Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Timur Bekmambetov Stars: Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Rufus Sewell, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Marton Csokas, Robin McLeavy, Jimmi Simpson, John Ruthman, Erin Wasson, Alan Tudyk. You probably thought you knew everything about Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States – how he led the country through the [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Agnieszka Holland Stars: Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Furmann, Marcin Bosak, Herbert Knaup, Kysztof Skonieczwy, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schader, Kinga Preis, Michal Zurawski. With her latest film, Polish director Agnieszka Holland returns to the horrors and atrocities of World War Two and the Holocaust which have driven her best work (Europa, Europa, etc). [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Lisa Azuelos Stars: Miley Cyrus, Demi Moore, Douglas Booth, Ashley Greene, Adam G Sevani, Ashley Hinshaw, George Finn, Thomas Jane, Jay Hernandez, Fisher Stevens, Gina Gershon, Nora Dunn, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Austin Nichols, Marlo Thomas. LOL (Laughing Out Loud) is a bland Hollywood remake of the enjoyable 2008 French coming of [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Steven Soderbergh Stars: Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Olivia Munn, Cody Horn, Matt Bomer, Adam Rodriguez, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Gabriel Iglesias. In another life, before he became a Hollywood hunk and action movie hero, Channing Tatum worked as a male stripper as part of an exotic male dance [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stephane Robelin Stars: Jane Fonda, Daniel Bruhl, Geraldine Chaplin, Pierre Richard, Claude Rich, Guy Bedos. This French comedy-drama looks at the shared house experience for a group of septuagenarians, Annie, Jean, Claude, Albert and Jeanne, who have been friends for over forty years. They decide to live together rather than [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Randall Wood. At its core, The Curse Of The Gothic Symphony is a fascinating and engaging study in obsession. Eccentric British composer Havergal Brian is hardly a household name but he was certainly quite prolific in his day, composing some 32 symphonies and operas. However, it is his 1920’s [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Istvan Szabo Stars: Helen Mirren, Martina Gedeck, Karoly Eperjes. Hungarian director Istvan Szabo normally makes films that explore big themes and are unafraid to tackle important issues (the Oscar winning Mephisto, Sunshine, etc). By contrast his latest film The Door is a slight and disappointing effort even though it deals [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Christopher Nolan Stars: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Matthew Modine, Ben Mendelsohn, Cillian Murphy, Juno Temple, Tom Conti, Liam Neeson, Daniel Sunjata, Joey King, Josh Stewart, Aiden Gillen, Brett Cullen, Brent Briscoe. The Dark Knight Rises is possibly the [...]
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