Tag Archives: Zoe Kravitz

Caught Stealing review — It’s just as simple as that

August 26, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by Darren Aronofsky | Written by Charlie Huston, based on his book | 107 min | ▲▲▲▲ In the mid to late 1990s, a swath of crime thrillers were made in the wake of the broad success of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, and QT’s script for Tony Scott's True Romance. Many… Read More

Blink Twice review — Zoë Kravitz’s vision is fire

August 27, 2024 flawintheiris

Directed by Zoë Kravitz | Written by Kravitz and E.T. Feigenbaum | ▲▲▲▲△ | Amazon Prime Frida (Naomi Ackie) and Jess (Alia Shawkat) are pals and work as servers at big events, but one quick change into formal wear later and they're in the company of Slater King (Channing Tatum), a billionaire who's done some… Read More

The Batman review — The darkest knight of them all

March 3, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Matt Reeves | Written by Reeves and Peter Craig | 175 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | Crave On the way out of the cinema, I heard a fellow punter say, "Batman was so emo!" In response, her friend said, "Batman's been emo since 1939!" I'm in the sweet spot for this material having read… Read More

Kimi review — Soderbergh delivers razor-sharp tech thriller

February 15, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Steven Soderbergh | Written by David Koepp | 89 min | Crave | ▲▲▲▲△ It's hard to believe Steven Soderbergh retired from making feature films a few years ago given the tear he's been on since he returned to the fray. In just the past 16 months he's released Let Them All Talk,… Read More

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald review — Overstuffed to a fault

November 25, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by David Yates | Written by JK Rowling | 134 min I read the first three Harry Potter novels, though when the movies started coming out at regular intervals I started watching them instead. The films were fun, if a little too repetitious, but the kids were adorable, and the production values and the… Read More

Rough Night review — Talent isn’t enough in rote comedy

June 21, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Lucia Aniello | Written by Aniello and Paul W. Downs | 101 min Granted, I don't see a lot of mainstream comedies these days. I find they don't commit—either to the comedic possibilities of their high concept, or to risking any realism crawling into their film, where some genuine comedy could be mined… Read More

Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them review — Period Potterverse a Treat

November 17, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by David Yates | Written by JK Rowling | 133 min Warner adapting Rowling's guide to the Harry Potter universe's magical creatures seems, on the face of it, a calculated money-grab. The story is even set in the past, in the 1920s, another bad sign: As we all know, quality prequels to beloved fantasy… Read More

Good Kill review — Strong subject but weak execution in drone war movie

May 15, 2015 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Andrew Niccol Niccol's work is never less than interesting. He wrote The Truman Show, and wrote and directed Gattaca, Sim0ne, Lord of War, In Time, and now Good Kill. He explores science fiction, but he also has a sense of the contradictions of our age: the way our media and technology can both… Read More

Mad Max: Fury Road review — A masterpiece in speed and metal

May 14, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by George Miller, Written by Miller, Brendan McCarthy, and Nick Lathouris | Crave Badass. As the end credits rolled, that's the word that kept bouncing around my rattling and enervated cranium. Mad Max: Fury Road is totally badass. When was the last time I was totally floored like this? The last time I saw… Read More

Divergent review

March 27, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by Neil Burger Written by Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor, from the novel by Veronica Roth It's been a while since I've had such aggressively ambivalent feelings about a movie. While I felt the premise and many of the plot details were ridiculous and poorly thought-out, I really enjoyed the feature's execution: The direction,… Read More