May 20, 2013 A savage selection of cinematic lunacy comes to Nova Melbourne film buffs will get an extra dose of cult movies over the coming months as Cinema Nova presents Cultastrophe, a program of cutting edge films from the deepest corners of genre cinema universe. On top of this, we celebrate the art [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: John Landis Stars: Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Isla Fisher, Tom Wilkinson, Tim Curry, Ronnie Corbett, Jessica Hynes, Michael Smiley, Christian Brassington, Christopher Lee, Jenny Agutter, David Hayman, David Schofield, Reece Shearsmith, Allan Corduner, Hugh Bonnerville, Robert Stone, Stephen Merchant, John Woodvine, Bill Bailey, Costa-Gavras. This wonderfully entertaining and farcical black [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: kenneth Branagh Stars: Chris hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Stellan Skarsgaard, Jeremy Renner, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston, Rene Russo, Jaimie Alexnader, Colm Feore, Clark Gregg, Erik Allan Kramer, Tadanobu Asano, Samuel L Jackson. Yet another Marvel comic book character is given the big screen treatment. Created [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Francois Ozon Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard, Judith Godreche, Jeremie Renier, Sergie Lopez. This sophisticated and witty comedy about business, politics and the dynamics of a dysfunctional family was the opening night attraction at this year’s French Film Festival, and it is a real crowd pleaser. [...]
Previewed by GREG KING. 10th Audi Festival Of German Films screens throughout April. In Melbourne it screens at the Como and Kino Cinemas from April 7-18; in Sydney it screens from April 6-18; in Brisbane from April 7-12; in Adelaide from April 13-18, and in Perth from April 14-18.. There are a number of special [...]
The 2011 La Mirada festival of Hispanic cinema screens at ACMI cinemas, from April 14 – April 26, featuring a range of films highlighting the current trends in Hispanic cinema. There is also a special program of films personally selected by guest curators Guillermo del Toro, Pedro Almodovar and Ken Loach. For session times, booking [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jean Becker Stars: Gerard Depardieu, Gisele Casadesus, Sophie Guillemin, Calire Maurier, Patrick Bouchitey, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Maurane. My Afternoons With Margueritte is an absolutely charming feel good film from director Jean Becker (Conversations With My Gardener, etc), and it shares a few parallels with that earlier film. Germain Chazes (Gerard Depardieu) [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Aleksei Popogrebsky Stars: Grigory Dobrygin, Sergei Puskepalis. The setting for this grim and downbeat psychological thriller is a remote meteorological research station at the northern most tip of Siberia. Pavel (Grigory Dobrygin, making his film debut) is a young graduate student gaining work experience. He is impetuous, impatient, irresponsible, technically [...]
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