Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Neil Jordan Stars: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Danny Huston, Jessica Lange, Ian Hart, Colm Meaney, Alan Cumming, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Francois Arnaud, Daniela Melchoir. Philip Marlowe is the tough talking cynical private detective first created by author Raymond Chandler in 1939 in the novel The Big Sleep. Marlowe has since featured… Continue Reading »
THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Brian Henson Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Elizabeth Banks, Joel McHale, Leslie David Baker, Cynthy Wu, Ben Falcone, voices of Bill Barretta, Dorien Davis. It probably seemed like a good idea at the time to produce a low brow, raunchy, ribald adults-only Muppets rip-off. Somewhat surprisingly the dull and largely… Continue Reading »
TRENCH – interview with Paul Anthony Nelson and Perri Cummings
by GREG KING In 2016 Greg spoke to Paul Anthony Nelson and Perri Cummings about their girl powered film noir Trench, which was shot in the style of a 40s film noir. Then they had started a crowd funding campaign to raise extra funding to finish off the final edit and post production work. Since… Continue Reading »
SUBURBICON
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: George Clooney Stars: Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac, Noah Jupe, Mickey D Cohen, Glenn Fleshler, Gary Basraba. Set in a neat, homogenous suburban neighbourhood, this deft mix of black comedy, film noir crime thriller and social commentary lays bare the darker underbelly of 50s America, exposing a seething hotbed… Continue Reading »
THE CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Woody Allen Stars: Woody Allen, Helen Hunt, David Ogden Stiers, Dan Aykroyd, Charlize Theron There was a time when Woody Allen was capable of writing very funny screwball comedies that placed his neurotic alter ego in strange situations. But over the past decade his films have become more introspective and… Continue Reading »
