one that very much cleaves towards his favourite themes of individual heroism, faith, and martyrdom. You know it's a Gibson when the hero must abide… Read More

Cake review — No surprises in chronic pain dramedy

January 21, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Daniel Barnz, written by Patrick Tobin When we meet Claire Bennett (Jennifer Aniston) she's getting kicked out of her all-female chronic pain support group due to her anger issues. She'd spoken ill of the dead, and offended the other women, including the therapist. It's a funny moment, but I kept thinking back to… Read More

The Movie Star Roster 2014

July 8, 2014 flawintheiris

Jack Nicholson once said, and I'm paraphrasing, here, that anyone who gets to be a lead in a Hollywood movie has something special. Why? Because too many people want it. If the star didn't have some of that magic pixie dust that appeals to audiences, someone else would have gotten the gig. That shit doesn't… Read More