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 »
OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE
Operation Fortune: Ruse De Guerre Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Guy Ritchie Stars: Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Hugh Grant, Cary Elwes, Josh Hartnett, Bugzy Malone, Eddie Marsden, Peter Ferdinando, Max Beesley, Lourdes Faberes. Filmmaker Guy Ritchie gathers together most of his usual band of players for this exciting, action packed but cliched, formulaic globe-trotting spy… Continue Reading »
PADDINGTON 2
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Paul King Stars: voices of Ben Whishaw, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon; Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Grant, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Brendan Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi, Tom Conti, Julie Walters, Ben Miller, Richard Ayoade, Joanna Lumley. Paddington, the marmalade loving bear from the wildest jungles of Peru who found… Continue Reading »
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stephen Frears Stars: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Nina Ariadna, Rebecca Ferguson, David Haig, John Sessions. We recently saw the French art house film Marguerite, which was a fictional take on the true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a wealthy New York socialite and patron of the arts who was… Continue Reading »
THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Guy Ritchie Stars: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debecki, Hugh Grant, Jared Harris, Luca Calvani, Sylvester Groth, Christian Berkel. Created in the wake of the massive success of the Bond films, the popular television series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. which ran from 1964-1968, was just one of many… Continue Reading »
EXTREME MEASURES
Reviewed by GREG KING Director:Michael Apted Stars: Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Morse, Bill Nunn, John Toles-Bey, Paul Guilfoyle, Debra Monk Typical of Hollywood’s lack of imagination and creativity, the three minute trailer for Extreme Measures is an absolute shocker! It virtually gives away all there is to know about the plot… Continue Reading »
