Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Nikolaj Arcel Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, Mikkel Boe Folsgaard, Trine Dyrholm, David Dencik, Cyron Melville, Thomas Gabrielsson, Bent Mejding, Harriet Walter. A Royal Affair is a sumptuous period drama that depicts a little known event in Denmark’s history, and deals with intrigue, corruption, political power plays and illicit sexual [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Kenneth Lonergan Stars: Anna Paquin, J Cameron Smith , Jean Reno, Mark Ruffalo, Matt Damon, Matthew Broderick, Jeannie Berlin, Kieran Culkin, Alison Janney. Margaret is another post 9/11 drama that explores complex issues of right and wrong, guilt and justice, retribution, and is almost operatic in its structure. Lisa Cohen [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Peter and Bobby Farrelly Stars: Sean Hayes, Will Sasso, Chris Diamantopoulos, Sofia Vergara, Jane Lynch, Larry David, Jennifer Hudson, Craig Berko, Stephen Collins, Kirby Heyborne, Brian Doyle-Murray, Skyler Gisondo, Lance Chantiles-Wertz, Robert Capron, Jake Peck, Mike “the Situation” Sorrentino, Snooki. In the 30’s and 40s The Marx Brothers were a [...]
by GREG KING Polisse is a sprawling but gripping and gritty French drama that follows a year in the lives of officers with the Child Protection Unit of the Paris police. This is the unit that deals with crimes involving children and crimes against children, child molesters, suspected paedophiles, underage pickpockets, abusive parents, and the [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Maiwenn Stars: Karin Viard, Marina Fois, Joey Starr, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Maiwenn, Karole Rocher, Emmanuelle Bercot, Frederic Pierrot, Arnaud Henriet, Jeremie Elkaim, Ricardo Scamarcio. Sandrine Kiberlain, Naidra Ayadi, Vladimir Yordanoff, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing This sprawling, but gripping and gritty French drama follows a year in the lives of officers with the [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Kevin Macdonald. This comprehensive and detailed look at the life and times of Bob Marley makes for a fitting legacy for the influential reggae singer who died at the relatively young age of 36. His songs, such as the catchy, anthemic One Love, promised freedom, love and equality, and [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Andrei Zvyagnitsev Stars: Nadzehda Markina, Andrey Smirnov, Aleksey Rozin, Yelena Lyadova, Igor Ogurtsov. This bleak but visually stunning Russian drama screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival and the 2011 Russian Film Festival, and now gets a limited commercial release. Elena offers a stark vision of class warfare in Putin’s [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Brenda Chapman, Mark Andrews and Steve Purcell Stars: voices of Kelly MacDonald, Billy Connelly, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd, Julie Walters, Robbie Coltrane, Craig Ferguson, John Ratzenberger. Brave is the second film to hit cinemas this week featuring a feisty stubborn heroine. With its previous animated films, Pixar has set the [...]
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