Tag Archives: streaming

John Wick: Chapter 4 review — The Skyfall of the John Wick franchise

March 27, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Chad Stahelski | Written by Shay Hatten and Michael Finch, based on characters by Derek Kolstad | 169 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | Amazon Prime and Crave When John Wick first found his bloody path to the big screen about a decade ago, it was a mid-budget indie action picture with a 50-year-old Keanu… Read More

65 review — Adam Driver + Dinosaurs. What’s not to like?

March 23, 2023 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods | 93 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Crave You know what you're getting here in the opening moments when text across the screen suggests we're visiting a time before "the advent of mankind." Putting aside the tiresome gendered language, moments later we're introduced to a family on… Read More

Geographies of Solitude review — Sable Island paradise

March 22, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Jacquelyn Mills | 103 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | CBC Gem We barely hear a voice for the first 10 minutes of this documentary. Instead, we get the pleasure of images and sounds from Sable Island, the almost mythical crescent sandbar off the coast of Nova Scotia, home to seals and horses and Zoe… Read More

We Have A Ghost review — Haunted house comedy dead on arrival

March 17, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Christopher Landon | Written by Landon, based on the short story Earnest by Geoff Manaugh | 126 min | ▲▲△△△ | Netflix I came of age as a movie lover in the 1980s, an era when the horror comedy really took hold. But for every Beetlejuice, Lost Boys, or Ghostbusters there was a Mr… Read More

Creed III review — Eye of the Tiger, baby!

March 7, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Michael B. Jordan | Written by Keenan Coogler, Zach Baylin, and Ryan Coogler | 116 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | Amazon Prime It's been almost 50 years, with Six Rocky movies and now three Creed movies. This is a pugilistic franchise with a remarkable cinematic lifespan. The way it pivoted to this spin-off was… Read More

Emily review — Brontë biopic unpacks gothic myth

March 5, 2023 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Frances O'Connor | 130 min | ▲▲▲△△ | On Demand A fresh literary biopic has washed up on our cinematic shores, and I confess walking into the screening room I wasn't altogether excited about it. The conceit that something essential about the canon of classic lit can be gleaned by watching… Read More

A House Made of Splinters review — Ukrainian children’s last chance

February 25, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont | 87 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | CBC Gem We're in Lysychansk, in Eastern Ukraine, in the days before the war with Russia. This is a way-station of sorts for kids whose parents are homeless or struggling with addictions. Children can spend nine months in this community home until their fostering… Read More

One Fine Morning review — Léa Seydoux charms in lovely French film

February 23, 2023 flawintheiris

Original Title: Un Beau Matin | Written and Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve | 112 min | ▲▲▲▲▲ | Crave A version of this review appeared on the blog from the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival It's hard to say something feels like a quintessential representative of a national cinema without sounding condescending or trite —… Read More

Navalny review — The power of Putin’s nemesis

February 22, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Daniel Roher | 98 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | Crave A wildly entertaining doc about the Russian lawyer, activist, and politician Alexei Navalny, who in the summer of 2020 was poisoned with Novichok, the nerve agent preferred by agents of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The film serves as a detailed portrait of Navalny during… Read More

The Fire of Love review — A volcanic life

February 21, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Sara Dosa | Written by Dosa, Shane Boris, Erin Casper, and Jocelyne Chaput | 98 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Disney+/National Geographic This Oscar-nominated documentary tells the story of a pair of French vulcanologists, Katia and Maurice Krafft, a couple who met in 1966 and spent their lives together, travelling the world to study… Read More