Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ilmar Raag Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Laine Magi, Patrick Pineau. The original French title Une Estonienne a Paris is far more revealing about the nature of this gentle drama from Estonian director Ilmar Raag (The Class, etc). This is another of those films dealing with the plight of aging, and deals [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: David Yates Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Tom Felton, Michael Gambon, Helena Bonham Carter, Julie Walters, Matthew Lewis, Ciaran Hinds, Warwick Davis, John Hurt, Clemence Poesy, Jason Isaacs, Helen McCrory, David Thewlis, Gary Oldman, Robbie Coltrane, Kelly MacDonald, Freddie Stroma, Katie Leung, [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Davis Guggenheim Documentary. In this angry, startlingly frank and revealing documentary, Oscar-winning director Davis Guggenheim, who previously gave us Al Gore’s timely talk and flash powerpoint presentation on the impact of global warming and the crisis facing the future of our planet, turns his attention to America’s failing and troubled [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Gale Edwards Stars: Sebastian Gregory, Isabel Lucas, Colin Friels, William Zappa, Tammy MacIntosh, Roy Billing, Terry Camilleri, Kerry Walker, Neil Melville. This crowd-pleasing Australian production is set in the small sleepy fishing village of Montague. Kevin Flack (Sebastian Gregory) is a guitar obsessed teen who dreams of playing in a [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: John Wells Stars: Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner, Rosemarie De Witt, Maria Bello, Craig T Nelson, Anthony O’Leary. The recent documentary Inside Job dealt with the global financial crisis, and it named and shamed those people believed responsible, even though none of them have yet been [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul Stars: Thanapat Saisaymar, Tenjira Pongpas, Sakda Kaewbuadee. This slow-paced and quietly meditative Thai drama about death, mortality, spirituality and reincarnation is the first film from Thailand to be awarded the Palme D’Or, the highest award at the Cannes Film Festival. Often the judges at Cannes have awarded their [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: John Cameron Mitchell Stars: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Dianne Weist, Miles Teller, Sandra Oh, Tammy Blanchard, Giancarlo Esposito, Jon Tenney. Nicole Kidman has long been considered box office poison, given the disappointing performance of some of her recent film choices (Bewitched, The Golden Compass, The Invasion, etc). Her new film [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Danny Boyle Stars: James Franco, Amber Tamblin, Kate Mara, Treat Williams, Kate Burton. Danny Boyle’s first film since the Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire marks something of a change of direction for the dynamic British director who first burst onto the scene in 1994 with Shallow Grave. 127 Hours tells the [...]
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