Tag Archives: Tom Hooper

Cats review — A feast for furries, cataclysmic for the rest of us

December 30, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Tom Hooper | Written by Hooper and Lee Hall, based on the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which is based on a poetry collection by TS Eliot | 110 min | Netflix I will give one thing to this perverse adaptation of the long-running stage show, it commits. It commits to its bonkers… Read More

The Danish Girl review — A quiet study of nature

December 28, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Tom Hooper | Written by Lucinda Coxon from a book by David Ebershoff | 119 min | ▲▲▲▲△ The Danish Girl is a biopic of Einar Wegener, who in the late 1920s became Lili Elbe, the first transgender person to undergo surgical reassignment. At its heart, the film is a love story between Einar/Lili… Read More

Top 10 Movies of 2010

January 26, 2011 flawintheiris

I can't delay it any longer.It's Oscar nominations day, fer chrissakes. I need to get my list out. I am strangely peeved that so many of my faves from 2010 also appear on the Oscar list. I feel one of my roles is to shine a light on lesser-seen pictures, and if I'm digging all… Read More