Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Mike Birbiglia Stars: Mike Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose, Carol Kane, James Rebhorn, Loudon Wainwright III, Sondra James, Marc Maron, Kristen Schaal, Ira Glass, Wyatt Cenac, Jessi Klein, Henry Phillips, David Wain, Alex Karpovsky. The trials and tribulations of a an aspiring stand-up comic forms the backbone of this quirky low budget [...]
by GREG KING. The Alliance Francaise French Film Festival screens at Palace Cinemas in Melbourne from March 6-24. The opening night film is Haute Cuisine, a comedy based on the true story of President Mitterand’s private cook. Over the course of two weeks, the festival offers up a range of genres and films. There are [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Dan Mazer Stars: Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall, Simon Baker, Anna Faris, Stephen Merchant, Minnie Driver, Jason Flemyng, Olivia Colman, Jane Asher, Kerry Howard. Some of the best British romantic comedies of the past couple of decades have included Four Weddings And A Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually, all of [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Gabriele Muccino Stars: Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Uma Thurman, Dennis Quaid, Judy Greer, Noah Lomax, James Tupper, Iqbal Theba, Sean O’Bryan. Playing For Keeps is another of those films that the local distributors have thrown away with a limited release in cinemas, without the benfit of any publicity [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Woody Allen Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin, Gemma Jones, Lucy Punch, Pauline Collins, Freida Pinto, Antonio Bandera, Roger Ashton Griffiths, Fenella Woolgar, Ewen Bremner, Jim Piddock, Celia Imrie, Anna Friel, Zac Orth. Life is both beautiful and ironic, and that seems borne out by this romantic comedy, the 40th film of [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Susanne Bier Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Sebastien Jessen, Molly Blixt Egelind, Paprika Steen, Kim Bodnia, Christiane Schaumberg-Muller, Ciro Petrone. Cinematic weddings are always a good source for comedy, revealing family dramas, and dysfunctional gatherings full of powerful emotions and startling revelations. And so it is with Love Is All [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Sophie Lellouche Stars: Alice Taglione, Patrick Bruel, Michael Aumont, Marie-Christine Adam, Yannick Soulier, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Marine Delterne. One of the most popular films screened at the 2012 French Film Festival was the romantic comedy Paris Manhattan, which now gets a commercial release on the arthouse circuit. The film is [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Josh Radnor Stars: Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins, Allison Janney, John Mangaro, Zac Efron, Elizabeth Reaser, Kate Burton, Robert Desidero, Gregg Edelman, Kristen Bush, Ali Ahn. Liberal Arts is a sharp and articulate campus comedy that avoids many of the usual cliches of the genre but somehow misses the [...]
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