Fionnula Flanagan

The Guard Review

The Guard Review

RATING: (3.5 STARS) The Guard is the better-looking, funnier, and more interesting younger brother of 2008’s In Bruges. Coincidently (or perhaps not), it’s written and directed by John Michael McDonagh, brother to In Bruges writer/director Martin McDonagh. That irony is funny in and of itself, but really, The Guard is quite a good little film. […]

The Invention of Lying Review

The Invention of Lying Review

RATING: (3 STARS) I remember watching “Ghost Town” in 2008 and thinking, “Is this really the best Ricky Gervais could do?” Granted, he wasn’t responsible for the material, but I don’t think there are many people funnier than the man who created the original “The Office,” and his major film debut was just so ordinary. […]