Tag Archives: cancer

SONG FOR MARION

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Paul Andrew Williams Stars: Terence Stamp, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Arterton, Colin Eccleston, Anne Reid. Forever young at heart? Call me a sentimental old softie, but I cracked a few tears over this unashamed British tear jerker. Arthur (veteran Terence Stamp) has been married to Marion (Vanessa Redgrave) for forty years. [...]

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NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Peter Templeman Stars: Ryan Kwanten, Sarah Snook, Ryan Corr, Bojana Novakovic, Kathryn Beck, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Daniel Henshall The new Australian film Not Suitable For Children is a quirky romantic comedy that eschews the usual formula of the genre. Local filmmakers often fall flat when attempting to make a broad comedy, [...]

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DECLARATION OF WAR

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Valerie Donzelli Cast: Valerie Donzelli, Jeremie Elkaim, Gabriel Elkaim, César Desseix, Michele Moretti, Beatrice de Stael. Despite the title, Declaration Of War is not a war movie. Rather this film, which opened the recent French Film Festival in Melbourne, is a heartfelt and deeply personal story about a young couple [...]

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50/50

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jonathan Levine Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston, Philip Baker Hall, Matt Craven, Andrew Airlie, Serge Houde, Jessica Parker Kennedy. 50/50 is a comedy about cancer, but it packs an emotional punch as well. This is not the downbeat and mawkish film one would [...]

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A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Nicole Kassell Stars: Kate Hudson, Gael Garcia Bernal, Kathy Bates, Lucy Punch, Rosemary DeWitt, Romany Malco, Whoopi Goldberg, Treat Williams, Alan Dale, Peter Dinklage, Steven Weber. There are two films around at the moment which tell of the struggles of a young person dealing with cancer. Both of them share [...]

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