Tag Archives: Tom Holland

Spider-Man: No Way Home review — Amazing and spectacular, both

December 20, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Jon Watts | Written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers | 148 min | Amazon Prime Let's have a chat about the definition of "fan service." It's a term that gets thrown around a lot lately, especially in relation to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It's the idea is that these movies' producers are… Read More

The Current War: Director’s Cut review — Electrical history not quite brilliant

June 19, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | Written by Michael Mitnick | 108 min | On Demand This is a historical drama with history. The Current War debuted at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival with the whiff of prestige. That's due to the cast, which includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Tom Holland, and Nicholas Hoult —… Read More

Onward review — Pixar adventure finds magic on the way

April 3, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Dan Scanlon | Written by Scanlon, Keith Bunin and Jason Headley | 102 min | On Demand You may note a welcome familiarity to the busy plot structure and suburban milieu of this Disney Pixar picture — despite the elves and magical overtones, this could be an '80's Amblin live-action feature, complete with… Read More

Spider-Man: Far From Home review — Playfully entertaining teen superheroing, if a little long

July 3, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Jon Watts | Written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers | 129 min | Netflix ...or Peter Parker's European Vacation. And who could blame the guy (winningly played by Tom Holland again) for wanting some downtime? For a 16-year-old, he's had more than his fair share of grief—with the passing of a father… Read More

Avengers: Infinity War review — Massive scale and massive stakes

April 27, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo | Written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely | 149 min Since the mid-'80s, Marvel Comics have been finding their sales figures spiking with summer crossover series — pitting their popular heroes against each other and/or a terrible, frequently cosmic, threat—with titles like Secret Wars, Civil War, Secret… Read More

Spider-Man: Homecoming review — Fresh focus on teen superheroing

July 8, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Jon Watts | Written by Watts, Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Christopher Ford, Chris McKenna, and Erik Sommers | 133 min Yes, another reboot of the Spider-Man franchise—Andrew Garfield, we barely knew ye—this time with six writers, not including the original comic creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. None of that bodes well.… Read More

Captain America: Civil War review — More superheroes than you can shake a webhead at

May 6, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo | Written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely | 146 min | ▲▲▲▲△ It's hard to believe, but since Iron Man in 2008, we've had a dozen Marvel movies. Captain America: Civil War is the lucky 13th. It's not my favourite of the bunch, but it ranks high for a… Read More