Tag Archives: Susan Sarandon

Blue Beetle review — Welcome the synthwave superhero

August 19, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Angel Manuel Soto | Written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer | 127 min | ▲▲▲△△ Have you ever heard of Blue Beetle? Unless you're a DC Comics fan I'd be surprised. Given the obscure characters the MCU has made into superstars, I can see why Warner's gamble makes sense. This one may have an uphill… Read More

Bull Durham review — Baseball classic is just as good 32 years later

March 26, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Ron Shelton | 108 min | Hoopla In an effort to highlight films available on various streaming services, here's a review of something on Hoopla, which makes films available online for holders of a Halifax Public Libraries card. Isn't summer great? Remember what summer is like? This feels like it's been… Read More

Little Women (1933, 1949, 1994, and 2018) reviews — The films before Greta Gerwig

December 27, 2019 flawintheiris

I haven't read Louisa May Alcott's semi-autobiographical book, though I know a fair amount about the story: a tale of the four teenage March sisters in Massachusetts during the American Civil War, growing up and missing their father who's off fighting—the mature eldest, Meg, the tomboyish writer, Jo, the shy pianist, Beth, and the prim… Read More

10 Great Jack Nicholson roles

April 23, 2019 flawintheiris

The King of Hollywood. That's what the papers call him. His 82nd birthday yesterday prompted this recollection and celebration of the New Jersey-born actor's stellar career. Though living in semi-retirement since How Do You Know in 2010, his rep as a 12-time Oscar nominee and three-time winner still stands. I've been a fan of his… Read More

The Meddler review — Sarandon shines as shameless mom

May 5, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Lorene Scafaria | 100 min | ▲▲▲△△ Marnie Minervini (Susan Sarandon) is a newcomer to Los Angeles. She's originally from New Jersey, but her husband died about a year back and since her daughter, Lori (Rose Byrne), works in Hollywood as a writer, Marnie figured she would go out there, too. But… Read More

Remembering Alan Rickman and David Bowie

January 16, 2016 flawintheiris

It's been a rough week, absorbing the news that actor, writer, and director Alan Rickman, and creative icon David Bowie, have died. Both were 69. A Shakespearean thesp in the UK, most audiences in North America were introduced to Alan Rickman with the one-two punch of Die Hard (1988) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). He's remarkable… Read More

Cloud Atlas review

November 4, 2012 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and Tom Tykwer, from the David Mitchell novel I should confess right off the top that I haven't read the book, so am coming to this film fairly blank slate. But I was impressed by the achievement here, which maybe I shouldn't be given the pedigree of… 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