Tag Archives: Shane Black

Predator series review

August 5, 2022 flawintheiris

As a science-fiction series birthed out of slam-bang, macho Hollywood of the 1980s, this one falls behind The Terminator and Alien by some distance. Maybe that's because those pictures have at least two stone cold classics each, while this one, despite a number of attempts to capture the magic of the first, still rides on… 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

Iron Man 3 review

May 3, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Shane Black | Written by Black and Drew Pearce, from a Marvel Comic by Stan Lee, Don Heck, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby | 131 min | Netflix Here's the beginning of the next phase of Marvel's world cinema domination. It's working pretty well for them so far. Robert Downey Jr is back… Read More

Summer 2013 Movie Preview

May 2, 2013 flawintheiris

The first thing I want to tell you is this is by no means a comprehensive list of all the movies coming out between the beginning of May and the end of August.What you'll find here are movies I have some measure of feeling about, based on what I've read and heard. There will be… Read More

Remembering Tony Scott

August 20, 2012 flawintheiris

It wasn't cool to say you were a fan of Tony Scott's movies. Among cine-snob circles, anyway. His work was too commercial, too mainstream. He wasn't an auteur because he didn't write his own features. And Ridley, his older brother, got more acclaim, won more awards and had a bigger fanbase thanks to Alien and… Read More