Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Kevin Reynolds Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth, Cliff Curtis, Maria Botto, Stewart Scudmore, Antonio Gil. In the 50s and 60s Hollywood embraced the Biblical epic with some spectacular productions, including The Ten Commandments, which is arguably the best of the genre. More recently we’ve had the overblown and… Continue Reading »
THE DARK HORSE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: James Napier Robertson Stars: Cliff Curtis, James Rolleston, Kirk Torrance, Wayne Hapi, Miriam McDowell, Barry T Hara, Xavier Horan, James Napier Robertson. The New Zealand film industry seems to be punching well above its weight, having produced some marvelous and inspiring pieces of cinema, from Once Were Warriors through to… Continue Reading »
COLLATERAL DAMAGE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Andrew Davis Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cliff Curtis, Francesca Neri, Elias Koteas In the wake of the events of September 11 and the US sanctioned war on terrorism, a number of films with terrorist themes, including Tim Allen’s Big Trouble and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s latest, became collateral damage as nervous studio executives… Continue Reading »
THREE KINGS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: David O Russell Stars: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Nora Dunn, Jamie kennedy, Mykelti Williamson, Said Taghmaoui, Cliff Curtis, Liz Stauber, Holt McCallany. In the 1970 war film Kelly’s Heroes, Clint Eastwood led a ragtag bunch of soldiers who looted Nazi gold as they made their way… Continue Reading »
