Tag Archives: Travis Fimmel

Mission Kandahar review — Gerard Butler gets stuck in the sand

May 25, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Ric Roman Waugh | Written by Mitchell LaFortune | 120 min | ▲▲△△△ | In Cinemas The second Gerard Butler actioner this year — I confess I missed the earlier one, the surprisingly well-reviewed Plane — but this one reteams the Scottish star with his Greenland helmer, Waugh. That's a promising start. Also,… Read More

Lean On Pete review — Potent equine drama wins by a length

April 26, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Andrew Haigh | Written by Haigh, based on the novel by Willy Vlautin | 121 min Charley (Charlie Plummer) is an impoverished but self-reliant teenager living with his restless father (Travis Fimmel, another in his catalogue of self-involved dads, following Ragnar in Vikings) in Oregon, having just moved into the State. Charley picks up… Read More

Maggie’s Plan review — Awkward in New York

July 3, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Rebecca Miller | Written by Miller and Karen Rinaldi | 98 min | Amazon Prime and On Demand |▲▲▲△△ Maggie (Greta Gerwig) is a New York academic who's decided to take fate into her own hands, as she explains to her friends Tony (the current MVP in modern American comedies, Bill Hader) and… Read More