Tag Archives: Val Kilmer

Top Gun: Maverick review — A vertiginous victory, just

May 28, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Joseph Kosinski | Written by Peter Craig, Justin Marks, Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie | 131 min | ▲▲▲△△ If you remove the Mission: Impossible series from the equation, Tom Cruise has never made a sequel to any of his hit movies. Given his 40+ years in the Hollywood spotlight… Read More

Val review — The life and vanity of Val Kilmer

August 8, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo | 109 min | Amazon Prime Val Kilmer is no longer the dashing, handsome method actor/movie star you might remember from Top Gun, The Doors, and Heat. At 61, he's a cancer survivor who struggles to speak, even as he still has a sparkle in his eye. He's also… Read More

The Snowman review — A watchable disaster

October 24, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Thomas Alfredson | Written by Peter Straughan, Hossein Amini, and Søren Sveistrup, based on a novel by Jo Nesbø | 119 min Are windows between bedrooms a thing in Norway? How about play rooms on commuter trains? And powerful industrialists who have subordinates find them sex slaves and present them in the back… Read More