Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Sam Mendes Stars: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Lea Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Dave Bautista, Andrew Scott, Rory Kinnear, Monica Belluci, Jesper Christensen. I thought that Skyfall was one of the best Bond movies of the past fifty years, so I was eagerly looking forward to the latest… Continue Reading »
THE LOBSTER
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Stars: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Lea Seydoux, John C Reilly, Ben Whishaw, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Jessica Barden, Angeliki Papoulia, Michael Smiley. The films of Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth, etc) are strange, off beat, enigmatic, unsettling, confronting, and often hard to fathom, and have divided audiences. The Lobster, his… Continue Reading »
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Abdellatif Kechiche Stars: Lea Seydoux, Adele Exarchopoulos. Love and pain and the whole damn thing French style? This confronting romantic drama was the talk of Cannes last year, largely because of its unflinchingly explicit girl on girl sex scenes that leave little to the imagination. In this regard, Blue Is… Continue Reading »
FAREWELL, MY QUEEN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Benoit Jacquot Stars: Diane Kruger, Lea Seydoux, Virginie Ledoyen The lavish and visually stunning Farewell, My Queen is the sort of lavish costume drama that the French do so well. Based on the best selling novel by Chantal Thomas, and co-written with Gilles Taurant, Benoit Jacquot’s visually sumptuous drama is… Continue Reading »
