Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tomas Alfredson Stars: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Toby Jones, Ciaran Hinds, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong, Tom Hardy, David Dencik, John Hurt, Kathy Burke, Stephen Graham, Simon McBurney. Novelist John Le Carre was previously an agent with Britain’s MI6, and he drew upon his experience to bring a touch of realism [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: John Doyle Stars: Colin Firth, Ellen Burstyn, Orlando Bloom, Patricia Clarkson, Amber Tamblyn, Andrew McCarthy. “Now Main Street’s white washed windows and vacant stores seems like there ain’t nobody wants to come down here no more” Bruce Springsteen’s poignant 1984 ode to small town America in My Hometown rings especially [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tom Hooper Stars: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Michael Gambon, Jennifer Ehle, Timothy Spall, Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Anthony Andrews. Yet another film attempting to humanise the British Royal Family and look behind the velvet curtain of their opulence and prestige, The King’s Speech is an [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tom Ford Stars: Colin Firth, Nicholas Hoult, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode. A Single Man follows the last day in the life of George Falconer (Colin Firth), a homosexual college lecturer who is still grieving the tragic death of his lover Jim (played by Matthew Goode) eight months earlier. Haunted by [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Dennie Gordon Stars: Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Anna Chancellor, Kelly Preston, Oliver James, Eileen Atkins, Jonathan Pryce, Christina Cole, Sylvia Sims. Bright and breezy, light weight and utterly predictable, but this effervescent piece of cinematic froth will appeal to teenage girls everywhere. Loosely inspired by the 1958 romantic comedy The [...]
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