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. [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tommy Wirkola Stars: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare, Derek Mears, Thomas Mann, Joanna Kulig, Rainer Bock, Robin Atkins Downes. I initially didn’t have high hopes for this film because its title was reminiscent of last year’s underwhelming Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and it lived down to expectations. [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stephen Frears Stars: Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Tamsin Greig, Bill Camp, Luke Evans, Jessica Barden, Charlotte Christie. The press advertisements for Tamara Drewe somewhat grandiosely call it “the best British film of the year!” Such hyperbole doesn’t say much for the state of the British film industry if true! It [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: J Blakeson Stars: Gemma Arterton, Eddie Marsan, Martin Compston. The new British thriller The Disappearance Of Alice Creed was one of the stand out films at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival. Two ex-cons kidnap Alice Creed, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, and hold her for ransom in their [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Mike Newell Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley, Gemma Arterton, Alfred Molina, Ronald Pickup, Steve Toussant, Toby Kebhell, Richard Coyle, Reece Ritchie, Gisli Orn Garoarsson, William Foster. Most movie adaptations of popular video games have been spectacularly underwhelming – Super Mario Brothers, Wing Commander, Streetfighter, etc – so it was with [...]
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