Tag Archives: Steve Buscemi

Roommates review — Chandler Levack’s Netflix comedy works, too

April 19, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by Chandler Levack | Written by Jimmy Fowlie and Ceara O'Sullivan | 107 min | ▲▲▲ | Netflix English Canadian cinema is having a bit of a moment, and you can tell by how much it's being celebrated by Americans. Let's not kid ourselves, we get really excited when we get noticed by our… Read More

Happy Gilmore 2 review — Below par, but a good walk

July 30, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by Kyle Newacheck | Written by Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler | 114 min | ▲▲1/2 | Netflix Can you believe it's been almost 30 years since Happy Gilmore came out? It remains Adam Sandler's most beloved film — I mean, besides Punch Drunk Love — and he's finally come up with a sequel.… Read More

20 Best Movies on Canadian Netflix (from the 20th Century)

February 8, 2021 flawintheiris

I don't think this is a secret: Netflix doesn't carry a deep library of quality older cinema. Most folks looking to a streaming service for a classic movie are probably better off subscribing to Amazon Prime — a lot to enjoy there — or the Criterion Channel. (I'd also recommend a look at the library… Read More

The Dead Don’t Die review — Zombie picture raises dead, laughs

June 20, 2019 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Jim Jarmusch | 104 min | VOD Even the forever cool and laid-back Jim Jarmusch—whose previous work includes Down By Law, Night On Earth, Dead Man, Only Lovers Left Alive, and Paterson—gets angry. You can feel him seething, and maybe even just a bit of his bitterness in the aftertaste of… Read More

Lean On Pete review — Potent equine drama wins by a length

April 26, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Andrew Haigh | Written by Haigh, based on the novel by Willy Vlautin | 121 min Charley (Charlie Plummer) is an impoverished but self-reliant teenager living with his restless father (Travis Fimmel, another in his catalogue of self-involved dads, following Ragnar in Vikings) in Oregon, having just moved into the State. Charley picks up… 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