Tag Archives: Zoe Saldana

Avengers: Infinity War review — Massive scale and massive stakes

April 27, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo | Written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely | 149 min Since the mid-'80s, Marvel's been finding their sales figures spiking with summer crossover series—pitting their popular heroes against each other and/or a terrible, frequently cosmic, threat—with titles like Secret Wars, Civil War, Secret Invasion, House Of M,… Read More

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 review — A Wham Bam Shang-a-Lang Good Time

May 8, 2017 flawintheiris

Written and directed by James Gunn | 136 min Yup, the newest Marvel movie is a sequel to that surprise megahit of August 2014, Guardians of the Galaxy, which at the time seemed like a huge gamble for the studio. Adapting an obscure comic about a group of space-freebooters gave Marvel a foothold in fantasy/science fiction beyond… Read More

Star Trek Beyond review — Trek Out of Darkness

July 23, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Justin Lin | Written by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung, based on the Gene Roddenberry TV series | 120 min | ▲▲▲△△ We start three years into the Starship Enterprise's five year mission. That's a clever reference to where the original show left off, three seasons in. This is also the third movie in… Read More

Guardians of the Galaxy review

August 1, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by James Gunn, Written by Gunn and Nicole Perlman Looking at the predicted huge box office tallies for this first weekend in August, The Guardians of the Galaxy doesn't seem like the big gamble for Marvel Studios it must have been on paper. Consider that every movie they've done so far, with the possible… Read More

Star Trek Into Darkness review

May 21, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by JJ Abrams, Written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof, based on the Gene Roddenberry TV series It's been reported that JJ Abrams didn't grow up having been a big fan of Star Trek. I've had trouble finding the direct quote online, but the impression I got from having read an interview with… Read More

The Words review

September 6, 2012 flawintheiris

The poster is the best thing about this picture Written and Directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal It's not very often I get to see a movie that fails as spectacularly as this one. And not in the usual way, from laziness or the factory-tooled mediocrity of many Hollywood movies. This doesn't fail… Read More