Tag Archives: Tony Gilroy

The Bourne Legacy (2012) review — Action franchise’s clever extension

August 5, 2020 flawintheiris

Originally reviewed August 15, 2012 | Directed by Tony Gilroy | Written by Tony and Dan Gilroy, from a story by Tony, inspired by the Robert Ludlum novels | 135 min | Amazon Prime and Netflix Tough act this one is following. The first three Bourne movies are that rare popular franchise without a weak link.… Read More

The Great Wall review — A missed opportunity at best

April 15, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Yimou Zhang | Written by Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro, Tony Gilroy, Max Brooks, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz | 103 min | Netflix This fantasy blockbuster's reputation precedes it: The most expensive film ever made in China, a co-production with Hollywood that chose Matt Damon to shore up its international prospects, but gave him… Read More

Reviews From The Vault Vol. 9 — Thrillers

September 4, 2019 flawintheiris

From 2005 to 2009 I was a programmer on CKDU 88.1 FM in Halifax, every Sunday morning hosting The Love & Hate Movie Show. I talked about what I was seeing and revisited some of my favourite films of old, pretty much what I do now here on FITI. I still have a lot of… Read More

Beirut review — Genre thrills and political cynicism

April 18, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Brad Anderson | Written by Tony Gilroy | 109 min Reportedly, the script for Beirut has been sitting in Gilroy's drawer for 25 years, which maybe explains its dusty politics or the fact it feels a little anachronistic—maybe something Michael Caine would've starred in during one of those periods in the 1980s when he… Read More

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story review — A mixed bag, but the high points are stratospheric

January 2, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Gareth Edwards | Written by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy | 133 min As this review is arriving late—for reasons—I'm giving myself the license to be a little spoilery. I figure the hardcore fans will have seen the film already, likely more than once, and to those who have yet to take it… Read More

The Bourne Legacy review

August 15, 2012 flawintheiris

Directed by Tony Gilroy Written by Tony and Dan Gilroy, from a story by Tony, inspired by the Robert Ludlum novels. Tough act this one is following. The first three Bourne movies are that rare popular franchise without a weak link. Each of the films has something to recommend it, the second and third strongly… Read More

Revisiting the Bourne Trilogy

July 30, 2012 flawintheiris

I decided to rewatch the immensely popular and influential Universal Pictures action franchise this weekend because it's relaunched August 10 with The Bourne Legacy.I say "relaunch" because it's not just another sequel—the director of the second and third film, Paul Greengrass, chose not to return, as did the star, Matt Damon—and I wouldn't call it… Read More