WICKED LITTLE LETTERS reviewed by GREG KING Director: Thea Sharrock Stars: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Timothy Spall, Anjana Vasan, Gemma Jones, Eileen Atkins, Joanna Scanlan, Lolly Adefope, Alicia Weir, Hugh Skinner, Paul Chahidi, Malachi Kirby. This engaging, hugely entertaining and outrageous mix of comedy and drama is based on a true story about an obscene… Continue Reading »
WONKA
WONKA Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Paul King Stars: Timothee Chalamet, Olivia Colman, Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Grant, Calah Lane, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Keegan-Michael Key, Jim Carter, Rakhee Thakar, Natasha Rothwell, Rich Fulcher, Sally Hawkins. Timothee Chalamet steps into the shoes of Willy Wonka, the master chocolatier created by author Roald Dahl in… Continue Reading »
EMPIRE OF LIGHT
Empire of Light Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Sam Mendes Stars: Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Toby Jones, Colin Firth, Tanya Moodie, Tom Brooke, Hannah Oslow. The latest film from Oscar winning director Sam Mendes (Skyfall, 1917, etc) is something of a love letter to the cinema and the effect of films on our lives. But… Continue Reading »
MOTHERING SUNDAY
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Eva Husson Stars: Odessa Young, Colin Firth, Olivia Colman, Josh O’Connor, Emma D’Arcy, Glenda Jackson, Sope Dirisu, Patsy Ferran. This period drama about doomed love is sort of like an edgier variation on Upstairs Downstairs. The film is set mainly in the spring of 1924. The central character is Jane… Continue Reading »
THE FAVOURITE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Stars: Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone, Nicholas Houkt, Joe Alwyn, Mark Gatiss, Jennifer White, James Smith. With films like The Lobster and The Killing Of A Sacred Deer to his credit, idiosyncratic Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos has become something of a critic’s favourite and a darling of… Continue Reading »
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Kenneth Branagh Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Pfeiffer, Johnny Depp, Willem Dafoe, Daisy Ridley, Josh Gad, Judi Dench, Olivia Colman, Penelope Cruz, Leslie Odom jr, Lucy Boynton, Sergei Polunin, Tom Bateman, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo. Strangers On A Train? Agatha Christie is the world’s best-selling author, having sold some 2 billion copies of… Continue Reading »
