Tag Archives: Woody Harrelson

The Edge of Seventeen review — Teen movie of the year

November 23, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig | 104 min | Netflix Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld) is a junior in high school and she's struggling. Her father died four years ago, leaving her neurotic mother (Kyra Sedgwick) raising two teenagers alone. Nadine's brother, Darian (Blake Jenner), was always the golden boy, the popular one free of… Read More

Triple 9 review — Guns and guts in peach tree country

March 1, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by John Hillcoat | Written by Matt Cook | 115 min | ▲▲▲△△ Australian director Hillcoat is a deliverer of masculine, violent genre tales such as The Proposition and Lawless. While he's not colluding with his partner-in-crime Nick Cave this time out, this picture isn't much of a departure in a story of (mostly) bad men. If anything the… Read More

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 review — A disappointing conclusion

November 29, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Francis Lawrence | Written by Peter Craig, Danny Strong, and Suzanne Collins, from Collins' novel | 137 min How exactly does such a compelling series of blockbuster films, with the biggest star in the world front and centre, go so quickly from thrilling to sad and drab? I'm still trying to figure it… Read More

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 review — Harrowing teen apocalypse

November 23, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by Francis Lawrence, written by Danny Strong and Peter Craig, based on the novel by Suzanne Collins This thing starts up right where the last one ended—no need to recap what's gone on in the previous two films for newcomers. There are no newcomers in The Hunger Games. If we've made it this far, we… Read More

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire review

November 30, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Francis LawrenceWritten by Simon Beaufoy and Michael Ardnt, from the novel by Suzanne CollinsOne of those rare sequels that genuinely extends the territory claimed in the original, Catching Fire has just a touch of The Empire Strikes Back about it, which is a compliment in almost every way but one: as the middle… Read More

The Hunger Games review

March 25, 2012 flawintheiris

Directed by Gary Ross Written by Ross, Billy Ray and Suzanne Collins, from Collins' novel Do I need to explain the plot of this movie? As I write I'm seeing the box office totals come in, and it's larger than even the generous predictions made three days ago: $155 million is a lot of samolians.… Read More