Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Jennifer Yuh, Alessandro Carloni Stars: voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, J K Simmons, Bryan Cranston, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan, David Cross, Seth Rogen, Kate Hudson, James Hong, Randall Duk Kim, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Wayne Knight, Steele Gagnon, Al Roker, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, Pax Jolie-Pitt, Knox Jolie-Pitt, Zahara Jolie… Continue Reading »
THE PROGRAM
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stephen Frears Stars: Ben Foster, Chris O’Dowd, Jesse Plemons, Guillaume Canet, Lee Pace, Dustin Hoffman, Denis Menochet, Bryan Greenberg, Laura Donnelly, Elaine Cassidy, Edward Hogg. By now just about everybody is aware that Lance Armstrong’s historic seven wins in the iconic and grueling Tour De France were tainted by drugs… Continue Reading »
BOYCHOIR
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Francois Girard Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Garrett Wareing, Kathy Bates, Kevin McHale, Eddie Izzard, Josh Lucas, Debra Winger, Joe West. Mr Hoffman’s opus? This feelgood coming of age drama about the battle of wills between a troubled young boy and a music teacher is another variation on the familiar underdog story.… Continue Reading »
BOYCHOIR – interview with Francois Girard
by GREG KING “I like music better than words when it comes to communicating emotions and depicting emotional landscapes. Music is a very powerful language in the hands of any filmmaker,” says Canadian filmmaker Francois Girard, who is best known for his 1998 drama The Red Violin. His latest film is Boychoir, a fabulous… Continue Reading »
CHEF
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jon Favreau Stars: Jon Favreau, John Leguizamo, Emjay Anthony, Sofia Vergara, Dustin Hoffman, Oliver Platt, Bobby Cannavale, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey jr, Gary Collins. Food, glorious food! There have been lots of films like Julia And Julia, Eat Drink Man Woman, No Reservations, the romantic comedy Simply Irresistible, and 1996’s… Continue Reading »
BARNEY’S VERSION
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Richard Lewis Stars: Paul Giamatti, Rachelle Lefeve, Minnie Driver, Rosamund Pike, Mark Addy, Dustin Hoffman, Scott Speedman. Montreal based television producer Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti) is a mean-spirited and ungrateful so and so who has completely screwed over everyone he has ever met or cared about in his life. Or… Continue Reading »