Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Zack Snyder Stars: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Carla Gugino, Scott Glenn, Jon Hamm. Sucker Punch is a misogynist fantasy, in which scantily clad female warriors kick some major butt in an alternative world. In some ways Sucker Punch resembles a dark, garish, nightmarish CGI-driven [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Simon Wells Stars: voices of Seth Green, Joan Cusack, Dan Fogler, Seth Robert Dusky, Mindy Sterling, Elisabeth Harnois, Kevin Cahoon, Tom Everett Scott. According to science Mars, the red planet, has been unable to sustain life. But when this animated film opens we learn that there is life on Mars, [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Jon M Chu Stars: Justin Bieber, Usher, Miley Cyrus, Jaden Smith, Scooter Braun. Canadian teenager Justin Bieber is something of a pop sensation – a self taught musical prodigy who launched his music career through the social networking site YouTube. From those beginnings he has, in a couple of [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Dennis Dugan Stars: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Brooklyn Decker, Nicole Kidman, Nick Swardson, Bailee Madison, Griffin Gluck, Dave Matthews. Just Go With It is actually a remake of the wonderful Cactus Flower (1969), which starred Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman and Goldie Hawn in her Oscar winning role. Cactus Flower itself [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Susanne Bier Stars: Mikael Persbrandt, Ulrich Thomsen, Trine Dyrholm, Marcus Rygaard, William Johnk Nielsen. In A Better World is the new film from Susanne Bier (After The Wedding, Brothers), and the title proves to be nicely ironic. This superb Danish drama about violence, and the unexpected consequences of an act [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa Stars: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro. I Love You Phillip Morris is a black comedy loosely based on the true story of Steven Jay Russell, a flamboyant conman currently serving a prison sentence of 144 years. Russell (played by Jim Carrey) at [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Stars: Javier Bardem, Maricel Alvarez, Eduard Fernandez, Diaryatou Daff, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella. A down beat and depressingly realistic drama about broken lives, family, dysfunctional relationships, fatherhood, parental responsibility, spirituality, survival and morality. Biutiful is the new film from Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Amores Perros, 21 [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Neil Burger Stars: Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro, Andrew Howard, Anna Friel, Johnny Whitworth, Ned Eisenberg, Robert John Burke, Tomas Arana, T V Caprio, Richard Bekins, Patricia Kalember. Limitless is a twisted morality tale about greed, hubris and wish fulfilment. Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper, from The Hangover, etc) [...]
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