Tag Archives: Stan Lee

A Decade of FITI reviews: Doctor Strange

February 22, 2022 flawintheiris

I've written thousands of reviews over the (actually more than) 10 years of this blog, so I figured it might be fun to go into the vault and bring dusty, perhaps forgotten reviews back into the light. Expect these to show up around once a week for the next little while. I may lightly edit… Read More

Avengers: Endgame review — Imperfect endings, but still epic

April 27, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo | Written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely based on comics by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Jim Starlin | 181 min | Disney + If you haven't seen Avengers: Endgame yet, don't worry, I won't spoil it for you in the main body of this review. I've… Read More

Doctor Strange review — Not magical, but the visuals (and Cumberbatch) conjure a win

November 6, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Scott Derrickson | Written by Derrickson, John Spaihts, C. Robert Cargill, based on the Marvel Comics character created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko | 115 min For those not raised on Marvel Comics, Dr Stephen Strange is the fantasy universe's resident Master of Mystic Arts, its top wizard. His comics were the… Read More

Fantastic Four review — A descent into superhero awfulness

August 10, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Josh Trank, Written by Trank, Simon Kinberg, and Jeremy Slater, based on the Marvel comic by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby The Fantastic Four I grew up with was written and illustrated by Canadian comic creator John Byrne. Before superhero comics got all mature and gritty with Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns, these… Read More

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 review

May 3, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by Marc Webb Written by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner and James Vanderbilt, adapting the Marvel comic created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko My friend Dave, who loves superhero movies, and I disagreed on this one, and I had to admit that maybe my enjoyment of it was at least partly the… Read More

Thor: The Dark World review

November 11, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Alan Taylor | Screenplay by Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus, and Stephen McFeely | Story by Don Payne and Robert Rodat | From the Marvel Comic by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby | 111 min | Netflix Hard to believe this is the eighth big-budget entertainment in this daisy-chain of Marvel movies,… 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

Why I’m not excited to see The Amazing Spider-Man

June 27, 2012 flawintheiris

Every time a superhero movie opens in cinemas, I'm curious about it. That's not to say I'm going to see every one that's out there, but having grown up with the comics, there's always a bit of a thrill to see how they've imagined the character on the big screen. So, The Amazing Spider-Man should be… Read More