Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stephen Daldry Stars: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Max Von Sydow, Viola Davis, John Goodman, Jeffrey Wright, Zoe Caldwell, Stephen Henderson. British theatre director Stephen Daldry tackles big political and emotional themes in his films (Billy Elliott, The Reader, etc). Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close poignantly deals with the [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Julie Anne Robinson Stars: Katherine Heigl, Jason O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo, Sherri Shepherd, Debbie Reynolds, Debra Monk, Nate Mooney, Adam Paul, Fisher Stevens, Patrick Fischler, Ana Reeder, Annie Parisse, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Leonardo Nam, Gavin-Keith Umeh, Louis Mustillo. The comic crime film One For The Money has been released [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Paddy Considine Stars: Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan. This hard hitting and confronting drama marks the directorial debut of actor Paddy Considine (In America, etc). Considine appeared in a number of films by British director Shane Meadows (A Room For Romeo Brass, Dead Man’s Shoes, etc), and he [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Gary McKendry Stars: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro, Dominic Purcell, Aden Young, Yvonne Strahovski, Ben Mendelsohn, Adewale Akinnuaye-Aghaje, David Whiteley, Lachy Hulme, Firass Dirani, Nick Tate, Matthew Nable, Billie Brown, Grant Bowler, Michael Dorman. This formulaic but exciting action thriller is not a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Steve McQueen Stars: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie. This powerful, uncompromising and sexually explicit drama reunites Michael Fassbender with Steve McQueen, the director of Hunger. Shame is a confronting character study about loneliness, sex, addiction and the high price we sometimes pay for our addictions. It [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Michael Sucsy Stars: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill, Jessica Lange, Jessica McNamee, Scott Speedman, Wendy Crewson, Tatiana Maslany, Lucas Bryant. Loosely inspired by a true story The Vow is a rather ho-hum and formulaic romantic drama that is the perfect date movie for Valentine’s Day. Paige (Rachel McAdams) and [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Joe Carnahan Stars: Liam Neeson, Nonso Anozie, Joe Anderson, Dallas Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Anne Openshaw. It’s man versus wild in this harrowing tale of survival that makes the Anthony Hopkins/Alec Baldwin film The Edge seem quite tame by comparison. The Grey has been adapted from Ian Mackenzie [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: McG Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hardy, Chris Pine, Til Scwheiger, Chelsea Handler, Angela Bassett, Jenny Slate, Abigail Spencer. This is a moderately entertaining romantic comedy about two CIA spies who discover they are dating the same woman, and then use the full resources of the agency to spy on each [...]
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