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Now streaming: Juror #2, with Nicholas Hoult, Toni Colette, and J.K. Simmons. A perfectly cromulent courtroom drama, says Carsten:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/12/juror-2-review-a-perfectly-cromulent-courtroom-drama/

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January 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Carsten Knox reviews Star Trek: Section 31, with Michelle Yeoh, Sam Richardson, and Joe Pingue. Send it to the Delta Quadrant:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2025/01/star-trek-section-31-review-send-it-to-the-delta-quadrant/

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February 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Carsten Knox reviews Juror #2, with Nicholas Hoult, Toni Colette, and J.K. Simmons. A perfectly cromulent courtroom drama:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/12/juror-2-review-a-perfectly-cromulent-courtroom-drama/

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January 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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New on Netflix: Tár, with Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, and Mark Strong. Symphony for the devil, says Carsten:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2022/11/tar-review-a-fresh-portrait-of-creative-toxicity/

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January 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Still playing in Halifax cinemas, and now nominated for TEN Oscars: Wicked, with Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and Jeff Goldblum. Too sweet and too long, says Carsten, but thoughtful:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/11/wicked-part-1-review-too-sweet-and-too-long-but-thoughtful/

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January 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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NEW: Carsten Knox reviews The Return, with Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, and Charlie Plummer. Fiennes and Binoche elevate Homeric adaptation:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/12/the-return-review-fiennes-and-binoche-elevate-homeric-adaptation/

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December 6, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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What can you say about an action picture where the action is so poorly done? Star Trek Section 31 is just an example of a calculated brand extension that goes off the rails:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2025/01/star-trek-section-31-review-send-it-to-the-delta-quadrant/

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February 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Nightbitch is driven by the Mother’s internal monologue, by her pain and guilt around her changing identity and suburban frustrations. It’s also wildly funny, says Carsten:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2025/01/nightbitch-review-amy-adams-fantastic-as-werewolf-mom/

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January 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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NEW: 10 great films screened at Carbon Arc Cinema. Carsten Knox on Halifax's alternative to the multiplex:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/08/10-great-films-screened-at-carbon-arc-cinema/

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August 26, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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The first thing to know about Nosferatu is it’s a visual and aural feast in the cinema. The big-screen atmosphere filmmaker Robert Eggers creates is truly something special:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2025/01/nosferatu-review-dracula-resurrection-faithful-to-a-fault/

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January 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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The first thing to know about Nosferatu, is it’s a visual and aural feast in the cinema. The big-screen atmosphere filmmaker Robert Eggers creates is truly something special:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2025/01/nosferatu-review-dracula-resurrection-faithful-to-a-fault/

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January 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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New on Netflix: Brandon Cronenberg's Infinity Pool, with Alexander Skarsgaard, Mia Goth, and Cleopatra Coleman. Gleeful bad-trip movie goes off the deep end:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2023/01/infinity-pool-review-gleeful-bad-trip-movie-goes-off-the-deep-end/ #moviereview
December 14, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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Carsten Knox reviews Babygirl, with Nicole Kidman, Antonio Banderas, and Harris Dickinson. A fresh erotic classic:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/12/babygirl-review-a-fresh-erotic-classic/

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January 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Some of the best movies of the past year and where (if) you can find them online in Canada this season. 2024 at the Movies with Carsten Knox:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/12/2024-at-the-movies-honourable-mentions-of-terrific-pictures/

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December 23, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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What impresses with Megalopolis is the production design — the costumes especially, a visually restless pallet, dreamscape imagery and, at times, psychedelic visions:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/09/megalopolis-review-coppolas-grand-design-doesnt-add-up-to-much/ #moviereview
October 6, 2024 at 10:00 AM
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Carsten wishes the filmmakers had given Kraven The Hunter more of a sense of humour — if he could’ve loosened up and made fun of his antagonists that would’ve been welcome. The Flaw In The Iris review:

halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/12/kraven-the-hunter-review-dumb-but-not-dull/

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December 21, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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Elliot Page elevates Close To You with his performance, says Carsten — he brings the authenticity the picture desperately needs. The Flaw In The Iris review:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/08/close-to-you-review-an-unflinching-look-at-the-trans-experience/

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August 18, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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Carsten Knox reviews The Return, with Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, and Charlie Plummer. Fiennes and Binoche elevate Homeric adaptation:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/12/the-return-review-fiennes-and-binoche-elevate-homeric-adaptation/

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December 15, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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Now available on Crave: A Different Man, with Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, and Adam Pearson. It's only skin deep, Carsten says:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/10/a-different-man-review-only-skin-deep/

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January 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Carsten Knox reviews Widow Clicquot, with Haley Bennett, Sam Riley, and Tom Sturridge. Champagne drama goes flat, he says:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/11/widow-clicquot-review-champagne-drama-goes-flat/

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November 22, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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We Live In Time is of a genre that doesn’t thrill Carsten — the cancer weepie — but then it proceeded to undermine many of those kinds of tropes. In the end it floored him:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/10/we-live-in-time-review-an-all-timer-romantic-drama/

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November 3, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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Now available on DVD/Blu-ray: No mercy for Someone Like You from Carsten Knox. Bible-thumping romantic sludge, he says:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/04/someone-like-you-review-bible-thumping-romantic-sludge/

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November 16, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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Carsten Knox reviews Allen Sunshine, with Vincent Leclerc, Miles Phoenix Foley, and Liam Quiring-Nkindi. Warm first feature from Harley Chamandy:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/11/allen-sunshine-review-warm-first-feature-from-harley-chamandy/

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December 2, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: The Return, with Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, and Charlie Plummer. Fiennes and Binoche elevate Homeric adaptation, says Carsten:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/12/the-return-review-fiennes-and-binoche-elevate-homeric-adaptation/

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January 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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From Black Box Diaries to Yacht Rock, here are the docs that stood out for Carsten Knox over the past year. Top 10 Documentaries of 2024:

https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/12/top-10-documentaries-of-2024/

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December 30, 2024 at 4:00 PM