Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tarsem Singh Stars: Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Robert Emms, Michael Lerner, Mare Winningham, Sean Bean, Jordan Prentice, Mark Povinelli, Joe Gnoffo, Danny Woodburn, Sebastian Saraceno, Martin Klebba, Ronald Lee Clark. Mirror Mirror is an irreverent and twisted take on the classic fairy tale Snow White that [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: David Cronenberg Stars: Michael Fassbender, Viggo Mortensen, Kiera Knightley, Vincent Cassel, Sarah Gadon. Canadian director David Cronenberg has often been fascinated with themes of sexuality and psychology. His latest film, which looks at the complicated relationship and rivalry between Jung and Freud, the fathers of modern psychoanalysis, is a perfect [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Aki Kaurismaki Stars: Andre Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Blondin Miguel, Roberto Piazza. The new film from idiosyncratic Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki was one of the highlights of last year’s Melbourne International Film Festival, and has been a hit on the festival circuit. Kaurismaki (who won the FIPRESCI award at [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Celine Sciamma Stars: Zoe Heran, Malonn Levana, Jeanne Disson, Sophie Cattani, Mathieu Demy. Les garcons ne crient pas? This winning and humourous coming of age comedy from France screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival last year and also recently screened at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival. Ten-year old Laure [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Bruce Robinson Stars: Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi, Amber Heard, Amaury Nolasco, Marshall Bell, Bill Smitrovich. The Rum Diary is a labour of love for its star Johnny Depp, who is also one of the producers, and serves as something of a tribute to the [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Gary Ross Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Woody Harrelson, Lennie Kravitz, Donald Sutherland, Wes Bentley, Amandla Stenberg, Toby Jones. The whole world will be watching this big budget screen adaptation of the first novel in the phenomenally successful trilogy of Suzanne Collins’ teen-lit series [...]
by GREG KING. We live in an era where cooking shows dominate prime time television, and chefs are fast becoming celebrities in their own right. While he may not be as familiar or instantly recogniseable as the likes of Jamie Oliver or the foul-mouthed Gordon Ramsey, 86-year old sushi chef Jiro Ono is world famous [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Gareth Evans Stars: Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah, Ray Sahetapy, Yayan Ruhian, Joe Taslim, Pierre Gruno, Verdi Solaiman, Ananda George. From Indonesia comes this adrenaline-fuelled, extremely violent, action packed and hyper-energetic martial arts movie that offers a variation on the siege thriller. It’s not surprising that The Raid has taken the [...]
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