Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Davis Guggenheim Documentary. In this angry, startlingly frank and revealing documentary, Oscar-winning director Davis Guggenheim, who previously gave us Al Gore’s timely talk and flash powerpoint presentation on the impact of global warming and the crisis facing the future of our planet, turns his attention to America’s failing and troubled [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Freidman Stars: James Franco, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeff Daniels, Treat Williams, Alessandro Nivola, Bob Balaban, Jon Prescott. “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness.” Allen Ginsberg was one of the most famous and revered poets of the 20th century, [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jonathan Liebesman Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Damon Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Gino Anthony Pesi, Cory Hardricht, Ne-Yo, James Hiroyuki Liao, Noel Fisher, Michael pena, Bryce Cass, Adetokumboh M’Cormack, Taylor handley, Neil Brown jr, Joey King. Loud, noisy, and chaotic! Ultimately, Battle: Los Angeles is full of sound and fury, but [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Richard j Lewis Stars: Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Rosamund Pike, Rachelle Lefevre, Mark Addy, Scott Speedman, Bruce Greenwood, Jake Hoffman, Macha Solange, Anna Hopkins, Saul Rubinek, Thomas Trabacchi, Cle Bennett, Haryvey Atkin, Massimo Wertmuller, Howard Jerome, Linda Sorensen, Atom Egoyan, David Cronenberg, Denys Arcand. Montreal based television producer [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Lixin Fan. After seeing this documentary from China I am never going to complain about catching a crowded train in peak hour in Melbourne ever again. In China every year millions of peasants from the countryside make their way into the big cities to toil away in menial jobs [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Patrick McGrady Stars: Stephen Fry. Actor, author and raconteur Stephen Fry loves the music of Richard Wagner. But he is also a Jew and lost many relatives at Auschwitz. So he is feeling a little conflicted over his love of the glorious music that was written by an anti-Semite and [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Vincent Lannoo Stars: . Carlo Ferrante, Vera Van Dooren, Pierre Lognay, Fleur Lise Heuet. ACMI’s Freaky Friday program continues apace with this low budget Belgium film from writer/director Vincent Lannoo that comes across as something of a wickedly subversive variation on Neil Jordan’s Interview With The Vampire. A Belgian television [...]
THE ALLIANCE FRANCAISE FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL 2011. The Alliance Francaise French Film Festival runs from March 9-27 at Palace Cinema Como, Balwyn, Westgarth, Brighton Bay and Kino Cinemas. The opening night feature is Francois Ozon’s latest film Potiche. French actress Clotilde Hesme is a special guest of the Festival. The Festival also screens in Sydney [...]
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