Tag Archives: Tom Hardy

Legend review — Hardy impresses in a so-so gangster movie

December 3, 2015 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Brian Helgeland | Based on a book by John Pearson | 131 min Back in 1990, Peter Medak directed a feature called The Krays, starring Spandau Ballet's Gary and Martin Kemp as the real life East End London gangster brothers. A gritty, anti-glamour docudrama about the their 1960s underworld reign, the… Read More

LENS ME YOUR EARS — Ep. 06: Mad Max and Post-Apocalyptic movies

May 23, 2015 flawintheiris

After a brief delay, Stephen Cooke and I are back on the podcast trail. For our sixth time at the mic we give some attention to Mad Max: Fury Road, which we both loved way out of proportion, and take a gander at the Mad Max franchise, along with a couple of suggestions for other post-apocalypse cinema, including… Read More

Mad Max: Fury Road review — A masterpiece in speed and metal

May 14, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by George Miller, Written by Miller, Brendan McCarthy, and Nick Lathouris | Netflix Badass. As the end credits rolled, that's the word that kept bouncing around my rattling and enervated cranium. Mad Max: Fury Road is totally badass. When was the last time I was totally floored like this? The last time I saw… Read More

The Drop review

September 23, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by Michaël R. Roskam, written by Dennis Lehane, adapting his own short story Animal Rescue. Anyone familiar with Denis Lehane's other grimy gangster tales brought to the screen—Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone, for example—will recognize the world of The Drop from the get-go. We hear the prevailing myth off the top: Bob Saginowski… Read More

Locke review

August 19, 2014 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Steven Knight I make a big deal about it when a quality film doesn't get distribution in cinemas here in Halifax, but I also understand the reticence of distributors—some feature films just don't have that crowd-pleasing vibe. And I get that the people making decisions might consider Locke and wonder whether anyone… Read More

Mad Max: Fury Road gets a trailer

July 27, 2014 flawintheiris

This weekend was the San Diego Comic-Con, the biggest event in geek culture. Typically, it's when Hollywood studios preview their upcoming slate of fantasy and genre pictures. I gather the panel for and clips from Avengers: Age of Ultron (coming in April 2015) were pretty impressive. But what I'm probably most excited about is the first Mad… Read More

The Movie Star Roster 2014

July 8, 2014 flawintheiris

Jack Nicholson once said, and I'm paraphrasing, here, that anyone who gets to be a lead in a Hollywood movie has something special. Why? Because too many people want it. If the star didn't have some of that magic pixie dust that appeals to audiences, someone else would have gotten the gig. That shit doesn't… Read More

Mad Max: Fury Road gets a release date, and other details

December 6, 2013 flawintheiris

The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that the Mad Max: Fury Road shoot is wrapping up, and a release date of May 15, 2015, is slated for the film to finally be released. At that point, the picture will have been in production, in some stage, for almost 15 years. It's kind of amazing we're getting… Read More

Only God Forgives review

July 28, 2013 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Nicolas Winding RefnOnly God Forgives is a bloody and relentless operatic noir set largely in nighttime Bangkok, bathed in neon scarlet, emerald, topaz, and gold. Imagine a film conceived by Gaspar Noe—he's thanked in the credits—written by David Lynch circa Lost Highway, and directed by Stanley Kubrick somewhere between The Shining… Read More

Tom Hardy as Mad Max

February 5, 2013 flawintheiris

Max's InterceptorSome of you may have seen this image when it made the rounds in December, but I'm just catching up. This is the first photo of Tom Hardy in the role that made Mel Gibson a star.George Miller's reboot of his post-apocalyptic Mad Max saga, called Mad Max: Fury Road, more than a decade… Read More