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Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 3d

Here's a little piece I wrote apropos of nothing.

Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/17/i...

When I recently picked up Nora Ephron’s Heartburn, the experience illuminated a few things for me. I’d like to be able to say that I read this book in preparation for a great podcast conversation a…

Synopsis: After a career-threatening injury derails his shot at football stardom, young athlete Cam Cade (Tyriq Withers) is invited to train with his childhood hero, legendary quarterback Isaiah Wh…

Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 4d

Here's my take on HIM, a movie that is as intellectually regressive as it is indulgent and confident. One of the worst of the year.

Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/16/h...

#him #tyriqwithers #marlonwayans #justintipping

Him (2025) – Review

THE LONG WALK and How a Movie May Struggle to Proceed at a Pace of a Walking Man while a Book Can

Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 4d

Check out my take on I SWEAR, a nice and easy biopic that could have been way better than what we got.

Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/07/i...

#ISwear

Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 5d

Here's my brand new piece on Stephen King's THE LONG WALK and the struggle to adapt it for the screen without losing the essence of the novel.

Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/15/t...

#stephenking #thelongwalk

Before Stephen King published Carrie, he had written several novels already: Getting It On, Sword in the Darkness, The Running Man, Second Coming and The Long Walk. I suppose this offers some solac…

Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 5d

Check out my recent review of THE SMASHING MACHINE, a movie that had all the promise in the world and somehow didn't mix its ingredients correctly.

Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/11/t...

#TheSmashingMachine #DwayneJohnson #EmilyBlunt #BennySafdie

Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 5d

Here's my take on GOOD BOY, a great gimmick with poor follow-through. Currently in UK cinemas by the way!

Full review: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/08/g...

#goodboy #GoodBoyMovie

Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 6d

Check out my recent essay on Stephen King's THE STAND!

flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/05/k...

#stephenking #thestand

Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 7d

Check out my review of THE SMASHING MACHINE, a movie that weirdly disappoints even though it shouldn't.

Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/11/t...

#TheSmashingMachine #DwayneJohnson #BennySafdie #EmilyBlunt

Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 7d

Check out my review of I SWEAR, a predictably saccharine biopic about a guy who deserved a better movie than he got.

Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/07/i...

#ISwear #review #filmreview

King’s Backdoor Fantasy and the Paradoxical Requirements for Successfully Adapting THE STAND

Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 8d

In case you missed it, here's my most recent addition to my journey through Stephen King and his intersection with movies where I write about THE STAND!

Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/05/k...

The longstanding, widely accepted genesis of Stephen King’s The Stand is that it was supposed to be his The Lord of the Rings, an epic fantasy adventure with the highest st…

Rocky Balboa: An Unlikely Role Model for Men

Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 9d

Blast from the past: with THE SMASHING MACHINE out in theaters, you can also read my old piece on ROCKY as a self-help text for men.

Full essay here: flaszonfilm.com/2021/07/07/r...

#rocky #sylvesterstallone #selfimprovement #selfcare #selfhelp

If you ask any young boy who he wants to be when he grows up, you will hear ‘an astronaut’, ‘a rocket scientist’, ‘a professional footballer’, ‘a pilot&#82…

The Smashing Machine (2025) – Review

Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 9d

Here's my take on THE SMASHING MACHINE, a tin man attempt at executing on a seemingly infallible formula of a redemption sports drama.

Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/11/t...

#TheSmashingMachine #BennySafdie #dwaynetherockjohnson #DwayneJohnson #EmilyBlunt

Synopsis: Mark Kerr, a dominant MMA fighter at the peak of his career, battles addiction, self-doubt, and a turbulent relationship that threaten to destroy everything he’s built. As his success fad…

GOOD BOY, Stretchability of Genre Gimmicks and Monsters Behind the Door

Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 10d

Here's my take on GOOD BOY, an interesting gimmick that fizzles out without much follow-through. Currently playing in UK cinemas!

Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/08/g...

#GoodBoyMovie #goodboy #horror #review

In a genre space as crowded as modern horror is—between dark fairy tales, elevated horrors, longstanding franchises, nostalgia sequels to 90s slasher revival classics, pornified body horror and eve…

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Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 11d

Have a read of my recent essay on the magical qualities of Stephen King's THE STAND and how the quest for its perfect adaptation continues.

Full text here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/05/k...

#stephenking #thestand

GOOD BOY, Stretchability of Genre Gimmicks and Monsters Behind the Door

Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 12d

Here's my take on GOOD BOY, a movie with a great gimmick that ultimately fails to convert a premise into a compelling story. Indy's dog acting is its only saving grace.

Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/08/g...

#goodboy #GoodBoyMovie #horror

In a genre space as crowded as modern horror is—between dark fairy tales, elevated horrors, longstanding franchises, nostalgia sequels to 90s slasher revival classics, pornified body horror and eve…

Synopsis: John Davidson is a teenager in 1980s Scotland whose life is upended when he’s diagnosed with Tourette syndrome. As his condition alienates him from friends, family, and sch…

Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 13d

Here's my review of I SWEAR, a predictable and saccharine biopic about a guy who is anything but.

Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/07/i...

#ISwear #RobertAramayo #maxinepeake #PeterMullan #biopic #review

I Swear (2025) – Review

King’s Backdoor Fantasy and the Paradoxical Requirements for Successfully Adapting THE STAND

Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 13d

In this article in my longstanding series on the intersection between Stephen King and cinema, I take on the sprawling epic THE STAND and the challenge of doing it justice in adaptation.

Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/05/k...

#stephenking #thestand

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Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 15d

Here's my article on Stephen King's THE STAND, its adaptations and many quirks that render it both interesting and impossible to adapt.

Full piece here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/05/k...

#StephenKing #thestand

The longstanding, widely accepted genesis of Stephen King’s The Stand is that it was supposed to be his The Lord of the Rings, an epic fantasy adventure with the highest stakes possible and numerou…

Uncut Gems Podcast (September 2025 Round-up)

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Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 19d

Here's a neat round-up of what happened over the course of last month over at the Uncut Gems Podcast where we talked about David Ayer, police procedurals, crime movies, late-era Arnie, Neil Simon's war memories, Sidney Lumet-directed media circuses etc.

Read here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/01/u...

With September behind us, it’s as good a moment as any to round up all activities over at the Uncut Gems Podcast and its Patreon bonus content that took place over the course of last month.

The Roses (2025) – Review

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Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 21d

Here's my take on THE ROSES, a remake that ditches dark satire in favor of caustic wit as an escape from the real-life battle of the sexes that has amplified in the intervening years.

flaszonfilm.com/2025/09/29/t...

#BenedictCumberbatch #OliviaColman #andysamberg #KateMcKinnon #JayRoach #TheRoses

Synopsis: Architect Theo and chef Ivy’s decade-long marriage unravels as career reversals and simmering resentments turn love into open warfare. Their escalating battle—marked by sabotage, jealousy…

ALIEN: EARTH, Aesthetic Anchoring and Conversations on Sentience with a Xenomorph in the Corner

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Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 24d

Here's my take on ALIEN: EARTH which is a cerebral conversation on the nature of human consciousness with a Xenomorph chilling in the corner.

Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/09/26/a...

#alien #AlienEarth #NoahHawley #SydneyChandler #AlexLawther

It didn’t take long for what started as a singular science-fiction horror movie to grow into a massive multimedia franchise. Much like Star Wars, Alien invited multidirectional world-building and…

THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, Mixtapes and Diminishing Returns of Regurgitated Scare Tactics

Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · 26d

Here's my take on THE CONJURING: LAST RITES which is an effective and entertaining horror for those who are not aware of the series and a pile of regurgitated slop for those who are.

Read here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/09/24/t...

#TheConjuring #theconjuringthelastrites #VeraFarmiga #PatrickWilson

The fact that the 2013 The Conjuring became a massively successful and incredibly profitable movie was not a surprise to anyone who paid attention. It was also a given that it would go on to become…

HONEY DON’T! and the Act of Experimentally Separating the Chinese Five Spice to Understand More about the Auteur Theory

Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · Sep 19

Here's what I think about HONEY DON'T, which is a movie that's closer to Wes Anderson than it is to the Coens.

Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/09/19/h...

#honeydont #ethancoen #TriciaCooke #MargaretQualley #aubreyplaza #chrisevans

I’ve mused on several occasions about how Wes Anderson’s movies have recently morphed recursively into parodies of themselves (with titles like Asteroid City, The French Dispatch and The Phoenician…

CAUGHT STEALING and the Art and Science of Doing Your Thing While Executing a Pivot

Flasz on Film @flaszonfilm.bsky.social · Sep 16

Here's my take on CAUGHT STEALING, which is a movie that looks like nothing Darren Aronofsky had done before but upon close inspection it clearly looks like something only he would do.

Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/09/16/c...

#DarrenAronofsky #AustinButler #zoekravitz #MattSmith

If I told you that Darren Aronofsky had a new movie out in cinemas which was a darkly comedic action thriller with Austin Butler, Matt Smith, Zoë Kravitz and a bag of money based on a pulpy novel a…